Official: U.S. fires missiles in Somalia

The United States today used precision missiles to strike a “known terrorist target” in southern Somalia, a U.S. military official said. The strike destroyed two houses killing three women and three children, a local official told CNN. full story

Dam If They Do Dam If They Don’t, By Naz Yemane, Voice of Eritrea, Halifax, Canada.

Very soon Eritrea will be among the major mining producers in Africa. And this should be good to the growth and development to the country and its people.  Some Western countries including Ethiopia and many Eritreans believed that, Eritrea can not sustain economically and politically by itself without the support of Ethiopia and from International [...]

A chance for Canadians to get involved, Ottawa Citizen, Published: Friday, February 29, 2008

An Ottawa computer programmer organizes an academic workshop to address Somalia,
its grim situation and its possibly peaceful future, Louisa Taylor writes.