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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8609096.stm -
8 April 2010
Aid
agencies say that up to half the population needs food aid.
SOMALIA - AL-SHABAB MILITANTS RAID
UN BASE
An
Islamist Somali militant group has taken over a United Nations compound in the
south of the country. The fighters from the Al-Shabab group, disarmed guards at
the base in Wajid near Baidoa, a BBC reporter says. However, the World Food
Programme insists that the base was empty and the move would not affect its
operations. In February Al-Shabab ordered the WFP to leave the country, saying
Somalis should buy food from local farmers.
Aid
agencies say that up to half the population needs food aid.
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SOMALIA - UN INDEPENDENT EXPERT ON
HUMAN
RIGHTS IN SOMALIA - REPORT TO THE UN
2010
Direct Link to Full 33-Page Report:
Gender Excerpts:
CHAPTER II - B. SECURITY SITUATION
42. The renewed fighting in Mogadishu had once again exposed
the vulnerability of the
civilian
population - especially women and children - to violence and inhuman
suffering......Civilian deaths and casualties, including of women and young
children,
were significant. Massive displacements of population continued with
restricted access of the affected population to humanitarian assistance.
CHAPTER III - C. VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
55. Domestic
violence victimizing women continued to be a major problem in all parts
of Somalia. Women, victims of Sexual Gender Based Violence, had no functioning
judicial system to turn to. Rape and other forms of SGBV were dealt with by
clans
as a civil dispute, not involving the victim, and were often solved by either
the
payment of blood-money or a forced marriage between the victim and the
perpetrator.
56. Women
reportedly continue to face cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment on a
daily basis, particularly in Al-Shabab controlled areas. On November 18, 2009,
according to reports from a village near the town of Wajid, a 20-year-old
divorcee
woman accused of commiting adultery was reportedly taken to an open area
where she was buried up to her waist and then stoned to death in front of a
large
crowd.
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