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HORN OF AFRICA
IRIN-HOA Weekly Round-Up 359
13 - 19 January 2007


CONTENTS:

SOMALIA: UN calls for immediate re-engagement
SOMALIA: Food aid for displaced near Kenyan border
SOMALIA: Broadcasters back on air
KENYA-SOMALIA: Border closure keeps children out of school
SUDAN: Insecurity in Darfur threatens aid delivery - UN agencies


SOMALIA: UN calls for immediate re-engagement

The United Nations wants the international community to re-engage in 
Somalia to take advantage of a "window of opportunity", the UN Resident 
and Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia, Eric Laroche, said.

"The people are war-weary after more than 15 years of conflict, 
instability and insecurity," said Laroche on Wednesday. "We need to 
resume as soon as possible high-impact projects in the capital that 
support stabilisation and make a visible difference in peoples' lives."

[Full story at:
http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=57107]


SOMALIA: Food aid for displaced near Kenyan border

Displaced Somalis living near the Kenyan border have received some food 
assistance, despite the recent closure of the frontier, the United 
Nations World Food Programme (WFP) said.

"Some WFP-contracted trucks loaded with food were allowed to cross into 
Somalia from Liboi, but others were stopped at the border. These people 
have been trapped near Dhobley," the WFP-Somalia Deputy Country Director 
Leo van der Velden said.

[Full story at: 
http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=57094]


SOMALIA: Broadcasters back on air

HornAfrik radio and television, Shabelle Media Network, Radio Voice of 
Holy Koran and the offices of Al Jazeera Television have resumed normal 
broadcasting after discussions with the Transitional Federal Government 
(TFG), media officials told IRIN on Tuesday.

"We are back on air. We resumed normal programming at 2:10 p.m. local 
time," Muhammad Amin Sheikh Adow, the deputy chairman of the Shabelle 
Media Network, told IRIN.

[Full story at: 
http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=57082]


KENYA-SOMALIA: Border closure keeps children out of school

At least 2,000 Somali children who attend schools in northeastern Kenya 
have failed to resume classes a week after school re-opened, due to the 
closure of the border, officials said.

Kenyan officials confirmed that the children, who attend schools in the 
districts of Mandera, Ijara, Wajir and Garissa, have not been allowed in 
the country since fighting broke out in Somalia in December.

[Full story at:
http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=57069]


SUDAN: Insecurity in Darfur threatens aid delivery - UN agencies

Ongoing insecurity in Sudan's Darfur region means humanitarian 
organisations operating there cannot ensure the survival of thousands of 
internally displaced persons, United Nations humanitarian agencies said.

"In the face of growing insecurity and danger to communities and aid 
workers, the UN and its humanitarian partners have effectively been 
holding the line for the survival and protection of millions. That line 
cannot be held much longer," the team said on Wednesday.

[Full story at: 
http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=57110]


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