Africa Research Bulletin: Political, Social and Cultural SeriesVolume 60, Issue 5 p. 24034C-24036B National Security SOMALIA: Upsurge in Violence First published: 13 June 2023 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-825X.2023.11090.xRead the full textAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare text full-text accessPlease review our Terms Cond...

Africa Research Bulletin: Political, Social and Cultural SeriesVolume 59, Issue 12 p. 23852A-23853A National Security SOMALIA: President's Upbeat Assessment First published: 26 January 2023 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-825X.2023.10852.xRead the full textAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare text full-text accessPlease review ...

Just as containerized goods appear to flow seamlessly across the planet’s oceans, internationalized and standardized certificates present seafaring labor uniform seamless. But underneath these are intimate unequal entanglements of local masculinity norms, age, kinship ties that sustain maritime supply chain. In this article, we follow how three young, male seafarers from eastern India find ways...

BACKGROUND This study was undertaken to determined the differences in injury patterns between soldiers equipped with modern body armor in an urban environment compared with the soldiers of the Vietnam War. METHODS From July 1998 to March 1999, data were collected for a retrospective analysis on all combat casualties sustained by United States military forces in Mogadishu, Somalia, on October ...

An emerging dimension of 21(st) century integrative biology is knowledge translation in global health. The maternal mortality rate in Somalia is amongst the highest in the world. We set out to study the "know-do" gap in family planning measures in Somalia, with a view to inform future interventions for knowledge integration between theory and practice. We interviewed 360 Somali females of repro...

OBJECTIVE Wasting and stunting may occur together at the individual child level; however, their shared geographic distribution and correlates remain unexplored. Understanding shared and separate correlates may inform interventions. We aimed to assess the spatial codistribution of wasting, stunting and underweight and investigate their shared correlates among children aged 6-59 months in Somalia...

Abstract In this chapter, I examine the impact of prolonged family separation on families rejected Somali asylum seekers in Europe. The focus is everyday security members left behind Somalia. During past 10 years, many young people have migrated from Somalia as a result socio-political developments Horn Africa. Coupled with recent policy changes Europe, these significantly increased time migran...

In support of Operation Restore Hope, the United States military established a diagnostic laboratory for infectious diseases, the Joint Forward Laboratory, in Mogadishu, Somalia. Because sporadic hepatitis due to unknown causes was a frequent problem, staff members of the Joint Forward Laboratory evaluated 31 Somalis, five displaced Ethiopians, and three Western relief workers who had acute cli...

Since the 1988 resolution of the World Health Assembly to eradicate polio, significant progress has been made toward achieving this goal, with the result that only Afghanistan, Nigeria, and Pakistan have never successfully interrupted endemic transmission of wild poliovirus. However, one of the greatest challenges of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative has been that of maintaining the polio...

Research into the biology and control of pest birds in Somalia has continued intermittently since 1971 under UNDP funding of four projects. Data have been gathered on the identification, distribution, and status of the principal pest species to agriculture. These species include the Red-billed Quelea (Quelea quelea), of which northern and southern races occur, and several other ploceid weavers ...