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Somali Civil Society (SCS) website aims to serve as a medium for info-exchange, resource centre, a publicity forum and as an advocacy platform for the SCS to advocate for their rights and to make their operations known globally.

From the 7 th to the 10 th century, Arab and Persian trading posts were established along the coast of the present day Somalia/land. By 1920, a British protectorate (Somaliland) and an Italian protectorate (Southern Somalia)

occupied what is now Somalia (Somaliland, Puntland and South Central Zone). The British ruled the entire area after 1941, while Italy returned in 1950 to serve as The British ruled the entire area after 1941, while Italy returned in 1950 to serve as United Nations trustee for its former territory.

In July 1960, the British protectorate (Somaliland) and the Italian protectorate (South Somalia) merged to form the newly independent Republic of Somalia.President Abdirashid Ali Shermaarke was then elected as president and his objective was to promote greater Somalia. He was later assassinated in October 1969, and the army seized power.
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SOMALIA: Govt denounces attacks on aid workers as abductions continue

NAIROBI, 2 July 2008 (IRIN) - The government and civil society groups condemned the continuing attacks against aid workers even as another five Somali aid workers were abducted.

"It seems there is a concerted campaign against aid workers and civil society. We don't know who is behind it or why," said a civil society source in Mogadishu, who requested anonymity.

He said the attacks on aid workers were a new phenomenon and accused all sides in the Somali conflict of involvement. He said that normally "only foreign aid workers were abducted for money. But now Somalis are being targeted and it is not just money. There is a political dimension to it."

Weekly Security Bulletins: Snapshot on the most recent and pressing incidents in Somalia

June 22, 2008

An intense fighting between the Ethiopian troops and the insurgents started today in Beledwein town of Hiran in which the two parties exchanged heaving machine gun and mortar fires which caused the displacement of civilian populations including women, children and elders in the area. These people were reportedly run to the bush and suburbs of the town. No civilian casualties were reported but it was difficult to get information of such since the fighting was heavy. However the government officials in the region are insisting on the importance of the Ethiopian intervention and operation in the region. He informed the media these kinds of operations were meant to tighten the security.

SOMALIA: End attacks against aid workers, agencies urge

NAIROBI, 24 June 2008 (IRIN) - Civil society groups in Somalia and aid agencies have called for an end to attacks against their staff, saying such incidents seriously hampered efforts to assist thousands of needy Somalis.

"The civil society family in Somalia condemns in the strongest possible terms the killings, abductions and attacks targeting members of civil society and aid workers," Abdinasir Ahmed, head of the Peace and Human Rights Network, told IRIN on 24 June.

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