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Somalia Politics

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Activist, Right Livelihood Winner Asha Hagi Fights for Women's Role in Somali Peace Process

Asha Hagi is the co-founder and current chair of the non-profit, Save Somali Women and Children. During the Somali peace talks in 2000, Hagi founded the Sixth Clan, the clan of women, to complement the traditional five male-dominated Somali Clans. This became the first time women were represented in a peace process in Somalia. Since the Ethiopian invasion two years ago, Hagi has been based in Kenya because of her vocal opposition to the US-backed invasion.
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Islamist elected Somali president

Somali members of parliament elect moderate Islamist leader Sheikh Sharif Ahmed as their new president.
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Mortars miss Somalia parliament

A mortar attack on the Somali parliament on Mogadishu misses the building but kills eight people nearby, officials say. Ref. Source 8

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Somalia: Obama administration sends arms to prop up Islamist government:

The Obama administration has been sending weapons to Somalia since early May to support the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) against a rebel insurgency that threatens to overwhelm the government. Ref.
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US to allow Somalis to sue ex-PM

The US Supreme Court rules that a former Somali prime minister can be sued over claims of torture and extrajudicial killings. Ref. Source 7

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Somalia's Election Farce:

While the international media might trumpet "Somalia's First Free and Fair Elections in 50 Years" reality on the ground in Mogadishu reveals a truly grand farce of an "Election" process. Ref. Source 8

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Eight Somali elders who backed new state killed after election:

Unknown gunmen killed eight Somali traditional elders who reportedly backed a new state comprised of six regions in the south-west of the country, officials and witnesses said Monday. Ref. Source 5