Somalia News
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African forces backing Somali government troops say they have launched a carefully planned operation to bring security and stability to the people of the Afgoye corridor, a rural area where thousands of displaced people are now camped. Locals said all movement of civilians in the Afgoye corridor has been blocked and the African Union (AU) mission, Amisom, was carrying out
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Mogadishu — Multiple explosions in Mogadishu's busy Bakara market and another blast in east Mogadishu killed 8 and injured more than 15 on Saturday, Radio Garowe reports. There were two blasts in Mogadishu's busy Bakara market - one of the biggest and busiest in east Africa - was timed when AMISOM and Transitional Federal Government (TFG) troops were dismantling shops
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Top in Bible school, missing his family, and craving Chinese takeaways: an American extremist in Somalia's Al-Qaeda affiliated rebels recounts his life in an autobiography. Titled "The Story of An American Jihadi" and posted on Islamist websites, the book claims to be written by Alabama-born Omar Hammami -- better known as Abu Mansoor al-Amriki (the American). If confirmed, the book
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Mogadishu - A military court in Somalia's breakaway region of Somaliland has sentenced 17 people to death for attacking a military base over a land dispute one day earlier, an official said on Thursday. Dozens of angry people marched through the streets of Hargeisa on Thursday to demand the release of the defendants. Riot police dispersed the crowd. The court
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The UN powers on Tuesday expressed concern that Somalia's transitional administration is behind on a timetable to set up a permanent government by August. The United States, Britain, France and Germany all warned Somalia's president at a Security Council meeting that international support was conditional on reaching key political targets. With Somali and African forces claiming decisive victories over Islamic
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European Union military forces carried out an air raid on what they called "pirate equipment" on the coast of Somalia on Tuesday. It is the first time the European Union Naval Force (EU Navfor), deployed off the country's coastline to fight piracy, has carried out a raid on Somali soil. Until now it has acted against pirates at sea, mostly
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A mortar shell fired into a crowded Mogadishu neighbourhood has killed seven civilians, including two children, witnesses said Tuesday, as continued violence threatens Somalia's fragile peace process. It was not immediately clear who was behind the shelling late Monday, the latest in a string of attacks in the anarchic capital, where diehard Al-Qaeda allied Shebab insurgents have launched guerrilla assaults
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Mogadishu — Nearly 10 mortars slammed at Somalia's presidential palace on Friday night as explosions and gunfire rocked Mogadishu in the latest outbreak of violence in chaotic Somalia, witnesses said. "I can confirm two mortars have hit near VillaSomalia," a source told Shabelle Media of the building where President Sheik Sharif Sheik Ahmed stays. "We do not have word yet
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The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) strongly condemns the murder of a radio journalist in Galkayo town of Mudug region in central Somalia. Journalist Farhan James Abdulle, reporter for Radio Daljir - Galkayo branch, was murdered at around 20:10 on Wednesday, 2 May 12. Unidentified men armed with pistols shot dead Abdulle at Kuwait Street in Garsoor village on
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Dhusamareb — The latest reports coming out from a suicide attack took place on Tuesday afternoon at a restaurant in Dhusamareb, in the central war-torn nation where members of the Somalia Transitional Federal Parliament and Ahlu Sunna Waljama'a (ASWJ) officials were meeting. At least eight people were killed, among two MPs and civilians, more than 30 others injured, some serously
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Hudur — At least 11 people have been killed in the latest clashes between Al Shabaab insurgents and Somali and Ethiopian troops in Somalia's southern of Bakol, locals said on Tuesday. Residents told that the clashes sparked after Al Shabaab insurgents stormed the district of Hudur, 420 kilometers (260 miles) southwestern Mogadishu, where Ethiopian and Transitional Federal Government (TFG) troops
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In the wake of recent European Union agreements, the Netherlands will intensify its anti-piracy patrols off the Somali coast. The EU hopes to get a grip on the problem by tackling the pirates on land as well as at sea. Operation Atalanta, which started in 2008, now looks to be extended until at least 2014. But just how involved should
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Somali pirates took in a record of almost $150m in ransom last year but their ship seizures have dropped significantly since mid-2011, the head of the European Union's anti-piracy fleet said on Friday. Rear Admiral Duncan Potts credited the drop in ship takeovers on the shipping industry's adoption of "best management practices", a significant rise in the use of private
