Podcasts about Kismayo

In this podcast episode, we cover key Somali phrases and examine the variety of Somali accents. We also discussed the differences in accents between the north's Somaliland and Puntland and the south's Mogadishu and Kismayo. Maxaad qabanaysaa or maxaad samaynaysaa, which means "what are you doing?" Suuli and Musqul refer to bathrooms.Meeday and Away refer to the location of something or someone. Stay tuned more episodes on the way and thank you for listening! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/learnsomalilanguage/support

[This show is produced in Somali only; English caption of the show context is down below] Todobaadkaan #TubtaNbadda, waxaan ku xusi doonaa maalinta caalamiga ah ee ka wacyigalinta Miinooyinka iyo waxyaabaha qarxa oo caalamka laga xuso 4ta April sanad walba. Waxaan wareysanay Jamac Xuseen, madaxa qaybta isku dubaridska howlaha ee hay'adda Qaramada Midoobay u qaabilsan Miinooyinka ee UNMAS qaybta Soomaaliya, oo ka sharxaya sida xaaladda Soomaaliya ay u saameysay dadka, una badashay aqoontooda ka jawaabista saameynta waxyaabaha qarxa. Mr Xuseen, ayaa sidoo kale ka hadlaya waxa ay UNMAS sameyso si ay u wacyigaliso dadka Soomaaliyeed qataraha miinooyinka iyo waxyaabaha qarxa, iyo sida hay'adda ay u taageerto dowladda Soomaaliya, dedaalkeeda ay kula dagalameyso halista ka imaaneysa waxyaabaha qarxa. Waxaan sidoo kale wareysanay, Max'ed Xasan, oo ka tirsan hay'adda Juman oo ka dhisan Kismaayo, kana qaybgalay tababar ku saabsan waxyaabaha qarxa. Max'ed ayaa si gaar ah u bartay xirfadda cusub ee ka wacyigalinta waxyaabaha qarxa, si caruurta loogu gudbiyo. Barnaamijka waxaa daadihinaaya Cali Guutaale iyo Fatxi Axmed. Nala wadaag aragtidaada. Sidee looga hortagi karaa waxyeelada ka dhalan karta miinooyinka iyo waxyaabaha qarxa? Radio Mogadishu (2.30 p.m., 8.30 p.m.) Radio Kulmiye (2.30 p.m., 8.30 p.m.) Radio Baidoa (1.30 p.m., 9.00 p.m.) SBC Radio (1.20 p.m., 7.30 p.m.) Radio Garowe (2.30 p.m., 8.30 p.m.) Radio Cadaado (1.30 p.m., 8.30 p.m.) Radio Risala (2.30 p.m., 9.00 p.m.) Radio Dalsan (2.30 p.m., 8.30 p.m.) Radio Hiranweyn (1.15 p.m., 8.15 p.m.) Radio Galgaduud (2.30 p.m., 9.00 p.m.) Radio Kismaayo (2.30 p.m., 7.00 p.m.) Waamo Radio (8.00 p.m.) Isnaay Radio (7.00 p.m.) Sanguuni Radio (8.00 p.m. Axad) Beerlula Radio (8.30 p.m. Axad) Arlaadi Radio (8.00 p.m. Axad) Radio Daar-Dheer (8.30 p.m. Talaado) Waxaad sidoo kale ka helikartaa Podcast qaybtaan iyo qaybaha kaleba: iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/.../tubta-nabaada.../id1373615264 Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/show/tubta-nabaada-path-to-peace TuneIn: https://tunein.com/podcasts/Podcasts/Tubta-Nabaada-Path-to-Peace-p1120872/ ---------------------- Si aad wax badan uga ogaato wararka iyo warbixinada Howlgalka Kaalmaynta QM ee Soomaaliya, booqo: Website: https://unsom.unmissions.org Twitter: https://twitter.com/UNSomalia Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/UNSOMALIA Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/unsom/ SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/unsom-somalia/... Vimeo: https://www.vimeo.com/unsom ----------------------- ----------------------- This week on #TubtaNabadda, we mark the International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action. We interview Jama Hussein, the Operations Coordinator at the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) in Somalia. Mr. Hussein explains how the situation of the affected people will change by increasing their capacity to respond to the impact of explosives. Mr. Hussein also talks about what UNMAS does to educate Somalis about the dangers of landmines and explosives, and how the organisation supports the Somali government in its efforts to combat threats posed by explosive remnants of war. Our second guest, Mohamed Hassan, the Programme Manager at Juman in Kismayo, recently attended the Explosive Ordnance Risk Education (EORE) training for instructors. Mr. Hassan speaks about incorporating new skills in his work, especially while working with children. In the studio, your hosts are Ali Gutale and Fathi Mohamed Ahmed.

