New somali e-passport acknowledged by Interpol and ICAO |Somalia: Low flying planes causing panic among residents in central region |Somalia's Hawiye clan elders urge support for Djibouti talks |Ethiopian troops arrest Muslim clerics in Somalia |The tragic Ethiopian military attacks affected food aid |Security Council wants UN peacekeepers in Somalia |Over the Moon Over Somalia |Xenophobic violence spreads |Somali elders sneer at Ethiopian troops for doling out relief |Somalis help police canvass for clues |Yemen : Danger of falling into Somali's lap |UNICEF Feeds 44,000 Displaced Somali Children |UNHCR praises Yemen efforts in refugees cases |Somali peace talks postponed after rivals fail to hold direct talks |Policy failures in Somalia conflict |Demonstrations over currency, hyperinflation in southcentral Somalia |Burundi's defence minister says more troops to be deployed in Somalia in June |Tanzanian authorities arrest 362 illegal immigrants |Somali clan elder says pessimistic over reconciliation talks in Djibouti |Somalia: Ethiopian troops attacked in Mogadishu |Somalia: Clan elder urges civilians not to take "poisonous" aid from Ethiopians |Fleeing Somalis flock into border town |Eritrea-based Somali opposition alliance rules out talks with government |Egypt expresses optimism over Somali peace talks in Djibouti |Somali sides urged to find peace |Somali gunmen kidnap Kenyan lecturer in Mogadishu |Somalia: Djibouti Conference: An Opportunity that Should Not Be Missed |Somalia: Armed groups must end threats and attacks on humanitarian workers |Three civilians killed in Somalia attack |Somalia: Country Must Be the Priority - UN Special Envoy |Mogadishu bomb explosion kills Ethiopian soldiers |Somali government urges opposition groups to accept face-to-face talks |Three Ethiopian army vehicles said destroyed in southern Somalia |Somalis refugees shift route to the red sea |Islamist fighters reportedly arrive in southwestern Somali region |Somali President returns to Mogadishu |Former governor hands over weapons to Ethiopian troops |Gunmen attack MP, kill one of his bodyguards in Baydhabo |Meeting condemns handover of rebels to Ethiopia by Puntland |Rival clans clash in southern Somali district |Somali peace talks to open in Djibouti though opposition refuses direct talks with government |Somalia: Ethiopian army tanker hit by landmine in Mogadishu |Regime change bitter irony for Somalia's women |Armed group attacks police in Mogadishu |4 soldiers killed in an ambush |Various agencies help Somalis integrate into new culture |Islamists target Somalis in terror campaign |Rare Somalia talks make slow start, U.N. hopeful |Somali Islamists ambush troops outside Mogadishu |Mortar shells kill seven civilians in Mogadishu |Government delegation flies out to Djibouti for talks |Grenade attack kills five in Mogadishu |Cheers hail area's first Somali Bantu to earn college degree |Somali man detained by police over drugs |Somali peace talks delayed by 'one or two days': UN |6 killed in attacks in Somalia |In bold attack, Somali insurgents seize police headquarters in Mogadishu |UN humanitarian Chief condemns the killing of WFP contracter driver in Somalia |Somalia: Director of Somali Broadcasting Corporation Detained and freed |Somalia peace talks to get underway in Djibouti: UN |Eritrea "an obstacle to peace" in Horn of Africa - Somalia |Somalia: Islamist group Al-Shabab threatens to target Americans |UN Special Envoy asks Diaspora Somalis to support peace process |Amnesty: Ethiopian troops have taken part in Somalia atrocities |Watchdog slams attack on Somali woman journalist |Somalia: Heavy fighting erupts in Mogadishu estates |Ending the subsidies that feed the food crisis |Somalia: Puntland gunmen try to kill "last woman journalist" |Somalia: Three government soldiers wounded in Mogadishu fighting |Somalia: Puntland minister says to launch security operations in region |Ogaden rebels warn Somalia's Puntland against rendition of members to Ethiopia |Somali pirates open fire on tanker, no one hurt |Somali war, food shortages spur Yemen refugee spike |Hundreds of Ethiopian troops have died fighting Islamist insurgents in Somalia |Somalia: Hundreds Displaced in Fighting Over Water And Pasture |Somalia” Worst in the world” |Hundreds turn out for second day of food protests in Somalia |Somalia: Television Journalist Escapes Assassination Attempt, Receives Death Threats |Another Somali shopkeeper shot |What Somalia needs |Urgent Action Needed to Prevent Somalia Famine |Somalia: Three Ethiopian troops killed, scores injured in Mogadishu blast |Somalia: MP resigns after government "fails to restore peace" in country |MPs express concern over increase of Islamists in central, southern Somalia |Iraqi government spokesman warns of Somalia-like situation |Somali official accuses Qatar, Jordan, Egypt of disrupting peace efforts |Protests in Somali capital as traders reject old bank notes |Ethiopian premier, UN envoy to Somalia discuss peace efforts |La Liga: Real leave it late to secure 31st title |4,488 Somali and Ethiopian refugees arrive in Taiz |AU chief urges Africans to send more troops to Somalia |Witnesses: Somalia fighting kills 15 |Thousands protest US bombing in Somalia: organisers |US wants world action against E.Africa pirates |Somalia: Two civilians killed in revenge attack |Somalia: Hawiye clan elders condemn US airstrikes |Somalia: US envoy defends recent air strike against Al-Shabab |Ethiopia frees 11 Kenyan Muslims |Somali opposition set to establish new administration in southern region |Somalia: Government soldiers reportedly seize car belonging to radio station |Somalia: Speaker gives MPs seven days to declare weapons, security detail |French president, Somali counterpart to hold talks in Paris 5 May |Somalia: Islamist website says Al-Shabab leader's death won't end jihad |U.S. kills top Qaeda operative in Somalia Locals hope airstrike is turning point in battle with Isla |South Somali town gets new administration |Somalia: Religious leaders criticize US air strike |Somalia: Insurgents attack Ethiopian army base in Mogadishu |Somalia: Three killed after clashes in Puntland |Somalia: Prime minister calls for participation in reconciliation talks |Somalia: Three militias killed after attack on aid agency in south |Locals in southern Somalia town said blinded by US air strike |Security beefed at Kenya-Somalia border |Ethiopia lauds killing of top Somali Islamist leader |robbery on the high seas in somalia |US report says Kenya lacks effective anti-terrorism laws |Gunmen kill three government soldiers in southern Somalia |Somalia: Some 3.5 Million Could Need Food Aid By End of Year |Bin Laden's son denied British residency |Somalia - East Africa's new Afghanistan? |Somali militant group vows to revenge for slain leader |Newly appointed Hiiraan administration officials resign |Somalia: The ICG Strategy passed on to the United Nations |Ugandan peacekeepers escape Somalia bomb attack: witnesses |Obama grabs superdelegate...Somali airstrike. |US to resettle 15 Somali refugees |Uganda: Somalia is Accessible - Wamala |Insurgents target somali Parliament |Death toll from U.S air strikes rise to 30 |Air raid kills Somali militants |Somali army commander killed unknown gunmen in central town |Spanish court probes hijacking of fishing boat off Somalia |Eritrean leader, Saudi king, Norwegian foreign minister discuss Horn of Africa |Four Ethiopian solders, 15 civilians killed in south-central Somalia blast |Somaliland No recognition yet |Ten killed after clan fighting in southwestern Somalia |Somalia: Three police officers, peacemaker killed in overnight Mogadishu attack |Norway to host International Contact Group for Somalia meeting on 30 April |Sweden keeps Somali terror suspects in custody |Four Ethiopian solders, two civilians killed in south-central Somalia blast |Eritrean president criticizes Ethiopian troop presence in Somalia |Somalia: Five civilians wounded in grenade attack on government vehicle |Somalia: Two wounded in attack on Ethiopian troops |Islamists address residents of recently captured southern Somali town |Ethiopian troops in Somalia come under dusk attack in Mogadishu |Eritrea-based opposition group reportedly arrive in southern Somalia |11 prisoners reportedly escape from central Somalia prison |Islamic courts militia kill members of armed gangs in south-central Somalia |Government official in central Somalia district resigns |Ethiopian troops to