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Rome - An Italian chemical tanker captured by Somali pirates off the coast of Oman in December with 18 crew members has been released, the foreign ministry in Rome said on Monday. The Enrico Ievoli, owned by Naples-based shipping company Marnavi, was carrying caustic soda from the United Arab Emirates to the Mediterranean and had seven Indians, six Italians and
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Mogadishu — Authorities in Somalia's separatist region of Somaliland have abruptly pulled out of proposed dialogue with TFG of Somalia after President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed included two Puntland ministers in the dialogue committee he appointed last week, Radio Garowe reports. Somaliland Foreign Minister Mohamed Abdullahi Omar told a press conference in Hargeisa said that Somaliland would not hold talks with
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Four Togolese peacekeepers have been shot and wounded in separate attacks in Sudan's Darfur region, the AU-UN mission said on Saturday. The attacks occurred on Friday, the same day the head of the African Union-United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID), Ibrahim Gambari, expressed concern that rebels were exploiting a deadly stand-off between Sudan and South Sudan. Eleven Central African troops
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African Union troops in Somalia said Friday they took control of Al-Qaeda allied Shebab insurgent bases on the outskirts of Mogadishu, the latest loss for the extremist fighters. Burundian troops with the AU force seized areas of the capital's Banadir district late Thursday, including securing the Deynile airstrip, part of long-running efforts to drive the militants from the city. "The
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Mogadishu - A suicide bomber killed a soldier in the southern Somali town of Baidoa on Tuesday, when he detonated an explosive vest as he tried to enter a government security building, officials said. "The soldier stopped him and as he carried out a security check, the bomber blew himself up," said Mohamed Samow, a security official. "The bomber died
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A suicide bomber killed a soldier in the southern Somali town of Baidoa on Tuesday, when he detonated an explosive vest as he tried to enter a government security building, officials said. "The soldier stopped him and as he carried out a security check, the bomber blew himself up," said Mohamed Samow, a security official. "The bomber died on the
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Baidoa — Al Shabaab insurgents attacked an airport, state house and a hospital in Baidoa with mortars, Radio Garowe reports. Shortly after sunset Al Shabaab agents bombarded the city of Baidoa with mortars targeting Baidoa's international airport and state house. It is unclear at this time how many people were killed or injured in the attacks since authorities in Baidoa
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The Danish navy said Thursday it had stopped a pirate ship off the Somali coast, rescuing 12 Iranian and Pakistani hostages and arresting their 16 captors. "The Danish warship Absalon yesterday (Wednesday) stopped a pirate mother-ship. Sixteen suspected pirates have been arrested. Twelve hostages from Pakistan and Iran have been rescued," the navy said in a statement. "No one was
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Mogadishu - The prime minister of Somalia says that fighters from al-Shabaab are fleeing to the mountains of northeastern Somalia after facing heavy pressure in south-central Somalia. Prime Minster Abdiweli Mohamed Ali told The Associated Press in an interview on Wednesday that al-Shabaab is in "tatters" and that its high-ranking leaders are now moving to the Galgala Mountains. Militant fighters
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Somali pirates have hijacked a Dubai-owned vessel and taken 22 crew members including 17 Indian nationals hostage, media reports said on Monday. The MV Royal Grace, a chemical tanker, which was bound for Nigeria was seized off Oman on March 2, broadcaster CNN-IBN reported. The news of the hijack emerged on Monday, as the shipowners had not given any information
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El-Bur — At least 10 people were killed in a renewed fighting between Ahlu Sunna Waljama'a, pro-government fighters and Al Qaeda-affiliated Al shabab militants in central Somalia, witnesses said Sunday. The gun battle which the locals described was the fiercest took place after Al shabab fighters ambushed Ahlu Sunna forces who were conducting overnight security operations at El-Qohle,a small village
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Somalia's prime minister told AFP Friday that the Shebab militia is on its last legs despite a suicide bomb attack this week at Mogadishu's national theatre which he says was an attempt to assassinate him. Four people, including Somalia's Olympic committee chief and the football federation president, were killed Wednesday when a female suicide bomber blew herself up at the
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