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Somali mother looks for her UPDF lover Monday, 25 August 2008 21:31 A Somali mother is in Kampala looking for a UPDF soldier who she says fathered her four-month-old baby-boy. The 23-year-old Nino Omar Ibrahim arrived five days ago after a one-week journey from war-torn Somalia. The situation back home, she said, had forced her to search for the father of her son who was one of the 1,600 Ugandan peace-keepers deployed in Mogadishu. Read more...

Somali Prime Minister Hussein to Face No-Confidence Vote Monday, 25 August 2008 21:34 Soomaalida Maanta: Somali Prime Minister Nur Hassan Hussein will face a vote on a motion of no confidence submitted in parliament in the city of Baidoa today by a group of lawmakers, Deputy Speaker Mohammed Omar Dalha said. Read more...   Number of Somalis needing aid spikes to 3.2 million Monday, 25 August 2008 21:27 The number of people needing humanitarian aid in Somalia has leapt 77 percent this year to more than 3.2 million, an authoritative new study has shown. Read more...   Somali group hopes to make contact with Canadian reporter's kidnappers Monday, 25 August 2008 21:23 A group representing journalists in Somalia believes it will be able to make contact Monday with kidnappers who claim to have abducted two foreign journalists - one Canadian, one Australian - over the weekend. Read more...   Southern Somalia death toll hits 100 Monday, 25 August 2008 21:09 Fighting in southern Somalia has left at least 100 dead and over 150 people wounded as clashes intensify between Islamist insurgents and pro-government clan militia in the southern port of Kismayu, human right groups said. Read more...   Somalia's Islamists deny kidnapping Western reporters Monday, 25 August 2008 21:21 Somalia's Islamist insurgents denied on Monday that they kidnapped two Western journalists near the capital Mogadishu and said they suspected the pair were being held for ransom by gunmen. Read more...   Ethiopia Says No Complete Agreement Between President, PM Monday, 25 August 2008 21:16 A statement issued by the Ethiopian Foreign Ministry last night says that the presence of the president, the prime minister and the speaker of parliament for talks in Addis Ababa for all of a week indicates there has yet been little progress in resolving the dispute. Read more...   Somalis name kidnapped Western journalists Sunday, 24 August 2008 22:19 Somalia's journalists' union identified two Western reporters kidnapped near Mogadishu and said on Sunday it believed they were being held hostage by gunmen in the capital. Read more...   President and prime minister said to have reached agreement Sunday, 24 August 2008 22:10 According to reports fom Ethiopia, the president and prime minister of Somalia [Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmad and Nur Hasan Husayn] have reached initial agreement. Read more...   Kenya: Authorities accused of denying ethnic Somalis identity papers Sunday, 24 August 2008 22:17 The Ministry of Immigration and Registration of Persons has been taken to task [for] allegedly denying youth from the North Eastern Province [along the border with Somalia and Ethiopia] identification cards. Read more...   Somalis in Cultures clash in Shelbyville Sunday, 24 August 2008 22:15 When the wind blows just the right way, the overpowering smell of the chicken business — housing, slaughtering and processing — wafts across Shelbyville's town square, past Bedford County's historic courthouse and the benches where locals sit, grab a smoke and talk about life in town. Read more...   UN calls for humanitarian assistance for central Somalia Sunday, 24 August 2008 22:07 The UN children's fund (UNICEF) said on Saturday that a recent conflict in the town of Belet Weynein central Somalia needs humanitarian response due to massive displacement of people. Read more...   Piracy ransoms funding Somalia insurgency Sunday, 24 August 2008 22:06 An explosion of piracy this month off the coast of Somalia is funding a growing insurgency onshore as the hijackers funnel hefty ransom payments to Islamist rebels, a maritime official said on Sunday. Read more...   UN agencies warns of worsening food crisis in Somalia Saturday, 23 August 2008 17:23 UN agencies are warning that more than 3 million Somalis, about half the country's population, will be totally dependent of food aid and emergency assistance over the next 12 months. Read more...   Kismayo town calm after days of fighting Saturday, 23 August 2008 17:21 Somalia's southern Kismayo port was calm Saturday, residents said, after Islamists regained control following three days of bloody battles with militias that left over 40 people dead. Read more...   Pirates fail to hijack Japanese ship off Somalia Saturday, 23 August 2008 17:19 Pirates fired on a Japanese-operated cargo ship off Somalia on Saturday and attempted to board the vessel but failed to seize it, an international maritime watchdog said. Read more...   Gunmen shoot dead former district police commander Saturday, 23 August 2008 17:12 The police commander in Balcad District of Middle Shabeelle Region was shot dead by gunmen after Friday prayers today.  The former police commander in Balcad District of Middle Shabeelle Region was today gunned down in the centre of Balcad town. Read more...   Gunfight erupts among Afgooye District militia Saturday, 23 August 2008 17:11 Four people died and nine others were wounded following a confrontation between two militia of the administration of Lower Shabeelle Region in Afgooye today. Read more...   