All Africa (Free subscription) | 03/07/2008
Ethiopian army soldiers conducting routine search operations in a small village in south Somalia came under gunfire Thursday, sparking a battle that killed at least 4 civilians, witnesses said.
Jihad Watch (Free subscription) | 03/07/2008
Somalia Jihad Update. "Islamic Fighters Move Into Somali Town," by Mohammed Olad Hassan for the Associated Press : MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) More than 100 masked Islamic militiamen entered a strategic town Thursday in the latest bold move by a force defeated two years ago at the hands of Somalia's Western-backed government and its Ethiopian allies. The Islamists held the capital, Mogadishu,...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 03/05/2008
Somalia: No Talks With Govt Even If Ethiopians Leave - Al-Shabaab4 March 2008Posted to the web 5 March 2008Islamist guerrillas leading an insurgency in Somalia say they will not talk with the country's interim government even if foreign troops withdraw.Muktar Robow "Abu Mansur," spokesman for the al-Shabaab fighters, told Mogadishu-based Radio Somaliweyn during a Tuesday interview that...
Deadspin (Free subscription) | 03/04/2008
... enough for the marathon anyway. Guy 1: "Well Ed, is it one of those matters, the Kenyans and the Ethiopians - let's be honest here - they see a white goy out front and they don't take him seriously."Guy 2: "............."Guy 1: "Well here's a look at that breakaway..." : Especially when compared to the high speed freeway chases the LA viewing public is accustomed to. The possibility of someone...
Black Star Journal (Free subscription) | 03/04/2008
... the country in 2006. But the humanitarian situation deteriorated significantly since an US-backed Ethiopian aggression overthrew the UIC in late 2006. An occupation which, the Ethiopians promised, would only last a month or two. Last month, the UN called Somalia the worst place in the world for children. But it's hardly surprising that Ethiopian-occupied Somalia is a disaster,...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 03/03/2008
The governor of Mudug region in Somalia's State of Puntland has denied media reports that he was detained last week by Ethiopian soldiers.
Net News Publisher (Free subscription) | 03/03/2008
... targeting Islamist hideouts. They bombed the place in 2006 while US warplanes assisted the Ethiopians and the transitional federal government who were both chasing the Islamic Courts Union at that time. Southern Somali towns have been hardest-hit with insurgent attacks, including roadside bombings, assassinations and guerrilla attacks as well as government forces and Ethiopians. But...
The Fourth Rail (Free subscription) | 03/03/2008
... house. This is the fourth know US-led airstrike against al Qaeda operatives in Somalia since the Ethiopian operation to drive the Islamic Courts from power was launched in late December 2006. The Ethiopians also launched airstrikes against Islamic Courts fighters who were into Kenya in early January 2007. The US targeted Fazul Abdullah Mohammad, Saleh Ali Saleh Nabhan , and Abu Tala...
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 03/03/2008
... Mohamed Siad Barre and Somalia's chaos began.
Fighting between Islamic insurgents and Ethiopian troops supporting Somalia's shaky government has intensified since the Ethiopians dislodged them from power in December 2006.
At least nine journalists have been killed since February 2007 and death threats and arrests have forced at least 50 others to seek refuge in neighboring...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 03/03/2008
... dictator Mohamed Siad Barre and Somalia's chaos began.Fighting between Islamic insurgents and Ethiopian troops supporting Somalia's shaky government has intensified since the Ethiopians dislodged them from power in December 2006.At least nine journalists have been killed since February 2007 and death threats and arrests have forced at least 50 others to seek refuge in neighboring...
Ten Percent (Free subscription) | 02/28/2008
... Ambassador Araya Desta ruled out any talks with Addis Ababa until Ethiopia withdrew. “When (the Ethiopians) have gone out of the sovereign territories of Eritrea, then the question of normalization will come later,” he told Reuters in a telephone interview. He also called on the Security Council to put pressure — including possible sanctions — on Ethiopia to withdraw. Most of the...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 02/27/2008
... from the market.Thousands of Somalis have been killed in fighting between Islamic insurgents and Ethiopian troops supporting Somalia's shaky government over the past 12 months. The Islamists vowed to fight an insurgency after the Ethiopians dislodged them from power in December 2006. They had taken control of the capital and much of southern Somalia for six months before they were...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 02/26/2008
Somalia's al-Shabaab guerrillas reentered a town in the southern part of the country hours after Ethiopian troops withdrew Tuesday, locals reported.
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 02/26/2008
... said.
Thousands of Somalis have been killed in fighting between Islamic insurgents and Ethiopian troops supporting Somalia's shaky government over the past 12 months. The Islamists vowed to fight an insurgency after the Ethiopians dislodged them from power in December 2006. They had taken control of the capital and much of southern Somalia for six months before they were pushed...
Afrobella (Free subscription) | 02/26/2008
By now my adoration of Seventies reggae is apparent to anyone who’s been reading this blog for a while, so allow me to bid a fond farewell to a master of the genre. Record producer Joe Gibbs passed away last Thursday. Lee Perry, Niney the Observer, Beres Hammond, The Heptones, The Ethiopians, Jacob Miller, and [...]
