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Somalia signs deal with militia
ALJAZEERA Tue, 16 Mar 2010 07:01:33 GMT
Sufi group joins government in attempt to tackle armed hardline Islamist groups.
Somali deal to tackle militants
BBC Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:48:41 GMT
A powerful Sufi Muslim group joins Somalia's government to help tackle hardliners from the al-Shabab group.
Report : DOZANS DIE IN SOMALI CAPITAL
WORLDPRESSNETWORK Sun, 14 Mar 2010
At least 50 civilians died and 100 injured in Somali capital Mogadishu after heavy fighting between Somali Government troobs backed by African peace keeping forces and Somali Ismists.
UN agency acts on Somali claims
BBC Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:23:11 GMT
The UN's food agency blacklists three contractors named in a UN report alleging that food aid in Somalia is being diverted.
US military may back Somali government offensive
DAWN Sat, 06 Mar 2010 12:09:56 PKT
US special forces could help with an offensive to dislodge Al-Qaeda militants from Mogadishu, officials said.
Somali rebels 'block UN food aid'
BBC Sun, 28 Feb 2010 00:40:03 GMT
Islamist militants in Somalia are stopping convoys of food aid reaching more than 360,000 needy people, the UN says.
US-Somalia aid rules 'impossible'
BBC Wed, 17 Feb 2010 13:33:01 GMT
US rules aimed at keeping food aid away from Somali militants are impossible to meet, the UN's humanitarian envoy says.
Somali minister survives bombing
BBC Mon, 15 Feb 2010 12:15:56 GMT
Somalia's Defence Minister Yusuf Mohamed Siyad survives a suicide attack, amid rising tension in Mogadishu.
UK Somalis rally behind Chandlers
BBC Sun, 14 Feb 2010 03:47:12 GMT
The British Somali community is keen to show its support for kidnapped Britons Paul and Rachel Chandler.
Somali forces 'kill al-Qaeda man'
BBC Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:18:48 GMT
Somali officials say their soldiers have killed a "senior al-Qaeda fighter" who also belonged to the al-Shabab group.
Ethiopian jet's 'black box' found off Lebanon
PRESSTV Mon, 08 Feb 2010 06:54:27 GMT
Search teams have retrieved flight recorders belonging to the Ethiopian Airlines jet that crashed in the Mediterranean last month, killing all 90 people aboard.
Somali bombs 'target civilians'
BBC Thu, 04 Feb 2010 11:29:10 GMT
An aid agency says all groups fighting in Somalia are partly responsible for civilian casualties in "indiscriminate" shelling.
Somali bloodbath leaves 37 dead
PRESSTV Tue, 26 Jan 2010 10:03:30 GMT
Deadly clashes have once again erupted across Somalia, claiming the lives of at least 37 people, as violence continues to prevail in the war-torn nation.
Profile: Ethiopian Airlines
BBC Mon, 25 Jan 2010 09:51:33 GMT
Ethiopian Airlines is one of Africa's few profitable airlines, and has a good safety record.
Video: Ethiopian plane crashes into the Mediterranean sea
GUARDIAN Mon, 25 Jan 2010 09:42:49 GMT
Witness saw ball of fire as Ethiopian Airlines plane crashed into sea minutes after takeoff. All on board are presumed dead
Al-Shabab threatens to attack Kenya
PRESSTV Fri, 22 Jan 2010 02:52:55 GMT
The leader of al-Shabab fighters in Somalia has threatened to attack Kenya following a crackdown on Somali nationals in Nairobi.
Call for tough Somali arms checks
BBC Thu, 21 Jan 2010 01:04:45 GMT
Amnesty International calls for stricter controls for weapons being given to Somalia's transitional government.
British captain's Somali pirate nightmare
BBC Tue, 19 Jan 2010 09:01:25 GMT
Captain Peter Stapleton tells Fergal Keane how he and his crew managed to stop Somali pirates from boarding his ship in the Gulf of Aden, while his wife and 11 civilian passengers were on board.
11 civilians killed in battles in Mogadishu
PRESSTV Tue, 19 Jan 2010 02:20:18 GMT
At least eleven civilians have been killed in crossfire between Somali government forces and anti-government fighters in Mogadishu.
Pirates engage in deadly clash over ransom in Somalia
PRESSTV Tue, 19 Jan 2010 02:05:28 GMT
At least one pirate has been killed and ten have been injured in infighting between pirates over a ransom in central Somalia.
