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Al Shabaab push towards the palace of Somali President
Category: General. Location: Somalia. Source: Reuters Posted by Justin Mensah on Wed, 25th Aug 2010.
Somali Islamist rebels pushed towards the presidential palace late on Tuesday but were repelled by heavy shelling by government troops, an army officer said on Wednesday....read more »
[Video] Somali MPs killed in hotel suicide attack
Islamist gunmen have stormed a hotel close to Somalia's presidential palace and killed at least 32 people, including six MPs.
The BBC's Mohammed Olad Hassan in Mogadishu says the men were disguised as government soldiers....read more »
The BBC's Mohammed Olad Hassan in Mogadishu says the men were disguised as government soldiers....read more »
Deadly battles continue in Somalia
Category: General. Location: Somalia. Source: Al Jazeera Posted by Justin Mensah on Wed, 25th Aug 2010.
Heavy fighting in Mogadishu, the Somali capital, has flared for the third consecutive day, with six people being killed.
Another 25 people were injured in the latest attacks on Wednesday, in the Bakara market area....read more »
Another 25 people were injured in the latest attacks on Wednesday, in the Bakara market area....read more »
Fighters killed in Somalia blasts
Category: General. Location: Somalia. Source: Al Jazeera Posted by Justin Mensah on Mon, 23rd Aug 2010.
The Somali government says 10 anti-government fighters have been killed by their own bombs after the devices they were preparing went off prematurely in the capital, Mogadishu....read more »
11 civilians killed in Mogadishu fighting
Somalia's Islamist Shebab group which is linked to Al-Qaeda launched an attack on government and African Union forces here Monday that left 11 civilians dead and 53 wounded, medics said....read more »
More AU troops arrive to boost Somalia peace force
Category: General. Location: Somalia. Source: Reuters Posted by Justin Mensah on Mon, 23rd Aug 2010.
Hundreds of mainly Ugandan troops have arrived in Mogadishu to strengthen an African Union peacekeeping force helping Somalia's government battle Islamist insurgents, an AU official said on Monday....read more »
Ten killed in Mogadishu blast as militants blamed
At least 10 people are believed to have been killed in a powerful explosion in the Somali capital, Mogadishu.
The dead were reported to have been anti-government militants, thought to have been killed when their bombs exploded prematurely....read more »
The dead were reported to have been anti-government militants, thought to have been killed when their bombs exploded prematurely....read more »
Journalist jailed in Somalia
Category: General. Location: Somalia. Source: Al Jazeera Posted by Justin Mensah on Tue, 17th Aug 2010.
A court in Somalia's semi-autonomous region of Puntland has jailed a journalist for interviewing a Muslim leader with ties to al-Qaeda-inspired fighters, local media and an international watchdog have said....read more »
Rwandans line up before dawn for presidential vote
Pirates have abandoned a sugar cargo ship a day after seizing it in the Gulf of Aden, the EU naval task force operating off Somalia says....read more »
Pirates seize sugar ship Syria Star off Horn of Africa
Pirates have seized a sugar cargo ship in the Gulf of Aden and steered it towards the Horn of Africa, EU naval officials say.
Navfor, the EU naval task force combating piracy off Somalia, said it had received a distress signal from the mainly Syrian-crewed MV Syria Star....read more »
Navfor, the EU naval task force combating piracy off Somalia, said it had received a distress signal from the mainly Syrian-crewed MV Syria Star....read more »
US charges 14 over links to al-Shabab
US officials have charged 14 people with providing money, personnel and services to the Somali militant group al-Shabab.
The charges stem from four separate indictments in the US states of Minnesota, Alabama and California....read more »
The charges stem from four separate indictments in the US states of Minnesota, Alabama and California....read more »
Somali Islamists demand cash and jewelry for holy war
Islamist rebels have ordered business people in southern Somalia to donate cash and jewelry for a holy war against African Union peacekeeping troops and the Somali government, market traders said on Tuesday....read more »
Somali pirates capture Panama-flagged cargo ship
Somali pirates have hijacked the Panama-flagged MV Suez cargo ship with 23 crew on board, the European Union naval force (EUNAVFOR) has said.
The ship, which is carrying a cement consignment, came under small arms fire while sailing in a recommended shipping lane in the Gulf of Aden....read more »
The ship, which is carrying a cement consignment, came under small arms fire while sailing in a recommended shipping lane in the Gulf of Aden....read more »
UN urges Saudi Arabia to stop expelling Somalis
The UN refugee agency has urged Saudi Arabia to stop deporting Somalis, saying 2,000 people have recently been sent to Mogadishu....read more »
Al-Shabab threatens AU peacekeepers
Category: General. Location: Somalia. Source: Al Jazeera Posted by Afrakomah Chinery-Hesse on Fri, 30th Jul 2010.
The armed group leading the fight against Somalia's beleagured transitional government has warned that it will turn Mogadishu into a "graveyard" for extra African Union troops sent to the country....read more »