Latest in Tag: Somalia Highlight
Latest in Tag: Somalia
Shebab Islamists abandon last stronghold in Somalia
almost a year after Kenya sent troops to rout them, Al-Shebab fighters retreat to the port city of Kismayo
Human Rights Watch urges Somali government to protect journalists
Somalia one of most dangerous countries worldwide for journalists
Islamist militants kill Nigerian district attorney general
Boko Haram’s latest killing follows unconfirmed reports of their spokesperson’s death
Ninth journalist killed in Somalia
Journalists continue to die as government stands by
New Somali President survives assassination attempt as first test of office
Hassan Sheikh Mohamed targeted by Al-Shabab suicide bombers
Somalia selects new president
Hassan Sheikh Mohamed faces massive obstacles as Somalia’s new president
Return of the king?
Somalis around the world await the naming of their next president
Pirates fire at anti-piracy force
Italian helicopter pilot injured
Kenya attacks Al-Shabab port town of Kismayo
AMISOM disrupts delivery of recruits and logistics on Somalian coast
Ongoing violence in Mombasa, death toll of four
Death toll expected to rise if violence continues
Somali Parliament elects speaker
Political progress comes as UN worker is killed
Monday marks end of “transition” in Somalia
New parliament to take power amid doubts over their credentials and ability to govern
Eight Ugandans survive army helicopter crash, two dead
Nairobi (AFP) – Eight Ugandan servicemen walked away from their helicopter after it crashed in Kenya en route to war-torn Somalia while two soldiers were confirmed dead in another crash, officials said Tuesday. Theirs were among three Russian-made Mi-24 combat helicopters that went down Sunday in a remote mountainous region of Kenya. One was found …
Somali PM to run for president
Somali Prime Minister running for presidency against current president against Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed
Somalia seals Arab world’s newest constitution
Somalia’s Constituent Assembly overwhelmingly approves draft
US citizen admits to supporting Somali terrorist group
A US citizen arrested in 2010 has plead guilty to charges that he attempted to join the Al-Shabaab jihadist movement in Somalia and raised funds to support the group. Shaker Masri, a 28 year old Chicago resident, was arrested in 2010 just hours before leaving for Somalia where he planned on engaging in Jihad …
Bomb explodes inside of Somali refugee camp
A bomb exploded inside of the Dadaab refugee camp, injuring six people, as the African Union Mission in Somalia plans a counteroffensive against militants inside of Somalia
Regional Briefs: Iraq, UAE, Israel, Yemen, Somalia
Iraq An adviser to the Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki said the recently defected Syrian Ambassador to Iraq made a confession of complicity in regards to several attacks launched by Al-Qaeda within Iraq some years ago, according to the BBC. The former Syrian Ambassador, Nawaf Fares, told media sources that his government had formed an …
An African Horn of plenty
By JosĂ© Graziano da Silva ROME: After six months and the deaths of tens of thousands of people, the famine in Somalia — caused by the worst drought in 60 years — is over. But a wider crisis in Africa continues. In the Horn of Africa — Somalia, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, South Sudan, and Sudan – …
Somalia, world powers meet to map out future
By Danny Kemp / AFP LONDON: World powers met in London Thursday for a major conference on the future of Somalia aimed at ending two decades of unrest and tackling Al-Qaeda-linked insurgents and pirates. British Prime Minister David Cameron opened the meeting of Somali leaders plus representatives from around 50 countries and organizations with an impassioned …
Waging peace in Somalia
By Augustin P. Mahiga MOGADISHU: Later this week, an important high-level conference on Somalia in London, sponsored by the British government and attended by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, will present an unprecedented opportunity to take stock of — and reinvigorate — the international community’s engagement in Somalia. The meeting could not come at a better …
Emerging donors chip away at aid industry’s status quo
By Alex Whiting / AlertNet MOGADISHU: Where most expat aid workers fear to tread in Mogadishu, recently arrived Turkish aid workers have been driving in the streets, swimming in the sea and praying in local mosques. Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan visited Somalia in August, the first head of a non-African state to do so for …
Mogadishu fighting kills at least 9 Somalis
MOGADISHU: Somali militants firing vehicle-mounted anti-aircraft guns clashed with African Union forces for a second night in Mogadishu, killing at least nine people including women and children, an ambulance official said on Sunday. African Union (AU) troops launched a new offensive against Al Shabaab on Friday, seizing rebel positions just outside the capital for the …
UN hosts emergency meeting on Somalia famine
ROME: The World Bank promised to provide more than $500 million to help drought victims in East Africa as a UN agency hosted an emergency meeting Monday aimed at fighting famine in Somalia and nearby countries. The money would be spent on projects in Ethiopia, Kenya, Djibouti and Somalia, including the worst-stricken areas in that …