[This show is produced in Somali only; English caption of the show context is down below] Todobaadkaan #TubtaNabadda, waxaan ku soo qaadaneynaa cododka wakiilada odayaasha dhaqanka, haweenka, dhalinyarada, dadka la sheego in laga tirada badan yahay iyo dadka baahiyaha gaarka ah qaba ee Muqdisho, Kismaayo, Baydhaba iyo Garowe oo qayb ka ahaa doodo ku saabsan doorashada tooska ah, si dadka ay u isticmaalaan xuquuqdooda dimuquraadiyadeed. Wakiiladaan waxa ay wadageen aragtidooda ku saabsan waxa ay uga dhigan tahay in qof walba oo Soomaaliyeed uu codkiisa dhiibto iyo waxa ay uga dhigan tahay iyaga gaar ahaan in ay gacan ka geystaan dhismaha baarlamaanka, dowladda iyo ugu dambeyn mustaqbalka dalka. Maanta waxaan idiin soo gudbineynaa codod qayb ka ahaa doodahaas. Barnaamijka waxaa daadihinaayo Cali Guutaale iyo Fatxi Max'ed. Nala wadaag aragtidaada ku aadan waxa ay kaaga dhigan tahay in aad awoodid dhismaha mustaqbalka dalka, iyadoo la marayo doorasho toos ah. Fadlan soo wac idaacadda aad ugu jeceshahay xilliyada barnaamijka la baahinayo ee hoos ku xusan: Radio Mogadishu (2.30 p.m., 8.30 p.m.) Radio Kulmiye (2.30 p.m., 8.30 p.m.) Radio Baidoa (1.30 p.m., 9.00 p.m.) SBC Radio (1.20 p.m., 7.30 p.m.) Radio Garowe (2.30 p.m., 8.30 p.m.) Radio Cadaado (1.30 p.m., 8.30 p.m.) Radio Risala (2.30 p.m., 9.00 p.m.) Radio Dalsan (2.30 p.m., 8.30 p.m.) Radio Hiranweyn (1.15 p.m., 8.15 p.m.) Radio Galgaduud (2.30 p.m., 9.00 p.m.) Radio Kismaayo (2.30 p.m., 7.00 p.m.) Sanguuni Radio (9.00 a.m.) Waamo Radio (9.00 a.m.) Isnaay Radio (9.00 a.m.) Beerlula Radio (9.00 a.m.) Arlaadi Radio (Arbaco 9.00 a.m.) Radio Daar-Dheer (9.00 a.m.) Waxaad sidoo kale ka helikartaa Podcast qaybtaan iyo qaybaha kaleba: iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/.../tubta-nabaada.../id1373615264 Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/show/tubta-nabaada-path-to-peace TuneIn: https://tunein.com/podcasts/Podcasts/Tubta-Nabaada-Path-to-Peace-p1120872/ ---------------------- Si aad wax badan uga ogaato wararka iyo warbixinada Howlgalka Kaalmaynta QM ee Soomaaliya, booqo: Website: https://unsom.unmissions.org Twitter: https://twitter.com/UNSomalia Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/UNSOMALIA Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/unsom/ SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/unsom-somalia/... Vimeo: https://www.vimeo.com/unsom ----------------------- ----------------------- This week on #TubtaNabadda, we feature the voices of representatives of elders, women, youth, underrepresented groups and persons with disabilities of Mogadishu, Baidoa, Kismayo and Garowe who took part in discussions about direct elections as a way to exercise their democratic rights. These representatives shared their opinions on what it would mean to each eligible Somali to be able to cast their vote and what it would mean for them specifically to be able to contribute to shaping the parliament, government, and eventually the country's future. Today, we are bringing our listeners fragments of those discussions. The programme is presented in Somali by Ali Gutale and Fathi Mohamed. Share your opinion about what it would mean for you to be able to shape the country's future through direct voting. Call in your favourite radio station during the show today.

