Mogadishu, Baidoa, Garoowe, Hargeysa, Kismaayo

These locations include Baidoa, Marka and Mogadishu.

1 Administrative Research Assistant (GS LL) Mogadishu

The port at Mogadishu is still closed.

The repatriation programme also covered Puntland and Mogadishu.

Ports in Somalia where charcoal is known to be exported are Kismaayo (the largest quantity), El Ma'an, located 30 kilometres north of Mogadishu, and El Adde, the local seaport of Mogadishu.

Counterfeit Somali shillings are being printed in Mogadishu and, allegedly, in Nairobi.

In Mogadishu, the printing is said to take place in the Huruwa area.

Once in Somalia, the illegal currency is finally delivered to Kismaayo and Mogadishu.

MOGADISHU Somalia s internal conflict is propelled by a combustible mix of religion, politics, and clan rivalry. Civilians are killed daily in Mogadishu, there are roadside bombs and mortar attacks, and politicians and journalists are targeted.

It is also worrying to note that targeted killings have recently increased in Mogadishu.

The independent expert learned that a high ranking police commander was recently assassinated in Mogadishu.

On 30 November the vessel docked at the port of El Ma'an, north of Mogadishu.

It intends to relocate to the capital city Mogadishu as soon as feasible given the security situation however, due to the prevailing insecurity and inter clan tensions, it has been suggested that relocation may be to a venue other than Mogadishu.

In the case of Mogadishu, given the security situation, return was facilitated but not overtly emphasized.

Jowhar is located 90 kilometres north of Mogadishu and has an estimated population of about 100,000.

UNCT would not move to Mogadishu until the security situation was conducive to United Nations operations there.

The vessel left the port on 2 December and fished the coastal waters between Mogadishu and Kismaayo.

Following the second battle for control of Baidoa, Habsade again received logistical support from his allies in Mogadishu.

Inter clan fighting in Mogadishu among rival militias continues largely unabated and the dead and wounded are often civilians.

Arms and weapons are usually transported along the main road from Boosaaso in the north, through Gaalkacyo to Mogadishu.

Jowhar receives vehicle traffic from Mogadishu and other important eastern locations and from inland locations to the north and west.

It is reported that al Ittihad owns some schools and universities in Mogadishu and in other areas in southern Somalia.

Regarding Somalia, the AU mission to Mogadishu endeavoured to prepare a safe environment for the anticipated peacebuilding mission of IGAD.

The Council condemns in the strongest terms the assassination attempt on 6 November 2005 against Prime Minister Ali Mohammed Gedi in Mogadishu.

The majority of kidnappings were reported in the southern regions, especially Mogadishu, where ransoms allegedly fund the purchase of weapons and ammunition.

Other staff members of the same al Ittihad leader are computer engineers located in Mogadishu, who are responsible for encrypting his communications.

The carcasses are transported from Beletweyne to Mogadishu via Jowhar, where tax is paid at the entry point of the Jowhar local administration.

Military equipment in the form of night vision devices was also part of a shipment of arms to a warlord located in Mogadishu.

Most of the country is marked by insecurity and violence and the most insecure areas are in the South, notably the capital city Mogadishu.

The tsunami pounded almost 700 kilometres of the Somali coastline, from the northern tip of Hafun to the southern coast of Mogadishu and beyond.

The relocation plan to transfer members of the Transitional Federal Parliament of Somalia commenced in February 2005, with the relocation of some parliamentarians to Mogadishu.

The independent expert was also informed about the disturbing incidents of desecration of up to 700 graves in the so called Italian cemetery in Mogadishu.

(a) Reviewing the Mogadishu Plan by consultation and incorporating its operational elements into an inclusive national plan for the relocation of the Transitional Federal Government.

In addition, press reports indicate that on 8 January 2005, a large number of people demonstrated in Mogadishu against the deployment of foreign troops in Somalia.

The independent expert learned that on 18 May 2004, 55 demonstrators were arrested and detained in a prison 100 kilometres outside Mogadishu, without charge or trial.

American troops were sent to protect the relief shipments, but they were eventually drawn into the conflict, and after the tragic battle in Mogadishu, they were withdrawn.

It has established military training camps in the greater Mogadishu area, including at Laanta Buuro and Hiilweyne, and has sent arms obtained at BAM to these camps.

The Monitoring Group also told the Monitoring Team that type SA 7 man portable air defence systems had been sighted in the Bakaaraha arms market in Mogadishu.

They have various locations throughout central and southern Somalia two camps in Dhoobley, one in Sablaale, six in Gaalkacyo (south), five in Mogadishu and three in Raschiamboni.

He then transports the explosives, typically by boat, to the Mogadishu area, to the same al Ittihad leader who is in charge of the military training camps.

The Council commends the Prime Minister's Initiative for the early convening of a full Council of Ministers in Mogadishu, to be followed by a full session of Parliament.

In addition, the opposition was supplied with arms by criminal groups or arms trading networks through the medium of the Bakaraaha Arms Market (BAM) at Irtogte in Mogadishu.

A visit to Mogadishu was again forestalled this year owing to security considerations, and a visit to the southern regions of Somalia was also not possible for this same reason.

On 9 February 2005, Kate Peyton, a BBC journalist and producer in Mogadishu who came to cover the anticipated arrival of the Government, was shot and killed outside her hotel.