Somali pirates release Greek tanker
ALJAZEERA Mon, 18 Jan 2010 09:36:36 GMT
Crew safe and vessel freed after millions of dollars paid in ransom.
Somali pirates release Greek tanker
ALJAZEERA Mon, 18 Jan 2010 09:36:36 GMT
Crew safe and vessel freed after millions of dollars paid in ransom.
Somali MPs held in Kenyan swoop
BBC Mon, 18 Jan 2010 09:37:18 GMT
Kenyan police arrest 16 Somali MPs and other government officials in a raid on suspected illegal migrants in Nairobi.
Somali pirates free Greek tanker
BBC Mon, 18 Jan 2010 08:39:01 GMT
Somali pirates free a Greek-owned oil tanker, a day after a ransom was delivered aboard the ship, the pirates and officials say.
Somali suburb in Kenya raided after riots
PRESSTV Mon, 18 Jan 2010 07:25:59 GMT
Kenyan security forces have raided a predominantly Somali suburb of the capital Nairobi and taken away scores of people, witnesses say.
Somali pirates battle over ransom
BBC Mon, 18 Jan 2010 04:48:46 GMT
Somali pirates have been fighting over a huge ransom paid to free a Greek-flagged oil tanker, pirates and a maritime official say.
Somalia and Yemen 'swap rebels'
BBC Sun, 17 Jan 2010 06:44:06 GMT
A Somali Islamist group fighting to overthrow Somalia's government says it is exchanging fighters with Yemeni rebels.
Somali lawmakers demand speaker resignation
PRESSTV Thu, 07 Jan 2010 06:02:06 GMT
Somali lawmakers have demanded that the Parliament speaker resign, amid dispute over the extension of the presidential term.
1mn people face hunger in Somalia: WFP
PRESSTV Wed, 06 Jan 2010 08:14:50 GMT
The World Food Program (WFP) says it has failed to get food to hungry residents of southern Somalia due to threats and attacks posed by local fighters.
Starvation looms as UN suspends Somalia food aid
INDEPENDENT Wed, 06 Jan 2010
Up to a million people are facing starvation in southern Somalia after the World Food Programme was forced to suspend operations yesterday following threats and attempted extortion by armed militants.
UN suspends food aid to one million Somalis
PRESSTV Tue, 05 Jan 2010 13:06:41 GMT
The United Nations World Food Program said Tuesday it was stopping aid distribution to about one million people in southern Somalia because of ''unacceptable'' demands and threats by armed groups.
In Somalia, 47 killed in bloody town capture
PRESSTV Mon, 04 Jan 2010 07:01:08 GMT
Deadly clashes have once again broke out between rebels and pro-government forces in central Somalia, leaving at least 47 people dead.
Independent Appeal: Building an Ethiopian miracle, one fried doughnut at a time
INDEPENDENT Mon, 04 Jan 2010
It would be easy to get the wrong impression about Kibnash Tolossa. She sells doughnuts for a living from a corrugated lean-to in front of her home. The floor is mud. The green-painted walls look as if they have not had a lick of paint for a decade. The half-dozen little tables under the canopy are ramshackle affairs, as are the chairs and benches which surround them.
US shuts embassy in Yemen after al-Qaida threats
GUARDIAN Sun, 03 Jan 2010 11:03:34 GMT
US embassy in Sana'a closed due to 'ongoing threats' after warning American citizens in Yemen to be vigilant Al-Qaida threats have forced the United States to close its embassy in Yemen today amid increasing concern about the roots of terrorism in the Arabian peninsula in the wake of the Christmas Day bomb plot. A statement posted on the embassy website said the office in the capital, Sana'a, had closed due to "ongoing threats" from al-Qaida. It said the embassy sent warning last week to US citizens in Yemen urging them to be vigilant. An embassy spokesman would not comment on whether there had been a specific threat. Yemen has been under scrutiny since the failed attempt by the Nigerian-born Umar Abdulmutallab to blow up a US airliner on Christmas Day. Abdulmutallab was trained in Yemen and yesterday Barack Obama said al-Qaida's branch there was behind the attempted attack. Gordon Brown today confirmed that he and Obama had agreed to back a counterterrorism police unit in Yemen. In an statement, Downing Street said the unit was part of a plan to "intensify joint US-UK work to tackle the emerging terrorist threat from both Yemen and Somalia". Downing Street said Britain was already helping to train Yemeni counterterrorism officials, but a spokeswoman said this was the first time the counterterrorism police units had been confirmed. She said Britain was forecast to give more than £100m to Yemen in 2011. Obama's top commander in Iraq and Afghanistan, General David Petraeus, arrived in Yemen yesterday to tell the president, Ali Abdallah Saleh, that the US would increase its counterterrorism aid in the coming year. Downing Street also said in its statement that the prime minister and president believed that in Somalia "a larger peacekeeping force is required and [we] will support this at the UN security council". Last week Brown called for a high-level international meeting later this month to devise ways to counter radicalisation in Yemen. Downing Street said the government of Yemen had been consulted over the decision to boost the country's coastguard and police operations. There have been a spate of assaults on the US embassy in Yemen, the ancestral homeland of Osama bin Laden and the site of the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole. The embassy has closed several times over past threats. The most deadly attack in recent history happened in September 2008, when gunmen and two vehicles packed with explosives attacked the embassy building, killing 19 people, including an 18-year-old US woman and six militants. Al-Qaida claimed responsibility. Yemen United States Al-Qaida Matthew Weaver guardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2010 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds
UK to follow US intervention in Yemen
PRESSTV Sun, 03 Jan 2010 06:46:47 GMT
The British premier's office says that Prime Minister Gordon Brown and US President Barack Obama have agreed to fight what they call terrorism in Yemen and Somalia.