In our news wrap Sunday, Xi Jinping has been named to an unprecedented third term as leader of China, extremist militants stormed a hotel in the Somali port city of Kismayo, Iran's atomic energy agency claims foreign hackers stole information from its email system, peace talks are set to begin to address the war in Ethiopia, and Donald Trump criticized the Jan. 6 committee at a rally in Texas. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

In our news wrap Sunday, Xi Jinping has been named to an unprecedented third term as leader of China, extremist militants stormed a hotel in the Somali port city of Kismayo, Iran's atomic energy agency claims foreign hackers stole information from its email system, peace talks are set to begin to address the war in Ethiopia, and Donald Trump criticized the Jan. 6 committee at a rally in Texas. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

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In our news wrap Sunday, Xi Jinping has been named to an unprecedented third term as leader of China, extremist militants stormed a hotel in the Somali port city of Kismayo, Iran's atomic energy agency claims foreign hackers stole information from its email system, peace talks are set to begin to address the war in Ethiopia, and Donald Trump criticized the Jan. 6 committee at a rally in Texas. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

We welcome investigative journalist Amanda Sperber back to the program to talk about her recent Baffler article "Prelude to a Redeployment - Listening for signs of the Americans in Kismayo, Somalia." After the interview we present a brand new Moment of Truth with Jeff Dorchen, and declare the winning answer to this week's Question from Hell!. https://thebaffler.com/latest/prelude-to-a-redeployment-sperber

- Ngày 30/7, một chiếc xe bus chở các cầu thủ bóng đá ở thành phố Kismayo, miền nam Somalia đã bị đánh bom khi đang di chuyển trên đường đến địa điểm thi đấu. Chủ đề : Đánh bom, Xe chở cầu thủ, Somalia --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/vov1thegioi/support

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Saamaynta duulimaadyada diyaaradaha ee loo wareejiyay inay soo maraan Muqdisho ku yeelatay ganacsatada iyo shacabka degan Kismaayo - Saamaynta duulimaadyada diyaaradaha ee loo wareejiyay inay soo maraan Muqdisho ku yeelatay ganacsatada iyo shacabka degan Kismaayo

Listen to the Sat. Aug. 24, 2019 edition of the Pan-African Journal: Worldwide Radio Broadcast hosted by Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire. The program features our regular PANW report with dispatches on the efforts by lawyers of ousted Republic of Sudan President Omar Hassan al-Bashir to be released from detention on bail; opposition parties in the Horn of Africa state of Ethiopia have objected to the character of the existing election laws; the southern Somalia province of Jubaland remains tense as the largest city of Kismayo has been blocked off pending the elections; and Republic of Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa is calling for innovative methods in the agricultural sector. In the second and third hours we continue our monthlong focus on Black August. We look back on the 50th anniversary of the National Conference for a United Front Against Fascism held from July 18-20, 1969 in Oakland.

Anab was The only Female candidate of the State Election in Jubbaland State Of Somalia and she Got 17 Votes as the result announcement by the Speaker of the State Parliament on the 22nd August 2019 in Kismayo - Canab daahir oo heshay 17 cod Doorashadii Jubbalandee 22kii Agoosta ka dhacday Magaalada Kismaayo iyadoo doorashadaasi uu ku guuleystay madaxweynihii Hore ee Jubbaland Axmed madoobe

Qoyska nin reer Melbourne ah oo ka tacsiyaysay dadkii ku waxyeeloobay weerarkii Kismayo. - Qoyska nin reer Melbourne ah oo ka tacsiyaysay dadkii ku waxyeeloobay weerarkii Kismayo.

