Wajid (Somalia)
Coordinates: 3 ° 48 ' N , 43 ° 15' E
Wajid (alternative spelling Waajid , Uegit ) is a place in the Bakool region in southwest Somalia and the capital of the Wajid District .
The district's population was estimated at around 37,000 in 2004. The climate of the area is arid to semi-arid. The most important livelihoods are (nomadic) cattle breeding and the cultivation of sorghum in particular .
In July 2006, Ethiopian troops marched into Wajid as part of the civil war in Somalia . In early August 2008, fighting broke out between al-Shabaab and local armed groups. Al-Shabaab took control. In a village near Wajid, al-Shabaab had a woman stoned to death for adultery in 2009 and her lover was flogged.
The largest base of the World Food Program in Somalia is located in Wajid .
Web links
- Map of the Wajid district at Food Security Analysis Unit Somalia (PDF; 105 kB)
- taz.de: When the helpers need help (report on food aid in Wajid, 2009)
Individual evidence
- ↑ FSAU Somalia: District population and density, 2004 ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF)
- ↑ Action Contre la Faim, 2007: Anthropometric and retrospective mortality survey, children aged 6 to 59 months, Wajid Town and surroundings, Bakool - Somalia ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as broken. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF)
- ↑ BBC News 2006, 'Ethiopians enter new Somali town' , BBC News , July 22.
- ^ Press TV 2008, 'Eight killed in Somalia clashes' , Press TV , August 12, 2008
- ↑ Hussein, MO 2008, 'Confrontation at Wajid district in Bakool region' ( Memento of the original from December 3, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Somaliweyn , August 13, 2008
- ↑ Somali woman stoned for adultery , in: BBC News, November 18, 2009.
