Statement by Secretary Condoleezza Rice I am pleased to announce that I have appointed Ambassador John M. Yates as Special Envoy for Somalia. He will represent the United States with the Transitional Federal Institutions and other key Somali groups, as well as coordinate on Somalia with our regional and international partners. (more)
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| Radio programming is bringing school lessons to children in Somalia. (USAID) |
Eight-year-old Najmo lives with her parents in the Hodan District in Mogadishu, Somalia. Najmo is among the fortunate few Somali students who have access to school, attending first grade at Al Imra School.
In Somalia, only 20 percent of all children are enrolled in school and public funding for primary education is among the lowest in the world. The new Transitional Federal Government is working to rebuild the education sector and restore stability to the country, but fighting still can erupt at a moment’s notice. (more)
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| Assistant Secretary Jendayi Frazer |
Security and stability should be upheld, Assistant Secretary says
By Melody Merin
USINFO Special Correspondent
7 April 2007
Washington -- Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Jendayi Frazer visited Baidoa, Somalia, April 7 to reiterate the U.S. commitment to support the Somali people in their efforts to achieve and uphold security and stability in their country. Frazer’s visit to Somalia was the first visit by a senior U.S. official in more than 10 years. (more)
Press Statement by Department of State Spokesman Sean McCormack - April 7, 2007
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| Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice |
The Somali people and the international community have an historic opportunity to begin to move beyond two-decades of warlordism, extreme violence, and human suffering. As part of our effort to help parties resolve the ongoing political and humanitarian crises in Somalia, I have dispatched Assistant Secretary for African Affairs Jendayi Frazer to the Horn of Africa region (more)
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| Ambassador Michael Ranneberger |
I want to have this opportunity to talk to you today about U.S. policy and actions in Somalia. Obviously this is a very important issue. As I have said before, the United States really has two fundamental goals in Somalia. We want to help bring about long-term stability in the country and at the same time we want to ensure the security of Somalia, and that includes the efforts to interdict and apprehend known international terrorists. (more)
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Starting February 12, the Voice of America (VOA) begins a new daily radio broadcast in the Somali language to the Horn of Africa. A group of Somali broadcasters at VOA's headquarters in Washington, D.C. will team up with freelance reporters in Africa and elsewhere around the world to provide millions of Somali speakers with accurate, up-to-date news and information.
Ambassador Huddleston cites Ethiopian, U.S. help
By Jim Fisher-Thompson
USINFO Staff Writer
23 February 2007
Washington -- Somalia's struggle to form a unified government after 15 years of clan warfare is achieving success, thanks to partners in the Horn of Africa region like Ethiopia and with help from the United Nations, the African Union (AU) and the United States, Ambassador Vicki Huddleston told the Council on Foreign Relations February 22 in Washington. (more)
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• Opening of Somalia National Reconciliation Congress |
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• USAID - Somalia - help from the American people • President's Emergency Fund For AIDS Relief |
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