Surviving Somalia

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Before 1991, Somalia had an unstable government and with that they don’t have proper control of their people, people starve and become aggressive, when the US tried to send aid into the country we have to send armed men because relief workers are being killed for being in Somalia says Foreign Affairs. For well over 20 years Somalia has lived in anarchy. This can no longer go on with tragedy occurring in the nation on a regular basis. Some people would shrug off another country or send a few dollars to the funds to help African nations. These funds don’t specifically say which nations we help. We should care about Somalia because journalists are being targeted and attacked, the women are abused and because war is waged in the streets because of the collapsed government.
Journalists in Somalia are targeted, attack and even killed for reporting stories. December 2011 a man working for a cable station was also killed notes the African Press Organization, Database of Press Releases Related to Africa, going on to say that, “Hassan Osman Abdi, director of the Shabelle Media Network, was shot by unidentified men outside his home in the Wadajir district in January 2012 and died of his injuries.” Targeted News Service stated that he is the third journalist to be killed in Somalia. The article continued to on the matter pointing out that, “At least 25 Somali journalists have been killed in Somalia since 2007 and many others have been injured.” In January of 2013, journalists have been unlawfully held against their will for at least a week if not more claims another article from Targeted News Service. A handful of journalists from varied sources of media were detained. These journalists are being held because they are supposedly linked to a ...

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...cs: U.N. experts find "subhuman conditions" in Somalia." Global Information Network: 1. Sep 04 2002. ProQuest. Web. 8 Oct. 2013.
"Somalia: Attacks Against Journalists must Stop." Targeted News Service. Feb 29 2012. ProQuest. Web. 10 Oct. 2013.
"Somalia: Free Journalist, Others Unlawfully Detained." Targeted News Service. Jan 23 2013. ProQuest. Web. 10 Oct. 2013 .
“Somali Government Denies Ethiopia Sent Troops into Somalia.” Lanham: Federal Information & News Dispatch, Inc, 2010. ProQuest. Web. 10 Oct. 2013.
"Somalia: Protection of Civilians and Human Rights are Critical for Stable Future." African Press Organisation, Database of Press Releases Related to Africa. Feb 23 2012. ProQuest. Web. 10 Oct. 2013 .
Webersik, Christian. "Differences that Matter: The struggle of the marginalized in Somalia." Africa (pre-2011) 74.4 (2004): 516-33. ProQuest. Web. 8 Oct. 2013.

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