Gender, State-collapse, Conflict and State-building: Recent Research from the Somali Context Prescribing and policing gender norms and relations, in other words controlling society’s experiences of femininity and masculinity, along with social exclusion practices, is arguably at the very heart of the protracted and violent struggle for political and ideological power in today’s Somalia. The research material that my session will be drawing on comes from two recent qualitative studies: the Impact of War on Somali Men (Rift Valley Institute) and Learning from Kismayo: a study of women’s roles and responsibilities in clan-related armed violence in the Somali conflict (Life & Peace with Peace Direct). The second study was prompted by the widespread exclusion of Somali women from peace processes and political settlements. Together, the studies’ findings provide a detailed picture of the gendered dynamics and impacts of Somalia's post-1991 violence. They deepen understanding of the complex power and gender relations at play in a context of an absent, weak or fragile state. At the same time, they give rise to many new questions, some of which we can perhaps discuss during the session. Judith has worked in development and peacebuilding for 30 years, as a practitioner and researcher, developing a particular focus on gender and conflict. As a researcher, uses she participatory approach and qualitative methods. Among many others, she authored a ground-breaking conception study with the Rift Valley Institute on war’s impact on Somali men.

Gender, State-collapse, Conflict and State-building: Recent Research from the Somali Context Prescribing and policing gender norms and relations, in other words controlling society's experiences of femininity and masculinity, along with social exclusion practices, is arguably at the very heart of the protracted and violent struggle for political and ideological power in today's Somalia. The research material that my session will be drawing on comes from two recent qualitative studies: the Impact of War on Somali Men (Rift Valley Institute) and Learning from Kismayo: a study of women's roles and responsibilities in clan-related armed violence in the Somali conflict (Life & Peace with Peace Direct). The second study was prompted by the widespread exclusion of Somali women from peace processes and political settlements. Together, the studies' findings provide a detailed picture of the gendered dynamics and impacts of Somalia's post-1991 violence. They deepen understanding of the complex power and gender relations at play in a context of an absent, weak or fragile state. At the same time, they give rise to many new questions, some of which we can perhaps discuss during the session. Judith has worked in development and peacebuilding for 30 years, as a practitioner and researcher, developing a particular focus on gender and conflict. As a researcher, uses she participatory approach and qualitative methods. Among many others, she authored a ground-breaking conception study with the Rift Valley Institute on war's impact on Somali men.

Nous évoquons les pertes des habitants de la Vallée du Rift, au Kenya, où les champs et certaines habitants disparaissent dans les failles. Et le sort des réfugiés qui ont quitté le camp de Dadaab pour Kismayo.

When UK playwright Charlene James wrote Cuttin' It in 2014, she meant it to be the starting point for conversations about Female Genital Mutilation. Although illegal in UK since 1985, FGM is still being practiced on young girls. Cuttin' It toured a number of secondary schools in London and Birmingham for a month earlier this year. The play won the George Devine Award for Most Promising Playwright in 2015 and the Alfred Fagon Award for Best New Play in 2014. This time round, it was staged by the Young Court at the Royal Court Theatre in London. Romana Flello, the Young Court manager, felt it was important to raise awareness about the issue of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) as well as violence against women and girls. Furthermore, FGM is on the curriculum on the schools' programme. Each school visit involved a pre-show workshop followed by a post-show Q&A with the pupils led by Flello. Playwright Charlene James insists that FGM is not only practiced in Somalia even though the characters in her play are two Somali teenagers from Kismayo living in Britain. "This is not just happening in Africa, Indonesia or those far away places that we can just off from. It's happening in this country, in cities like Birmingham, London, Glasgow," says James. It was while watching a documentay by Leyla Hussein, the Cruel Cut that James first became aware of FGM. "This one [issue] just got to my gut really and I just felt like I needed to speak about it." Cuttin' It is also about the multi-layared identities of children of immigrants. Something James is familiar as her parents came from Jamaica to settle in Birmingham. "You are trying to assimilate into a country that your parents weren't part of. You want ot embrace your culture but you might not fit in. I think it was important to show how do you have those dual identities and how you are juggling that. There is that clash which I think is really interesting of how those two marry together and FGM is one of those things" explains James. Follow the Royal Court Theatre on Twitter @royalcourt Follow Romana Flello on Twitter @RomanaFlello Follow Zeenat Hansrod on Twitter @zxnt Extracts of the play, Cuttin' It, courtesy of the Young Court Sound editor: Alain Bleu

