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	UNHCR - Tough times for Mogadishu exiles in Puntland's Galkayo
		GALKAYO, Somalia, November 22 (UNHCR) – Mana stubbornly refused to leave her house as violence swirled around the Somali capital of Mogadishu for most of this year, but 10 days ago she was finally stunned into fleeing the city.
		She complains bitterly about the difficulties of daily life in Galkayo, where she can only afford to feed her family once a day because the fresh wave of displacement has led to rising costs.
		Another mother, Fatuma, said that all the passengers on her bus to Galkayo were robbed even thought the driver had paid a fee to armed men at a roadblock.
	www.unhcr.org /cgi-bin/texis/vtx/newsitem?id=4746fac74 (982 words)

	MSF Around the World
		When MSF reopened the North Galkayo Hospital in collaboration with local doctors in 1997, restarting a service that had collapsed at the start of civil war in 1991, it became the first hospital accessible to all for hundreds of kilometers in every direction.
		Galkayo, situated in central Somalia, is an important trading town with a population of 80,000.
		Viewed from the air, Galkayo is a small area of identical metal roofs in the midst of an unforgiving desert.
	www.msf.org /msfinternational/invoke.cfm?objectid=F7A07B62-E018-0C72-099C93682D43469F&component=toolkit.article&method=full_html (638 words)

	MSF-USA: Field News 09/09/2005 - Violence Stalks Civilians in Somalia
		Galkayo, situated in central Somalia, is a relatively important trading town with a population of around 80,000.
		When MSF re-opened the 'North Galkayo' hospital with collaboration of local doctors in 1997, re-starting a service collapsed since the start of civil war in 1991, it became the first hospital accessible to all for hundreds of miles in every direction.
		For the majority of the people of Galkayo, to venture across the green line is to risk death at the hands of one militia or another.
	www.doctorswithoutborders.org /news/2005/09-09-2005.cfm (1288 words)

	Galkayo Internet Cafes
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	www.world66.com /africa/somalia/galkayo/internetcafes (60 words)

	Fears of further bloodshed in Somalia
		Somali Islamic militia on Thursday announced plans to seize control of the central regional capital of Galkayo, sparking a massive deployment by their rivals and raising the spectre of renewed bloodshed in the shattered East African nation.
		The other half of Galkayo, the capital of central Mudug region, is ruled by elders allied to the Islamists, who control the capital Mogadishu and whose growing influence has threatened the authority of the transitional government based in the south-central town of Baidoa.
		The people of Galkayo are happy to see us but the regional officers of Puntland deployed their fighters to the town," Aweys said.
	www.hiiraan.com /news/2006/aug/Fears-of-further-bloodshed-in-Somalia.aspx (496 words)

	Médecins Sans Frontières Australia (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Her flowing, colourful clothes are a stark contrast to the white plaster which covers her from hand to shoulder.
		Galkayo, situated in central Somalia, is a relatively important trading town with a population of around 80 000.
		When MSF re-opened the ‘North Galkayo’ hospital with collaboration of local doctors in 1997, re-starting a service collapsed since the start of civil war in 1991, it became the first hospital accessible to all for hundreds of kilometres in every direction.
	www.msf.org.au /features/Somalia/som230805.shtml (1162 words)

	Wardheernews Online
		The latest fighting pitted militiamen from two sub-clans, the Saad and Seleeban of the main Hawiye clan and was reportedly sparked by misunderstanding over the right to use grasing lands and water points in Hobyo area.
		Medical sources in Galkayo said the wounded, most of whom were women and children, had been admitted at two hospitals in the town run by the medical charity MSF-Holland.
		During his visit to Galkayo in February, the Somali transitional president, Abdulahi Yussuf Ahmed, urged clans there to halt the hostilities and instead promote efforts to build peace and disarm armed militias.
	www.wardheernews.com /news/april/13_13_mil.htm (338 words)

	EiTB24::Portada
		The troops entered Galkayo driving seven pickup trucks mounted with machine guns and six trucks loaded with boxes, a town resident said.
		On Sunday, government-allied militia officials told the AP that Ethiopian troops had arrived in the southern Somali town of Baidoa, 240 kilometers (150 miles) northwest of Mogadishu, where the weak U.N.-backed transitional government is based.
		Residents of Galkayo, 570 kilometers (355 miles) northeast of Mogadishu, earlier this month held demonstrations saying the Islamic courts group was unwelcome in their town.
	www.eitb24.com /portal/eitb24/noticia/en/international-news/somali-town-of-galkayo-reports-say-ethiopian-troops-in-central-so?itemId=B24_5687&cl=/eitb24/internacional&idioma=en (500 words)

