Ethiopian Forces in a rescue mission in Somalia to rescue so
Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2007 3:20 pm
This is the part were I got pissed at "He managed to contact the head of a local Ethiopian force which reportedly is heading to the area where Jama is thought to be located."
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Toronto woman jailed in Somalia for refusing marriage, say friends
Toronto (CBC) - The Department of Foreign Affairs says it is attempting to confirm reports that a Canadian citizen is being held in prison in northern Somalia after refusing an arranged marriage.
A Toronto man says he hasn't heard from his 25-year-old girlfriend Naja Jama in more than two months.
Seifu Getahun, 34, believes a marriage had been arranged for her against her will.
Getahun said he received several messages and phone calls from Somalia, but his last contact with Jama was a phone message she left at the end of July. "In the last one she [said she] was in big trouble and she need help from [the] Canadian government."
Getahun and Jama had been seeing each other for three years. He's of Ethiopian-Christian background and she's of Somali-Muslim descent.
Getahun said Jama told him her family wanted her to marry a stranger in northern Somalia but she refused.
Jose Pereira is a friend of the couple who said he has also spoken to Jama and heard her messages. He believes "she had been thrown into some prison at the behest of her family."
Department of Foreign Affairs spokesman Bernard Ngyun says the High Commission in Nairobi trying to confirm reports of a Canadian citizen in jail in northern Somalia.
Pereira has been doing his own bit of detective work.
He managed to contact the head of a local Ethiopian force which reportedly is heading to the area where Jama is thought to be located.
"From his information fighting is very heavy in [the] area at the moment and there [are no] other details of her whereabouts," he said.
Source: CBC, Oct 04, 2007
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Toronto woman jailed in Somalia for refusing marriage, say friends
Toronto (CBC) - The Department of Foreign Affairs says it is attempting to confirm reports that a Canadian citizen is being held in prison in northern Somalia after refusing an arranged marriage.
A Toronto man says he hasn't heard from his 25-year-old girlfriend Naja Jama in more than two months.
Seifu Getahun, 34, believes a marriage had been arranged for her against her will.
Getahun said he received several messages and phone calls from Somalia, but his last contact with Jama was a phone message she left at the end of July. "In the last one she [said she] was in big trouble and she need help from [the] Canadian government."
Getahun and Jama had been seeing each other for three years. He's of Ethiopian-Christian background and she's of Somali-Muslim descent.
Getahun said Jama told him her family wanted her to marry a stranger in northern Somalia but she refused.
Jose Pereira is a friend of the couple who said he has also spoken to Jama and heard her messages. He believes "she had been thrown into some prison at the behest of her family."
Department of Foreign Affairs spokesman Bernard Ngyun says the High Commission in Nairobi trying to confirm reports of a Canadian citizen in jail in northern Somalia.
Pereira has been doing his own bit of detective work.
He managed to contact the head of a local Ethiopian force which reportedly is heading to the area where Jama is thought to be located.
"From his information fighting is very heavy in [the] area at the moment and there [are no] other details of her whereabouts," he said.
Source: CBC, Oct 04, 2007
