Currency crisis in a famished Somalia - 05 May 08

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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[juvejag]

In the comfort of your house, yall talking shit behind a computer screen.Go do something for Somalia and shut the fuck up. Millions are suffering!!!

[YemenInvestmentJoke]

The US has screwed up Somalia and its civilians in revenge for its earlier failed invasion.

[pastuso1bc]

@sheedabug ...I am not angry...I am laughing. I am laughing at your ignorance when you I see that you actually believe that fuckface allah is real.

[sheedabug]

@pastuso1bc you sound angry... & ignorant.

[afrikanbadboy]

why cant the international leave out strageic land alone.we have everything to survive but the Us wants us to beg for there aid(food).fuck them all.god hawiye and darood need to come together to face our enemies head on.islam is one god is one . free somalia from treachery

[bignasxl]

somali money is a joke.They use american dollars now

[Opartar]

somalian stink like a burning nigger

[dead235]

stinky guns,stinky foods,stinky fire,stinky money,stinky cars,stunky country

just stinky.

[pastuso1bc]

They should pray to their motherfucker allah guy.

They believe that everything that happens is allah's will, so if they are hungry, they can blame fuckface allah because it's his will.

I guess 5 prayers a day are just not enough for attention whore allah.

[moneymikey]

Indeed

[HETAC55]

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