leave Somalia once peace agreement is reached - Meles |Somali Foreign Minister Touts Anti-Islamist Offensive |11 Somalis sentenced to life for piracy |Somali class in St. Cloud inspires connections with immigrants |Four killed in Somali Islamist attack |Somalia terror suspects await charges |Meeting Somalia's Islamist insurgents |Al-Shabaab fighters capture Kansahdere town |10 dead in Somali capital |Somalia: Puntland vows to crack down on piracy |Saving Minneapolis Somali Boys from Gang Violence |Somalia: Ethiopian troops "capture" Al-Shabab fighters in Mogadishu |Clan politics dictate the future of Somalia |Pope calls for end to violence in Somalia, Sudan, Burundi |Insecurity Prevents Aid From Reaching Displaced in Somalia |Somali children freed from mosque |Somalia: Government soldiers join Islamists, claim |Somalia: Minister says government ready for peace talks |Somalia: Insurgents attack government troops in Mogadishu |Kenyan Muslim leaders urge prosecution of Ethiopia over "atrocities" in Somalia |Ethiopia denies Amnesty International accusations over Somalia |Pirates free Spanish boat they seized off Somalia |Seized Spanish trawler sails out to the ocean: Somalia witnesses |Spain begins negotiating with Somali pirates |UN pursues Somali peace talks despite chaos |Draft UN resolution calls for UN political office in Somalia, planning for peacekeeping force |Protect Somali civilians, UN official tells combatants |Djibouti leader, UN envoy for Somalia hold talks |Somali Islamists set up administrations in south |Somali Islamists clashes with clan militiamen in southern town |Somali government seizes property of former judiciary officials |Somalia: Bay provincial police boss quits citing failure to curb insecurity |Puntland clerics torch truckloads of counterfeit currency |Ethiopian army clash with insurgents in central Somalia |Somalia: Government forces, insurgents clash in Mogadishu |Somalia: Government forces free Mogadishu reporter |Residents flee central Somalia town after attack on Ethiopian troops |Djibouti leader, UN envoy for Somalia hold talks |Spain backs French plan to stamp out piracy |Somalia: Puntland minister says arrested pirates to face execution |Somalia: Ethiopian forces reportedly damage hospital in Mogadishu |Somalia: Bodies of four civilians found in ex-Ethiopian army base |Kenyan authorities express concern over influx of weapons from Somalia |Ethiopian army clash with insurgents in central Somalia |Coleman urges reconciliation by Somali factions |Dubai crew "lucky to be alive" after Somali pirate ordeal |UN rights expert denounces fresh civilian deaths in Somalia |Ambassador in talks with Somalis over captured fishermen |Ban Ki-moon sounds alarm on violence in Somali capital |Rebels criticise Ethiopia for breaking ties with Qatar |Somalia: Intervention Needed to Avoid 'Impending Catastrophe' |Somalia death toll nears 100 with fresh fighting |Somali forces storm hijacked Dubai ship, arrest pirates |Somalia: Islamists ban cigarettes, khat in southwestern town |Somalia: Witnesses describe gruesome mosque killings by Ethiopian troops |Somalia: Islamist official criticizes government's measure to curb inflation |Clan militias kill seven in southern Somalia |Somali courts' militia vow to fight until Ethiopian troops withdraw |Somali families flee fighting in Mogadishu, arrive in southern town |Mogadishu clan elders rap "Ethiopian massacre" of civilians |Somalia: Three Ethiopian soldiers killed in insurgent attack on convoy |UN chief urges Somali government to ensure safety of aid workers |Ethiopia accuses Qatar of terrorist funding and severs ties |UN predicts massive crisis |'They risk everything to escape |Sedentary lifestyle of Somali refugees in Yemen |Somalis flee after Mogadishu battle |Somali Rights Group Says Fierce Fighting in Capital Kills 81 |Pirates attack oil tanker off Somalia: Malaysian watchdog |Pirates hold Spanish boat crew hostage off Somalia |Well-known Journalist Arrested in Mogadishu |Indian Ocean countries to fight against piracy |Somalia: UN Says Humanitarian Situation Worsening Faster Than Expected |Ethio-Som troops slay civilians in Mogadishu-residents |School helps Somalis learn English, get jobs |Fear and Cries of Army Brutality