Currency crisis in a famished Somalia - 05 May 08

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Protests against soaring food prices in Somalia have taken a deadly turn.

At least five demonstrators are reported to have been killed when security forces opened fire on crowds in the capital Mogadishu.

Tens of thousands have been on the streets, with many angered by traders who won't accept their cash, amid fears of a flood of counterfeit notes.

All this as the United Nations warns that Somalia is facing famine.

Al Jazeera's Mohammed Adow reports from Mogadishu.

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Uploaded: May 5, 2008 at 10:04 pm
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Video Comments:
Itslifeshithappens (October 23, 2008 at 3:54 am)
ethiojegna...you do realize ethiopia had to suck somalia's dick during the late 70s...one shall not forget their history.
YemenInvestmentJoke (July 2, 2008 at 12:32 am)
The US has screwed up Somalia and its civilians in revenge for its earlier failed invasion.
buralem (June 29, 2008 at 6:15 pm)
what a shame of all somali people to go and end like that siutation, i hope they will one day as soon as possible will change or......
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madex4u (June 9, 2008 at 6:43 pm)
Somalians should learn to love one another since they claim to belong to a religion of 'peace'. But, how come we dont hear of Hindu, Jewish, Budhist, Christian insurgents or suicide bombers?
Deeq4k (May 25, 2008 at 9:36 am)
Bala bala stop all fucken hawiyes coz u made our homeland horor place so don blame ethiopian or others and be obeyed us coz we are good to unite this good homeland,,,ahahahaha
shilbe09 (July 26, 2008 at 8:20 am)
i think everyone should be blamed. i don't exactly know why you are defending ethiopia since you know that they entered our country and killed many innocent civilians. to be honest i don't know much of somalia's history. ur obvious problem with hawiyes, is what i don't know. what did hawiyes do. honestly, i have no idea, so please inform me. i believe its the whole somalis to blame for the distruction of somalia. why one tribe?
stavingethiopian (May 23, 2008 at 2:07 am)
MY ETHIOPIAN MONKEYS EXPOSED!!!
Famine
Malnutrition
Tuberculosis
Malaria
60 million Ethiopians living with Aids and HIV
10 Million Orphans
9mil other Infectious Diseases
60 million we Ethiopians are short of food and and thats 1 in every 5 Ethiopians
23 Million Ethiopian Women cant hold their Urine in themselves and we smell HORRIBLE!!! Thanks to oprha the whole world watch it and we cant deny it
we sure are Shame of Africa we are sellouts who just beg us usual or wait to be adopted.
alexalexandria (May 24, 2008 at 5:04 pm)
WOW.hahaha
isse12 (May 17, 2008 at 8:06 pm)
somalia has won ones agiaints ethiopia an by god they will do it again.
deega25 (May 16, 2008 at 7:53 am)
soalaia will fuck you the bast way you like shut youer bitches don't forget somalia was fucking ethiopia in 1977 .bitches