Powerful explosion targets AMISOM troops in Mogadishu Saturday, 23 August 2008 17:06 A Ugandan AMISOM soldiers survived a bombing Saturday morning that destroyed the street they were passing near the international airport in Mogadishu shortly after they stepped out, the eyewitnesses said. Read more...   Defeated militia in Kismaayo escapes to Gedo Region Saturday, 23 August 2008 16:59 Fighting took place last night at Jannai Abdalle [phonetic] village between Al-Shabab fighters and the militiamen who were driven out of Kismayo. Reports from Lower Jubba Region say the fighting which took place early this morning between the militiamen driven out of Kismaayo and Al-Shabab fighters who were stationed at the scene of fighting. Read more...   Two foreign journalists kidnapped in Somalia Saturday, 23 August 2008 16:45 Two journalists, an Australian man and a Canadian woman, were abducted Saturday by unidentified armed men near Mogadishu, police and a witness said. Read more...   Italian ship attacked by pirates off Somalia Saturday, 23 August 2008 16:35 There has been another attack by pirates in the Gulf of Aden, off the coast of Somalia: it is the third one in the last seven days. On this occasion, the victim of the attack was the "Mare di Venezia," 30,000 tonnes of gross tonnage, Read more...   Warship tracks 3 ships, 57 crew seized off Somalia Friday, 22 August 2008 17:21 KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia -- A warship from an international naval force has been deployed to track three vessels and their 57 crew members that were hijacked in an unprecedented spate of attacks by pirates off the coast of Somalia, a maritime official said Friday. Read more...   Warship tracks 3 ships, 57 crew seized off Somalia Friday, 22 August 2008 17:21 KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia -- A warship from an international naval force has been deployed to track three vessels and their 57 crew members that were hijacked in an unprecedented spate of attacks by pirates off the coast of Somalia, a maritime official said Friday. Read more...   South Korean wounded in Somalia kidnap attempt Friday, 22 August 2008 17:15 A South Korean was shot and wounded Thursday during a botched kidnapping in Somalia's northern breakaway state of Puntland, witnesses and officials told AFP. Read more...   AU welcomes deal between TFG and opposition ARS Friday, 22 August 2008 17:16 Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) - The African Union (AU) will work closely with the United Nations to ensure the early deployment of a UN peacekeeping operation in Somalia, AU Commission Chairperson Jean Ping has said. Read more...   UN human rights expert welcomes Somali peace deal Friday, 22 August 2008 17:12 The UN independent expert on human rights in Somalia has welcomed a peace agreement between the country's transitional government and an opposition group, according to a statement published on the UN Website Wednesday. Read more...   Rejected Somali Asylum Seekers in Britain Sent to Mogadishu Friday, 22 August 2008 17:10 In the current antimigration political atmosphere of Westminster it is political suicide to be perceived to be soft on refugees. Read more...   Somali pirates seize German tanker off Somali coast Friday, 22 August 2008 17:07 Heavily armed Somali pirates with speed boats have seized a German vessel with 57 crew members in the Gulf of Aden on Thursday. Read more...   Islamist militia seize key Somali port Friday, 22 August 2008 17:06 Somalia's Islamist militia on Friday wrested control of Kismayo, the country's biggest port town, where at least 34 people have died in three days of fighting, witnesses said. Read more...   War-torn Somalia braces for fresh violence amid shaky peace accord Wednesday, 20 August 2008 15:59 In yet another fragile peace accord in Somalia, the government and opposition parties yesterday announced an agreement designed to halt months of escalating fighting. But the war-torn country, an Al Qaeda front in Africa, braced for fresh violence as Islamist insurgents vowed to continue fighting and executed a United Nations aid worker. Read more...

More Articles... AMISOM troops attacked in Mogadishu Pirates Seize Malaysian Tanker Off Somalia's Coast Somali presidents signs oil deal U.N. approves Somalia force for six more months Communiqué by the Transitional Federal Government and The Alliance for the Re-Liberation of Somalia After a long wait Somali rivals sign a peace deal? Can a central government ever fix Somalia? Desperation drives 'bottom-up' tactic Islamists claim killing member of anti-terrorism alliance Somali President Yusuf accuses Ethiopian commander of ties to insurgents Ethiopian troops in Somalia to leave civilian areas in 15 days Eritrea: President Isayas confers with regional body delegation Five arrested over threats to NGO workers, De-mining in Somaliland: Five people have been arrested for allegedly threatening officials of an NGO that carries out de-mining activities HARGESIA World Food Program worker killed in SomaliaStory Highlights Somali peace talks resume in Djibouti MYM militants, moderate Islamic group clash in Bardhere Islamists fire mortars at Ethiopian troops in Mogadishu Insurgents claim 13 Ethiopian troops dead in Beled Weyne clash Peace talks in Djibouti hit snag over delegates Somali parliament condemns Ethiopian troops of Massacre President Yusuf condemns Ethiopian general Gabre

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