East Africa in the News
East African Community Services in the News:
September 25th, 2009. - Local news article on the reaction of the Somali community in south Seattle to the possibility that a suicide bomber in Somalia spent time living in Seattle. Story and video that includes an interview with EACS Executive Director Abdurahman Jama as well as Abdirizak Jama.
FBI Probes Seattle Link to Somali Suicide Bomber
September 28th, 2009 - All Things Considered story on the FBI investigation into the recent suicide bombing in Somalia.
Story about Hodan Mawlid, Somali refugee recently resettled in the United States
October 1st, 2009 “Hodan Mawlid has spent almost all of her life in a baking, dusty refugee camp in Ethiopia, yet the 18-year-old remains remarkably optimistic despite suffering the loss of her parents at an early age and the hardship that followed….”
Profile on Refugees in New Hampshire, with Six Minute Video
October 1st, 2009
Article about the Battle between Somali Islamist Groups
October 1st, 2009 - “The fighting in Kismayo between rival Islamist groups could be the beginning of the end of their national alliance - and good news for the embattled interim government….”
Profile on Somali President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed
September 27th, 2009 - Toronto Star article about the President of Somalia and the challenges he and Somalia face as the Transitional Federal Government tries to regain control of the country.
Long Story on the the Spread of Violence to the Diaspora Outside of Somalia September 24th, 2009
July 3rd, 2009 - Profile of the Islamist insurgent group battling the Transitional Federal Government in Somalia.
Q&A: Somali Presidential Elections
January 29th, 2009 - Short BBC story about the Somali Presidential elections and their potential impact on the future of Somalia.
How Somalia's Fishermen Became Pirates
April. 18, 2009 “ - "The pirates have never been the only ones exploiting the vulnerabilities of this troubled failed state…”
Piracy symptom of bigger problem
April 15, 2009 - "The current attempts to fight piracy from the sea are only dealing with symptoms. They do not address the reasons why young men are prepared to risk their lives chasing ships around the ocean..”
Human tide of misery flees the anarchy of Somalia
April 17, 2009 - “As the world follows the escapades of the country's pirates… [Somalis arriving at this bleak Kenyan outpost of Dadaab] join a population of 267,000 and counting, in a facility built to shelter just 45,000.”
Local Somalis fearful about future
December 31, 2006 - “Last week, the Ethiopians, with tacit U.S. support, cleared the way for Somalia's internationally recognized secular government — two years after it was formed and 16 years after the last government collapsed — to finally take control of the East African nation”
In Pictures: Somali Refugees in Yemen
May 19, 2009
Diverse New Holly still struggling to break down the cultural divide
May 12, 2008 - “New Holly, in the Beacon Hill area, is one of the experimental—and controversial—public housing programs around the country that attempts to mingle socio-economic groups.”
America provides refuge, but not always prosperity
December 9, 2008 - “The country is in a recession, jobs are hard to come by, and cash-strapped states are looking for all kinds of ways to cut back… In Washington state, where 2,247 refugees settled, they are competing for work with a growing number of jobless Americans who have a strong home-court advantage”