This is Special English. I&`&m Mark Griffiths in Beijing. Here is the news.Chinese lawmakers have called for stricter management of traditional Chinese medicine production.During panel deliberations recently, legislators discussed a draft law on Traditional Chinese Medicine, tabled for a third reading at the bimonthly session of the National People&`&s Congress Standing Committee. The legislators agreed that the quality and safety of Traditional Chinese Medicine materials should be ensured with improved regulations.Legislator Jia Chunmei said during the discussion that bad materials lead to ineffective treatments, and cause people to mistrust Traditional Chinese Medicine.Legislators applauded the draft as it stresses enhanced supervision over farms producing Chinese medicine materials, adding that growth hormones used for herb cultivation should be brought under control.Legislator Zhang Boli said the overuse of growth hormones will sacrifice quality for quantity.Meanwhile, legislators urged specific rules that clarify the civil and criminal responsibilities of those who violate the Traditional Chinese Medicine law. This is Special English.Anhui Province in eastern China will be the first in the country to drop the Public English Test System, an English proficiency test for Chinese students. The province will stop using the system this year and more areas will follow suit.China plans to finally combine the two most popular English proficiency tests into one by 2020. China has around 300 million English learners who often have to take multiple, overlapping English tests. The Ministry of education has revealed that a new English proficiency evaluation system will be put into use this year and may be put forward across China by 2020.The new system will correspond with international standards and set nine grades for testers ranging from elementary school graduates to English majors and exceptional talents.You&`&re listening to Special English. I&`&m Mark Griffiths in Beijing.Facebook is taking new measures to curb the spread of fake news on its huge and influential social network. Focusing on the worst offenders, Facebook will partner with outside fact-checkers and news organizations to sort honest news reports from made-up stories that play on people&`&s passions and preconceived notions.Facebook will make it easier for users to report fake news, in only two steps when they see it. If enough people report a story as fake, Facebook will pass it to third-party fact-checking organizations that are part of the nonprofit Poynter Institute&`&s International Fact-Checking Network.Five fact-checking and news organizations are working with Facebook on this, including ABC News and The Associated Press, and the group is likely to expand.Stories that failed the fact check won&`&t be removed from Facebook, but they&`&ll be publicly flagged as "disputed", which will force them to appear lower down in people&`&s news feeds. Users will be able to click on a link to learn why that is. And if people decide they want to share the story with friends anyway, they can, but they&`&ll get another warning.This is Special English.German officials are stepping up their criticism of Facebook, saying the social network is doing too little to stop hate speech and could face stiff fines unless it deletes illegal content faster.In an interview published recently, Justice Minister Heiko Maas said his ministry was checking whether it would be possible to make social networking sites legally liable for illegal posts.Maas told media that if other measures fail to work, they have to think about fines in the end, and that would be a strong incentive to act quickly.Germany has seen a sharp increase in vitriolic posts on social media in recent years amid a heated public debate over the influx of more than a million migrants since the start of 2015.The country has laws against speech deemed to be racist, defamatory or inciting violence, a response to Germany&`&s Nazi legacy. But authorities have struggled with the deluge of often anonymous postings on foreign-owned websites.Facebook, based in California in the United States, says it takes the issue seriously and has hundreds of contractors reviewing posts at a Berlin office. But it is reported that staff members there complain of inconsistent rules and overwork.You&`&re listening to Special English. I&`&m Mark Griffiths in Beijing.The United Nations children&`&s fund and its partners have kicked off a mass measles vaccination drive, aiming to vaccinate 54,000 children under 10 years of age in southern Somalia.The United Nations Children&`&s Fund, UNICEF, says the vaccination drive follows a serious of outbreaks in southern Somalia.A UNICEF representative in Somalia says measles is one of the most deadly vaccine-preventable diseases but sadly, it is far from being the only one in Somalia.Many of the children suspected of suffering from measles in Kismayo had not been vaccinated against the disease, although there are 16 free vaccination posts in the area.The U.N. agency has supported the swift delivery of 55,000 doses of measles vaccine to the area along with Vitamin A supplementation to boost immunity. The vaccines are funded by the Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance, and Japan.According to UNICEF, measles is a key indicator of the strength of a country&`&s immunization systems. Somalia has one of the lowest immunization rates in the world. Measles is a highly contagious viral disease and a leading cause of death among young children in Somalia.This is Special English.U.S. researchers have found that a low-dose of aspirin may inhibit the normal function of blood platelets and reduce their ability to up-regulate a protein which plays an important role in cancer cell proliferation and survival. The mechanism means that low-dose aspirin, or "baby aspirin", may have some benefits in helping cancer