Djibouti Declarations: A Futile Exercise & Two Sharifs Fell From Grace
Most decent Somalis would welcome peace that is based on a minimal fair play and national salvation. But what was signed and agreed in Djibouti by the two Sharifs-their disciples, the TFG and the UN representing the Security Council is another blatant conspiracy which has given legitimacy to the Ethiopian ...
Former press secretary says president used propaganda to govern
WASHINGTON - In a White House full of Bush loyalists, none was more loyal than Scott McClellan, the bland press secretary who spread the company line for all the government to follow each day. His word, it turns out, was worthless, his ...
Somalia on the verge of collapse, aid officials and residents say.
MOGADISHU, SOMALIA -- Along the ghostly streets of Mogadishu, just about the only traffic nowadays consists of starving cats and goats searching for food. They race toward the occasional pedestrian, crying for scraps....
Ethiopian troops arrive in southern Somali district.
Heavily armed Ethiopian troops moved out from Baidoa town the temporary base of the transitional government southwestern Somalia have set up a military base in Yaqbari weyne locale of lower Shabelle region on Saturday night after they arrived there according to the residents....
Eritria splits the ARS members” Islamist leader said.
The chairman of the alliance of the liberation of Somalia sheikh Sharif Sheikh has revealed that Eritrea government carries process wants to break up the alliance he chairs....
“We will fight against the UN forces” islamist commander said.
On of the Islamic courts union army commanders Sheikh Hassan Mohamed known as “Turkey” has called for Somalis to fight against the United Nations authorized troops scheduled to send to Somalia....
Djibouti, Puntland leaders discuss Somalia
The head of state, Mr Ismail Omar Guelleh, on Sunday [18 May] granted audience to the president of the self-proclaimed [as published] state of Puntland, Gen Mahmud Muse Hirsi (aka Adde Musa)....
Kenya in the Somali crossfireThe .
assassination of a Somali al-Qaida affiliate overshadows peace talks, with Kenya vulnerable to terrorist attacks in response....
High Commissioner mission to Yemen .
High Commissioner António Guterres leaves for Yemen tomorrow (Wednesday) for a five-day visit that will include a first-hand look at UNHCR's efforts there on behalf of refugees and internally displaced people and the opening of a regional conference on refugee protection and migration in the Gulf of Aden. The two-day ...
Somali Islamists ambush troops outside Mogadishu .
Islamist insurgents killed five government soldiers in an ambush outside the capital Mogadishu on Saturday, adding to days of bloodshed that have cast a pall over rare peace talks....
Ethiopian troops encircle Beledweyne town, Dabaged disarmed.
Hundreds of armed Ethiopian troops have started to watchfully patrol in Beledweyne town the provincial capital of Hiran region central Somalia as the government’s stripped-post commissioner of the region Yusuf Dabaged with Hundreds of armed soldiers is reportedly set off to the town....
4,488 Somali and Ethiopian refugees arrive in Taiz .
4,488 Somali and Ethiopian refugees arrived illegally to Taiz during the last year and the first quarter of this year, said Brigadier Yayia al-Hysami, Taiz Security Manager. About 1,013 of those refugees are female and 41 children.
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Ethiopia’s PM reaffirms continued support to Somalia.
Ethiopian prime Minster Meles Zenawi today assures that his country Ethiopia, will continue its efforts to bring lasting peace and stability in the war torn Somalia....
Somalia: UN Says Humanitarian Situation is Deteriorating.
Soaring food prices and a worsening drought are causing a deteriorating humanitarian situation in Somalia, according to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)....
Witnesses: 5 Killed in Somalia Attack
Four officers and one civilian were killed in the gunbattle that started late Wednesday when insurgents raided the police checkpoint. The insurgents used machine-guns, rocket-propelled grenades and assault rifles in the surprise attack, said Asho Nur, who sells tea at the site....
U.S. says it launched missile attack in Somalia
MOGADISHU, Somalia - Pentagon officials said Monday the United States launched an air strike in Somalia to go after a terrorist suspect. ...
German aid worker kidnapped in northern Somalia
MOGADISHU (AFP) — A German aid worker was kidnapped Tuesday by gunmen in a disputed region of northern Somalia, local officials and his employers told AFP....
Somalia: The World's forgotten catastrophe
Khalid Abdullahi lives down a winding dusty track, among cactus trees and chickens pecking at the rubbish piled up against rusting corrugated iron walls. In this anonymous corner of Mogadishu, a city destroyed a dozen times over in the past 17 years, he shares a dirt-floored shack with more than 20 brothers and sisters, aunts and uncles, a niece and nephews....
Iraq, Somalia violence ups journalist death toll--watchdog
HONG KONG -- At least 65 journalists were killed in 2007, nine more than the previous year, as violence in Iraq and Somalia continued to put reporters in danger, a press freedom watchdog said here Monday....
Russian ship seized off Somalia
Pirates have seized a Russian ship off the coast of Somalia, officials say.
The Svitzer Korsakov tug was taken to the port of Eyl in Somalia's northern semi-autonomous Puntland region, the local governor told the BBC. ...
Chadians flee as rebels pull back
Rebel fighters seeking to overthrow Idriss Deby, Chad's president, have left the capital Ndjamena after two days of heavy fighting with government forces.
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Somalia: Economy Stronger Than Others in Africa, UN-Backed Meeting Says
Despite 17 years of crisis in Somalia, the economy there is stronger than that of many countries in Africa in terms of gross domestic product and imports and exports, participants at a United Nations-backed meeting held in Dubai said today....
UN 'frustrated' by lack of progress in Somalia
The head of the United Nations refugee agency in Somalia, Guillermo Bettoki, says he has never felt so frustrated with the lack of political progress in the country.
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