The Battle of Mogadishu: Firsthand Accounts from the Men of Task Force Ranger
Reuters (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somalia's government expects a settlement in about three weeks with pirates holding hostage 36 crew of a Spanish fishing vessel, a source close to the Somalian prime minister said Sunday.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
The transitional government officials have held ceremony for appointing new administration for Banadir region in Mogadishu on Friday and appointed new governor for the region replacing the former mayor of the Somali capital Mr.Mohamed Osman Ali (Dhagahtur).
The Whig (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
So let's just get this straight -- soccer, dancing, and movies are forbidden. But civil war, female genital mutilation, and stoning adulterers are permitted. Somali Insurgent Group Bans Cell Phone Ringtones Ever since Al Shabaab insurgents seized the southern Somali port of Kismayu, Sacdiyo Sheeq, 25, can no longer listen to her favorite Bollywood songs on her cell phone, Reuters reported. "Al...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
At least two people have been killed and three others have been wounded in Mogadishu after clash between police soldiers and gunmen dressing soldiers' uniform started at Zobe intersection in the capital, witnesses told Shabelle radio on Thursday.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
At least 5 people have been killed and 4 others have been wounded in a truck accident that occurred in out of Wanlalweyn town 90 kilometers south of the Somali capital Mogadishu, witnesses told Shabelle radio on Thursday.
FreeThoughtManifesto (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
The United States Is Willfully Letting Millions Of Somalis Go Hungry In Its Drive To Hunt Down Terrorists BY NATALIE PARKE OCTOBER 30, 2009 Courtesy Of Foreign Policy Magazine There is a new humanitarian crisis unfolding in Somalia, and the United States is partly to blame. Despite sending $2 million and 40 tons of arms and ammunition to the country's Transitional Federal Government (TFG) earlier this...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Hundreds of port workers in the Somalia's restive capital have staged demonstrations against closure of the port activities over dispute between Somali government and the business community, workers and officials said.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
At least 6 have died in a landmine explosion that rocked the strategic central Somali town of Beledweyne, the regional capital of Hiiraan, some 206 miles (332 km) north of the Somali capital Mogadishu, witnesses said on Monday.
Uganda Watch (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
Ugandan forces say they are keeping a close eye on the Somali community in Kampala, following threats by Somalia's al-Shabab militants to attack the Ugandan capital. A nationwide registration drive has begun in Uganda, aimed at keeping track of Somali refugees and new arrivals. Full report from Voice of America By Alisha Ryu (Nairobi) 27 October 2009 Uganda Tightens Security Following Al-Shabab Threat...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
MOGADISHU, Somalia -- A Somali airline official says two men have failed in an attempt to hijack an airplane.
Boston Herald (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
MOGADISHU, Somalia - Rival pirates and militia groups have fought for control over a British couple held hostage for more than a week, an Islamic militia commander and a local...
Vos Iz Neais (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
Mogadishu – A militant Islamist group associated with al Qaeda has for the first time threatened to attack Israel, far from its normal base of operations in Somalia. Al-Shabab, which is fighting to control the east African country, accused Israel of “starting to destroy” the Al Aqsa mosque, where standoffs have taken place recently between Israeli [...]
GayandRight (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
This is from Somalia.... A militant Islamist group associated with al Qaeda has for the first time threatened to attack Israel, far from its normal base of operations in Somalia. Al-Shabab, which is fighting to control the east African country, accused Israel of "starting to destroy" the Al Aqsa mosque, where standoffs have taken place recently between Israeli police and Palestinians. The...
Islamization Watch (Free subscription) | 11/01/2009
Women sell goods on the street in Eastleigh, a predominantly Muslim Somali neighborhood on August 18, 2009 in Nairobi, Kenya. Referred to locally as 'Little Mogadishu', Eastleigh is home to thousands of Somalis who have fled war-ravaged Somalia in recent years. Over 300,000 refugees have left Somalia and have headed to neighboring Kenya, with most residing in the overcrowded Kenyan camps of Dadaab....
Reuters (Free subscription) | 11/01/2009
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - At least 36 people have been killed and scores wounded in three days of fighting in towns across chaotic southern and central Somalia, a local human rights group said Sunday.
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