prevention, especially colon cancer, in addition to protection against cardiovascular disease. The researchers from Oregon State University say the benefit of aspirin may be due to its effect on blood cells called platelets, rather than acting directly on tumor cells.Early cancer cells live in what&`&s actually a pretty hostile environment, where the immune system regularly attacks and attempts to eliminate them. Platelets can play a protective role for those early cancer cells. Inhibition with aspirin appears to interfere with that process.For the first time, the study shows the ability of platelets to regulate cancer cells.The anti-cancer benefit of aspirin occurs at very low doses. Higher doses are used to treat inflammation, headaches or pain. The new findings have enabled doctors to use low doses of aspirin, to minimize the risk of inner bleeding. Inner bleeding is a serious concern with any anti-platelet medication. You&`&re listening to Special English. I&`&m Mark Griffiths in Beijing. You can access the program by logging on to newsplusradio.cn. You can also find us on our Apple Podcast. If you have any comments or suggestions, please let us know by e-mailing us at mansuyingyu@cri.com.cn. That&`&s mansuyingyu@cri.com.cn. Now the news continues.French car maker Renault has opened China&`&s first experimental zone for self-driving cars in the central Chinese city of Wuhan.An electric autonomous driving, or AD, car by Renault has started operating on a 2-kilometer-long lakeside road in the Sino-French Wuhan Ecological Demonstration City.Visitors are allowed to experience the autonomous vehicle in the zone, which was jointly built by Renault and its Chinese cooperation partner, the Dongfeng Company.Autonomous systems can make car travel safer and passengers less stressed. It will make driving more enjoyable in tedious conditions, including traffic congestion.The Renault Group plans to gradually introduce the "eyes off" technology in its core range of vehicles by 2020. Drivers are also expected to be able to take advantage of in-car connectivity safely when conditions and the law permit.You&`&re listening to Special English. I&`&m Mark Griffiths in Beijing.Babies born with congenital Zika virus infection may develop microcephaly, or abnormal smallness of the head, months after birth.The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published its latest Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. The report described 13 infants in Brazil with congenital Zika virus infection who did not have microcephaly at birth, but experienced slowed head growth as early as five months after birth.Among the infants, 11 later developed microcephaly.Congenital Zika virus infection without microcephaly at birth has been reported previously.However, this is the first series of infants with laboratory evidence of congenital Zika virus infection documented to have poor head growth with microcephaly developing after birth.The new findings have raised the alarm for the seemingly healthy babies born to mothers who were infected with the Zika virus worldwide.This is Special English.A report has found that Australia&`&s use of illegal methamphetamines including ice is at an all-time high.Odyssey House, one of Australia&`&s largest drug rehabilitation organizations based in Melbourne released its annual report recently. It said the number of people who admitted to amphetamine use went up 53 percent in 2016.The report said that half of the amphetamine users in Australia were seeking help for their addiction while heroin and opium use went down 45 percent last year.The report says the growth in ice addiction was proof that the Australian government needed to increase long-term funding to fight ice addiction.The report found that two thirds of Australian drug users last year were over the age of 30, with users reporting their first intoxication at a much earlier age than a decade ago.You&`&re listening to Special English. I&`&m Mark Griffiths in Beijing.The surgeon who created the life-saving Heimlich maneuver for choking died in Cincinnati in the United States recently. Dr. Henry Heimlich died of a heart attack at the age of 96.Heimlich&`&s son, Phil Heimlich, said his father was a great man who saved many lives, and he will be missed not only by his family but by all of humanity.Dr. Heimlich was director of surgery at the Jewish Hospital in Cincinnati in 1974 when he devised his treatment to reverse choking that made his name a household word in the United States.Rescuers using the procedure abruptly squeeze a victim&`&s abdomen, pushing in and above the navel with the fist to create a flow of air from the lungs. The flow of air can then push objects out of the windpipe and prevent suffocation.The maneuver has saved the lives of thousands in the United States alone. It earned Dr. Heimlich several awards and worldwide recognition. The maneuver was adopted by public health authorities, airlines and restaurant associations across the world.This is Special English.Lights, baubles and other decorations are often used to decorate Christmas trees in Australia during the festive season, but one local woman was shocked to find a tiger snake playing the part of the tinsel.After spotting the stowaway snake wrapped around the tree in her home, the woman called a professional snake handler Barry Goldsmith who happily relocated the "moving decoration".Goldsmith&`&s photo of the slippery critter went viral on Australia&`&s social media overnight. He told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation that he&`&d never seen anything quite like it.He said that although he has found snakes around the base of Christmas trees in amongst the presents in the past, he has never found one up inside a Christmas tree.Goldsmith said it is a one-off thing, like lightning striking, and it&`&s not going to happen again for sure, not this year.（全文见周六微信。）

