Real Concern About The Prospect Of A Major Emergency - Somalia has been without a central government for more than 17 years and, reportedly, for the past several months, the Ethiopian-backed interim government has been struggling to exert its control over the country. Last week the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said the humanitarian situation in the strife-torn nation is deteriorating partly because of rising insecurity. Full News
Somalis Resettle Into New Life In Greeley - AP
A Basque encounter with pirates - BBC
Somali genuinely believed drug was legal - MaltaMedia
Various agencies help Somalis integrate into new culture - The Tribune
Regime change bitter irony for Somalia's women - SFGates
Rare Somalia talks make slow start, U.N. hopeful - Djibouti
Islamists target Somalis in terror campaign - The Sunday Times
WITNESS: A drive, in Dubai - Reuters
Somali immigrants in Minnesota pool their resources - AP
Djibouti president says in 'tricky' standoff with Eritrea - AFP
Laudable efforts - Boston Globe
Obama overtakes Clinton in battle for the superdelegates - AFP

Somalia peace talks to get underway in Djibouti: UN - NAIROBI (AFP) — Somali government officials and exiled Islamist opposition leaders are to hold face-to-face peace talks in Djibouti, the United Nations special envoy to the country said Friday. Full News
Open Letter from the UN Humanitarion & Resident Coordinator  - OCHA
Situation Report # 18- 9 May, 2008 - OCHA
Police fortify Mogadishu HQ after rebel raid in heart of Somali capital - CP
UN humanitarian Chief condemns the killing of WFP contracter  - OCHA
Eritrea denies Djibouti war claim - BBC
New Faces offers help to Somali newcomers - Post-Bulletin
Armed Somali Insurgents Seize - AP

Graduation Cermony for Somali Journalists - Nairobi, Kenya (USAID) - The U.S government, through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and its implementing partner CARE, has provided professional journalism training to 19 Somali fellowship students at the Kenya Institute of Mass Communications (KIMC) in Nairobi Full News 
UN Special Representative pleased about Somali Reconcilitation talks - UNPOS
More than a dozen killed in Somali clashes - Reuters
Another WFP aid worker killed in Somalia - DPA
23 killed in Somali fighting - AFP
YWCA Toronto young woman of distinction 2008 - YWCA
84 Percent of Children Denied Right to Health in Ethiopia  - Daily Monitor
Bomb kills eight in Somalia - Reuters
Home Tears for a Foreign Fight - KTTC TV
Support for Clinton Wanes as Obama Sees Finish Line  - NY Times
41,000 individuals ordered deported are missing - Vancouver Sun