	Somali army ready to attack: Africa: News: News24
		At least 13 people were killed on Sunday when the Islamists captured Bandiradley from Qeybdiid's men, moving to their most northerly point since seizing Mogadishu and most of southern and central Somalia beginning in June.
		The Islmists deny they want to seize Galkayo, a hotbed of support for Somalia's Ethiopian-backed President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed, but say they will defend themselves and pursue their attackers wherever they go.
		A move on Galkayo would be a major escalation in the deteriorating situation in Somalia that diplomats and analysts fear could erupt into full-scale war and engulf the Horn of Africa region in bloody conflict.
	www.landbou.com /News24/Africa/News/0,,2-11-1447_2029671,00.html (452 words)

	Wardheernews Online (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Hassan Sheikh Ahmed, a religious leader in the town, said the clashes were the worst in the region since the 1991 ouster of dictator Mohammed Siad Barre.
		Several large shopping malls were set ablaze and property destroyed as the clashes intensified in Galkayo, with hundreds of town-dwellers fleeing to more stable regions, locals said.
		The divided town of Galkayo is controlled by militiamen from the northern semi-autonomous region of Puntland and the rest by rival factions that control Mogadishu.
	www.wardheernews.com /news/april/11_interclan_fighting.htm (276 words)

	AllPuntland News
		Galkayo (Yamayska)— Galkayo city water supply installation, a million and half collaborative project spanning over a period of 38 months partnered by the Puntland State Agency for Energy and Natural Resources (PSAWEN), European Union and UNICEF was effectively consummated earlier on Saturday morning.
		Extending his visit to a residential area of the city where pipe installations were being undertaken, Mr Yussuf called upon the people of Galkayo to preserve the pipelines, manage water consumption, and to assist PSAWEN engineers with the maintenance and evaluation of the project.
		The second most populous city in the State, Galkayo is one of the fastest emergent cities in terms of development, growth in commerce and telecommunication.
	www.allsomalianews.com /news1/eng/news_item.asp?NewsID=903 (588 words)

	Somalia: Puntland President Deploys 50 Battlewagons in Galkayo to Avert Islamist Figh - Military Photos
		The general situation in Bandiradley near Galkayo in central Somalia is calm on Monday after a fierce fighting between the Islamic Courts fighters and warlord Abdi Qeybdid's militias allegedly backed by Ethiopians and forces of Somalia's regional government of Puntland has taken place.
		Residents in Galkayo show concerns over the large numbers of military maneuver as Gen. Adde Musa was reported sketching to position the forces in and around Glakayo to defend the town against Islamic invasion.
		President Musa urged elders and local militias to defend Galkayo against Islamists.
	www.militaryphotos.net /forums/showthread.php?t=97068 (409 words)

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		Some 12,000 people fled to Galkayo in the autonomous Puntland region to escape the recent fighting in central and southern Somalia between fighters of the Islamic Courts Union (ICU) and the Transitional Federal Government (TFG), which now controls most of the two disputed areas.
		There are 14 refugee settlements around Galkayo town but many of the new arrivals are left to fend for themselves in the streets, living in slum conditions with no access to latrines, washing facilities or potable water, members of the emergency team said.
		"Those whose clan is present in southern Galkayo receive protection and support from their clan members, but minority clan groups from further south in Somalia are collected in destroyed buildings and live in abject poverty, requiring immediate assistance," said Alex Tyler, a member of the emergency team.
	www.alertnet.org /thenews/newsdesk/UNHCR/52c615cc7c4c3a42b69320411bae916a.htm (799 words)

	ambulanza
		In Galkayo, Somalia on the 12 April 2007 a ceremony was held that included thanks to amateur radio (ham radio- Helping All Mankind radio) operators for helping facilitate the donation of an ambulance to the Galkayo Region Hospital, (700km north of Mogadishu), Puntland State, Somalia.
		The aim of the meeting was to present the ambulance and its key to the regional hospital director.
		Mohyadin Abdi Bihi, the Galkayo Mayor said "he is happy to see the hospital receive a well equipped ambulance because the 2 previous ambulances were just small buses.
	www.i2ysb.com /comsed/ambulanza.htm (797 words)

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