in Ethiopia |Somali PM praises French raid against pirates |Fighting kills 81 in Somalia, rights group says |Somalia: Union of Islamic Courts official denies group targeting cinemas |Somalia: Three Ethiopian soldiers killed in insurgent attack on convoy |Somalia: Two government soldiers reportedly killed in Mogadishu |A hint of hope for a broken country |Once Upon a Time in Somalia |Somali pirates face French judge over yacht attack |Fighting between Islamic insurgents and Ethiopian troops kills 12 in Somali capital |Insecurity choking off aid work in Somali region: donors |Somali police free journalists, let radio station re-open |Paris prosecutor investigating Somali pirates accused of capturing luxury yacht |At least 39 Somalis die in acute watery diarrhoea outbreak |Kenya: UN envoy hails pledge to end military assault in Somalia |Pirates used 'good conduct guide' in French yacht siege: source |African Conflicts Center-Stage at UN Meeting |Somali local rulers seek compensation over French raid |Somali local rulers seek compensation over French raid |Somali Police Closedown Private Radio Station, Arrest Journalists |Somalia seeks UN force to restore order |Somalis urge tough action against pirates |At least 39 Somalis die in acute watery diarrhoea outbreak |Somali Jihadists Clarify Stance on the United States |Somalia: Poor Suffer Most From Currency Woes |Somalia: Nusoj Denounces Dismal Safety Situation for Journalists, Artists |Somali government shuts radio station, arrests 5 |Somalia: Mogadishu's Main Forex Stalls Reopened |UN agency expresses concern over deterioration of Somalia humanitarian situation |French, Yemeni troops reported in joint efforts to curb Somalia piracy |Ethiopian forces to pull out once rival Somali groups agree - Djibouti minister |Somali president says ready to hold talks with opposition groups |Somalia: Government denies plans to replace shilling with Ethiopian currency |Somalia: Talks on-going to solve rift between Islamic courts, Al-Shabab wing |Kenyan foreign minister condemns killing of teachers in Somalia |Somali residents seek more police response |Somalia: Ethiopia Denies Involvement in Killing of British |Exiled Somali leaders want UN-mediated talks |France awaits Somalia's OK to bring pirates to trial |Somalia to Ask UN for International Peacekeepers |Telecoms Flourish In Strife-Torn Somalia |Southern Somalia MP's discuss formation of "self governing" administration |Ethiopian forces reportedly pull out of several regions in central Somalia |Somaliland leader sacks regional governor |Burco residents demonstrate against the extesion of Kahin's term |Unrest simmers in Ethiopia's Ogaden |Somalis continue to make the perilous crossing to Yemen |France talking to Somalia over captured pirates |Yacht crew held hostage by Somalia pirates arrives in France |Dilemmas Of The Horn; Washington wanted to keep Somalia from turning into another Afghanistan. Now i |Somalia: Arrival of 40 vehicles from UAE raises suspicions |Ethiopian forces to pull out once rival Somali groups agree - Djibouti ministe |Transitional President Seeks Acceleration of Deployment of Peacekeepers |Teachers killed in Somalia named |France's Prime Minister Calls On UN To Adopt Anti-Piracy Law At Next Security Council Hearing |Somali opposition group sets conditions for talks with government |Somalia: Puntland leader, ex-premier discuss reconciliation process |Somali Community Mourns Teen Shot in Car |U.S. Policy on Somalia: A Recipe for Self-fulfilling Prophecies |Puntland Police Chief Escapes Assassination Attempt |Ethiopian government and partners request $67.7 million for drought response |Deadly attack on Somalia school |Yacht crew tells of hostage ordeal with Somalia pirates |Five in Somali court for kidnapping a German |Number of Displaced Persons Soars in Mogadishu |Pirates can claim UK asylum Marie Woolf |France calls for UN anti-pirate force |Somali Community Mourns Teen Shot in Car |At least 18 Somali migrants drown off Yemen |Two injured as Somali police officers fight over tax money |Somalia: Hawiye elders expect to hold meeting with Islamist leader |Meles Zenawi: An Impatient Ally |Djibouti cracks down on illegal immigrants -police |IFJ Welcomes Courage Award for Somali