In Sitrep this week, terror in Nairobi.  Who's behind it and could it happen in Britain?   Is Iran coming in from the cold?   Why Labour insists it wants to be the political party of the armed forces.   And a warning to soldiers to beware of taking gym supplements which could lead to the end of their army career…   PRESENTER: Kate Gerbeau STUDIO GUEST:  BFBS's defence analyst Christopher Lee   OTHER INTERVIEWS:     The BBC's Mark Doyle, from Kismayo inside Al Shabab territory   BFBS's Defence Analyst Christopher Lee on what Al Quaida might have planned for America.   Patrick Smith, Editor in Chief of Africa Confidential discussing Kenya   BFBS Reporter  James Hirst reporting from the Labour Party conference & talking to Shadow Defence Secretary Jim Murphy   BFBS Reporter  Will Inglis special report on banned substances that soldiers may have unknowingly taken ………………………………………………………………………………… You can listen on BFBS Radio 2 at 1630 (UK time) and at 1830 (UK time) on BFBS (via webb, App & DAB in the UK and on FM in Scotland, Colchester, Salisbury Plain, Aldershot, Catterick & Blandford Forum)   Alternatively listen again on the website  

In Sitrep this week, terror in Nairobi.  Who’s behind it and could it happen in Britain?   Is Iran coming in from the cold?   Why Labour insists it wants to be the political party of the armed forces.   And a warning to soldiers to beware of taking gym supplements which could lead to the end of their army career…   PRESENTER: Kate Gerbeau STUDIO GUEST:  BFBS’s defence analyst Christopher Lee   OTHER INTERVIEWS:     The BBC’s Mark Doyle, from Kismayo inside Al Shabab territory   BFBS’s Defence Analyst Christopher Lee on what Al Quaida might have planned for America.   Patrick Smith, Editor in Chief of Africa Confidential discussing Kenya   BFBS Reporter  James Hirst reporting from the Labour Party conference & talking to Shadow Defence Secretary Jim Murphy   BFBS Reporter  Will Inglis special report on banned substances that soldiers may have unknowingly taken ………………………………………………………………………………… You can listen on BFBS Radio 2 at 1630 (UK time) and at 1830 (UK time) on BFBS (via webb, App & DAB in the UK and on FM in Scotland, Colchester, Salisbury Plain, Aldershot, Catterick & Blandford Forum)   Alternatively listen again on the website  

On 22 February 2013, the Rift Valley Institute's Nairobi Forum hosted an event entitled ‘Somalia's Jubaland: Past, present and potential futures’. Jubaland has been one of the most heavily fought over regions of Somalia—but with its perennial river, fertile soils and the port city of Kismayo it has the potential to be one of Somalia’s most productive regions. The social bonds that bind and divide populations across the borders of Somalia, Kenya and Ethiopia, give this region a particularly important regional significance. This has been made abundantly clear by the presence of Kenyan and Ethiopian military forces in the region. The Nairobi Forum event was chaired by RVI Fellow Cedric Barnes, of the International Crisis Group.