GenevaLunch » Somalia http://genevalunch.com Community Newspaper Online Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:16:25 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ Copyright © GenevaLunch 2010 editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) http://genevalunch.com/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpg GenevaLunch http://genevalunch.com 144 144 Community Newspaper Online GenevaLunch GenevaLunch editor@genevalunch.com no no Somali kidnappers demand ransom for French woman’s remains http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/21/somali-kidnappers-demand-ransom-for-french-womans-remains/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/21/somali-kidnappers-demand-ransom-for-french-womans-remains/#comments Fri, 21 Oct 2011 12:37:14 +0000 Laila Rodriguez http://genevalunch.com/?p=62705 GenevaLunch.com France announced that 66-year-old Marie Dedieu, who was kidnapped on October 1 from her beach house in Kenya, and taken to Somalia, has died in the hands of her captors, most probably because they had refused to provide her medication. The kidnappers seem to have tried to sell the remains. “It could not be more [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/21/somali-kidnappers-demand-ransom-for-french-womans-remains/feed/ 0 French woman, kidnapped in Kenya, dies in Somalia http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/19/french-woman-kidnapped-in-kenya-dies-in-somalia/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/19/french-woman-kidnapped-in-kenya-dies-in-somalia/#comments Wed, 19 Oct 2011 11:37:47 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=62602 GenevaLunch.com PARIS, FRANCE – The French foreign ministry has announced the death of Marie Dedieu, 66, who was kidnapped the night of 30 September from her home on the small island of Manda, then taken to Somalia. Dedieu, who used a wheelchair, was taking medication to treat a cardiac problem and cancer; the wheelchair and the [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/19/french-woman-kidnapped-in-kenya-dies-in-somalia/feed/ 0 Two MSF workers kidnapped at Kenya’s Dabaab refugee camp, driver shot http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/13/two-msf-workers-kidnapped-at-kenyas-dabaab-refugee-camp-driver-shot/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/13/two-msf-workers-kidnapped-at-kenyas-dabaab-refugee-camp-driver-shot/#comments Thu, 13 Oct 2011 18:36:20 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=62460 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Two women, Medecin Sans Frontieres (MSF) staff, were kidnapped at 13:20 Thursday 13 October from the Ifo extension area of the Dadaab refugee complex in Kenya. Their driver is undergoing urgent medical treatment after being shot. Dadaab is the world’s largest refugee camp, with 463,739 Somali refugees, more than 190,000 of whom [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/13/two-msf-workers-kidnapped-at-kenyas-dabaab-refugee-camp-driver-shot/feed/ 0 Red Cross starts to feed Somalis, with Al-Shabaab’s agreement http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/05/red-cross-starts-to-feed-somalis-with-al-shabaabs-agreement/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/05/red-cross-starts-to-feed-somalis-with-al-shabaabs-agreement/#comments Wed, 05 Oct 2011 19:54:11 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=62131 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The ICRC (International Red Cross) said Wednesday 5 October that it has started to distribute food to help 1.1 million Somalis living in the areas hardest hit by war, in southern and central Somalia. Enough beans, rice and oil to survive for one month are already being given to 72,000 people in [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/05/red-cross-starts-to-feed-somalis-with-al-shabaabs-agreement/feed/ 0 Jolie asked to take on new refugees role as Somalia blast kills 70 http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/04/jolie-asked-to-take-on-new-refugees-role-as-somalia-blast-kills-70/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/04/jolie-asked-to-take-on-new-refugees-role-as-somalia-blast-kills-70/#comments Tue, 04 Oct 2011 21:24:47 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=62055 GenevaLunch.com Special envoy Joli can help draw attention to “some of the world’s most difficult refugee situations” GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Actress Angelina Jolie was asked Tuesday 4 October by the head of the UN refugee organization UNHCR to take on a new role as special envoy, in the wake of several new emergency refugee situations this [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/04/jolie-asked-to-take-on-new-refugees-role-as-somalia-blast-kills-70/feed/ 0 Kidnapped: French woman’s release fails, US woman released in Philippines http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/03/kidnapped-french-womans-release-fails-us-woman-released-in-philippines/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/03/kidnapped-french-womans-release-fails-us-woman-released-in-philippines/#comments Mon, 03 Oct 2011 06:20:01 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=62027 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The rescue of a French woman kidnapped last week in Kenya failed Saturday 1 October and 2 Kenyan Navy officers died in the attempt. In the Philippines, there was good news as Filipino-American Gerfa Yeatts Lunsmann was released early Monday 3 October after two months. Abu-Sayyaf rebels still hold her 14-year-old son [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/03/kidnapped-french-womans-release-fails-us-woman-released-in-philippines/feed/ 1 Ikea makes largest private donation ever to UN, Kenyan refugee camp http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/09/01/ikea-makes-largest-private-donation-ever-to-un-kenyan-refugee-camp/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/09/01/ikea-makes-largest-private-donation-ever-to-un-kenyan-refugee-camp/#comments Thu, 01 Sep 2011 06:12:01 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=61120 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The Ikea Foundation has donated $62 million to the UN refugee camp in Dadaab, Kenya, working with the UNHCR. The camp, which is a focal point for Somalians fleeing fighting, drought and famine, now hosts 440,000 refugees from Somalia, 152,000 of whom have arrived this year. “The donation, which will be staggered [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/09/01/ikea-makes-largest-private-donation-ever-to-un-kenyan-refugee-camp/feed/ 0 UN: Situation in Somalia, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia and Uganda could get worse (video) http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/08/10/un-situation-in-somalia-djibouti-ethiopia-kenya-somalia-and-uganda-could-get-worse-video/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/08/10/un-situation-in-somalia-djibouti-ethiopia-kenya-somalia-and-uganda-could-get-worse-video/#comments Wed, 10 Aug 2011 07:22:14 +0000 Laila Rodriguez http://genevalunch.com/?p=60551 GenevaLunch.com AFRICA – An unnamed UN Food and Agriculture Organization’s representative in Kenya has said to the Associated Press that the situation in Somalia could become “simply unbearable” in the coming weeks if people continue to abandon their homes in search of food. The food crisis in the Horn of Africa is escalating, with 12 million [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/08/10/un-situation-in-somalia-djibouti-ethiopia-kenya-somalia-and-uganda-could-get-worse-video/feed/ 0 UN refugee organization turns 60 today (update on Somalia) http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/07/28/un-refugee-organization-turns-60-today-update-on-somalia/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/07/28/un-refugee-organization-turns-60-today-update-on-somalia/#comments Thu, 28 Jul 2011 09:11:30 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=60246 GenevaLunch.com Europe, with only 29 percent of world’s refugee applications, called on to do more Update 11:30, latest Somalia figures  GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – UNHCR, the Geneva-based refugee organization, barely has time to observe its own birthday, which is in itself a comment on the state of refugee affairs in the world today.The UN Convention Relating to [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/07/28/un-refugee-organization-turns-60-today-update-on-somalia/feed/ 1 Aid efforts for Somalia famine stepped up; appeals launched http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/07/26/aid-efforts-for-somalia-famine-stepped-up-appeals-launched/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/07/26/aid-efforts-for-somalia-famine-stepped-up-appeals-launched/#comments Tue, 26 Jul 2011 05:06:40 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=60107 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Appeals are being launched from Geneva to help fight the famine that is following the worst drought in 50 years in southern Somalia, coupled with fighting in the region. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon 18 July officially labelled the catastrophic situation a famine and UN organizations, including those based in Geneva, are scrambling [...]

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