UK to back US efforts in Yemen
ALJAZEERA Sun, 03 Jan 2010 05:58:03 GMT
Somali fighters vow to back al-Qaeda as Western powers seek to fund Yemen crackdown.
UK to back US efforts in Yemen
ALJAZEERA Sun, 03 Jan 2010 05:53:52 GMT
Somali fighters vow to back al-Qaeda as Western powers seek to fund Yemen crackdown.
Danish police shoot man entering home of Mohammed cartoonist
INDEPENDENT Sat, 02 Jan 2010 07:58:43 GMT
Danish police shot and wounded a Somali man with al-Qa'ida links when he tried to break into the home of a cartoonist whose 2005 caricatures of Prophet Mohammad sparked global Muslim outrage.
Somali man 'tried to bomb plane'
BBC Wed, 30 Dec 2009 16:46:29 GMT
A Somali man is in custody in Mogadishu, suspected of trying to take explosives onto a plane, officials say.
Somali pirates hijack three ships
ALJAZEERA Tue, 29 Dec 2009 12:34:32 GMT
Despite an international naval presence, Somalia pirates capture more ships.
Somali pirates hijack three ships
ALJAZEERA Tue, 29 Dec 2009 12:34:32 GMT
Despite an international naval presence, Somalia pirates capture more ships.
Somali pirates hijack UK tanker
BBC Tue, 29 Dec 2009 09:44:33 GMT
Somali pirates hijack a UK-flagged chemical tanker in the Gulf of Aden on its way to Thailand from Spain, officials say.
Somali pirates free Chinese ship
ALJAZEERA Mon, 28 Dec 2009 06:28:25 GMT
$4m ransom reportedly paid for release of Chinese coal vessel and 25 crew.
Somali pirates free Chinese ship
ALJAZEERA Mon, 28 Dec 2009 06:09:29 GMT
$4m ransom reportedly paid for release of Chinese coal vessel and 25 crew.
China crew 'rescued' off Somalia
BBC Mon, 28 Dec 2009 05:28:04 GMT
The crew of a Chinese ship hijacked by pirates off Somalia have been rescued, officials say amid reports of a ransom.
Somali MPs must return in 10 days, parliament speaker says
PRESSTV Mon, 28 Dec 2009 00:50:30 GMT
The speaker of Somalia's parliament, Sheikh Aden Madobe, has called on lawmakers living abroad to return to Mogadishu in 10 days.
UN action shameful, says Eritrea
BBC Thu, 24 Dec 2009 09:58:56 GMT
Eritrea says sanctions imposed by the UN are shameful and dismisses claims it backs militants in Somalia.
Celebrating Christmas across Africa
BBC Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:09:20 GMT
BBC News website readers in The Gambia, Kenya and Ethiopia's Gambella region share their experiences of Yuletide festivities.
WFP officer shot dead in Somalia
PRESSTV Wed, 23 Dec 2009 10:46:52 GMT
Gunmen have shot dead a local security officer working for the United Nations Food Programme (WFP) in the central Somali town of Beledweyn.
Somali parliament 'shelled' after recess
PRESSTV Tue, 22 Dec 2009 13:07:19 GMT
Rebels have disrupted Somalia's first parliamentary session after five months by launching a series of mortar attacks in the conflict-plagued capital, Mogadishu.
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