Journalists’ Union |France warns Somalia pirates |Humanitarian Plight Worsens in Somalia |Djibouti: Ismail to help Again Somalis to overcome crisis |Somalia: Insurgents attack government soldiers in Mogadishu |Somalia: Hostages On French Ship Freed, and Six Pirates and Loot Are Seized |Somalis anger vendors |Kenya starts processing Somali Passport with Visa |Burundian soldier killed in Somalia buried in Bujumbura |Somalia eradicates Polio |France: Hostages Held Off Somalia Freed |Humanitarian situation deteriorating in Somalia |Aid workers face taxing time in Somalia |SOMALIA: 6 PIRATES ARRESTED AFTER THE SEIZURE OF "PONANT" |Interview with UN Envoy to Somalia Ahmed Ould Abdallah |Somali PM’s peace bid pays off |Somalia: Villages Abandoned As Drought Bakes Puntland |Somalia: AU peacekeeper succumbs to injuries sustained in Mogadishu attack |Somalia: Puntland forces put on high alert as Islamists advance on region |Huge displacement of people reported in central Somalia region |Egyptian radio commentary on situation in Somalia |Somalia: Hawiye clan elders visit Eritrea for talks |Somalia: Premier Nur Adde arrives in Djibouti |Somali immigrant community mourns member killed in weekend crash with driver of stolen car |Hostages off Somalia given supplies, reported to be in good health |Somalia: Members of government forces defect to Islamists in south-central |Somalia: Puntland authorities urge aid agencies to have police escort |Somali Islamists capture two south-central towns |Somali gunmen attack UN aid vehicle |Islamist rebels seize key Somali town again |Burundi peacekeeper killed in Somalia attack |IMB calls for security boost off Somalia's north coast |Kismayo, civilians and aid workers victims of violence |The Immorality of Interventionism |Somalis urge action on pirate ship |Diarrhoea kills seven in northern Somalia |Somalia: Three government soldiers killed, four wounded in Mogadishu blast |Islamist fighters reportedly pull out of Bal'ad town in south |New Shari'ah court launched in southern Somalia region |Somali governor vows to defend region from Islamic fighters |South foreign ministry: no Koreans aboard French yacht hijacked off Somalia |Somalia: Puntland police foil attempt to kidnap German UN aid worker |Somalia: Elder says recent al-Shabaab attack was on clan, not government |Somalia: Mogadishu residents complain of robbery by soldiers |Somalia: Government officials angry over closure of Kismayo port |Eritrea-based Somali opposition group agrees to hold talks with government |3 Somalis killed in clashes in capital |Islamic fighters seize Somalia town |Intimate glimpses into Somali culture |The Humanitarian Emergency worsens in Southern Somalia as thousands of families flee Mogadishu |Islamic fighters seize Somalia town |French navy tracks luxury yacht seized off Somalia |Somalia: Ethiopian troops conduct search operations in southern town |Somalia: Gunmen shoot dead security officer in Baydhabo |Somalia: Grenade attack on cinema hall kills two |Five killed in Somali blast |Somalia: Journalists Upgrade Skills and Tools through Unesco and Nusoj Workshop |Pirates storm French yacht off Somalia - report |Six children die of diarrhoea in Somalia's Gedo Region |Ethiopian troops come under grenade attack in central Somalia |Norway denies quitting Somalia Contact Group |Kenya to reportedly send probe team to search for two kidnapped in Somalia |Somali president invited to attend UN Security Council meeting |Dutch Navy takes over role of escorting WFP vessels to Somalia - Kenyan paper |Calm returns to central Somalia town after heavy fighting |EDITORIAL COMMENT; KHAT - A DRUG OF GROWING ABUSE |Somali Journalists Upgrade Skills and Tools through UNESCO and NUSOJ Workshop |Govt working to secure release of Kenyan held in Somalia |Fighting flares in Somalia |Somali opposition group denies kidnapping foreign aid workers |Somalia: Security minister says government to defend itself if attacked |Islamists capture central Somalia town of Jalalaqsi |Islamists briefly take control of central Somalia town |Press conference by Security Council President on work programme for April |MSF closes medical project in Kismayo |Letters from Somalia III |Insecurity shuts Somalia aid work |Somali Islamists briefly seize seventh town |somalia: Opposition alliance reiterates not to hold talks with government |Aid agency reportedly condemns US anti-terrorism war in Somalia |Somali Islamist leader says meetings in Kenya to "set scene" for talks |FAO says none of its staff kidnapped in Somalia |Somali businesswomen in Minnesota find sales strength in numbers |Two Somali Detainees at Guantanamo Search for New Home |Somali Islamist leader commits to new peace plan |Somali refugees head south |Somalia: NGOs See 'Dramatic' Worsening of Humanitarian Crisis |Rampant Inflation Adds to Somalia's Woes |Somalia: Proceed with Caution |Dutch frigate sent to Somalia coast |Somali consul in Yemen urges international community to end deaths of migrants |Former Mogadishu warlord joins Eritrea-based opposition group |US envoy gives interview to Somali website, opposes talks with islamist insurgents |SOMALIA-YEMEN: Help to stop migrants dying in Gulf of Aden - Somali consul |At least 53 Somali would be migrants drown off Yemen |Convicted SkyTrain rapist deported to Somalia |Nigeria: Somalia Shows Nigeria the Way to Go About Polio Eradication |Nigeria: Somalia Shows Nigeria the Way to Go About Polio Eradication |Somalia: UN Security Council Arria Briefing |British aid worker 'kidnapped in Somalia' |Somalis fleeing in droves - UN |Four Somalis killed in latest fighting |Ethiopia claims arresting suspects in China oil field attack: report |Islamists seize central Somali town, 11 killed: residents |South Africa: Lead UN to Action on Somalia, Darfur and Burma |Africa: Obasanjo - International Community, Africa Failed Somalia |Man charged in brazen killing caught on videotape |Death toll from Mogadishu market blasts hits 20 |Somalia: Gaalkacyo official says Islamsits plan to cause insecurity in city |Somalia: Landmine explosion targets Ethiopian troops |Ethiopian foreign minister accuses "influential" nations of neglecting Somalia |Somalia: NUSOJ Welcomes the Approval of New UN Independent Expert of Human Rights Situation |Police continue to reinterview five men wounded in Lawrence Heights shooting |AU briefly review Somalia |Somalia: A popular Somali comedian dies in Mogadishu |Soldiers fire mortars into Somali capital market, killing 6 civilians, say witnesses |UN Special Representative says peace momentum in Somalia is irreversible |15,000 Somalis seek asylum in region since beginning of year |Somalia’s Government Teeters on Collapse |High level summit to focus on Somalia's economy |Gulf of Yemen boatpeople motivated by insecurity, poverty at home |Somalia: 15,000 Somalis seek asylum in region since beginning of year |Substitute teacher from Somalia charged with sexual misconduct |Somali official arrives in Sana'a |Displaced Somalis loot food aid in Mogadishu |More Somali refugees arrive in Yemen |At least 75 Somali migrants drown off Yemen |Somalia crisis deteriorates, International Medical Corps warns |U.S. Navy taking on pirates |Somalia: Finland responds to the WFP appeal |Unmanned US Military Aircraft Crashes in Southern Somalia |Somalia: NUSOJ Welcomes the Approval of New UN Independent Expert of Human |Doctor honored for helping at accident which took Somali American girl's life |Somali woman kept in custody |UIC fighters briefly seize Jowhar and Mahadaay by force. |Turkish forces detain 28 Somali immigrants |OGADEN REBELS CLAIM KILLING 62 GOVERNMENT SOLDIERS |Somali refugees' story is topic of museum exhibit |Somalia: Political Solution Key to Averting Humanitarian Catastrophe, Says UN Official |Somali PM Pledges Action in Face of Humanitarian Catastrophe |Somalis sentenced for helping obtain false visas for relatives |Somali soldiers recapture Jowhar town |Somalia, a country torn apart |Aid Agencies Warn About Somalia |EU migrants relocating to the UK |Insurgents briefly seize Somali town, kill seven |Somalia: UN Has Lost Touch With the Reality in Country |Families haunted by fear of gang war |Somalia: Row over arms kept in a Somali religious centre |Uganda: Al Qaeda Terror Somali Suspect Held in Kampala |A prominent Somali singer passes away in Mogadishu |Somalia: UN Expert Says Media's Rights Being Violated By All in Conflict |UN Diplomat Urges International Attention on Somalia |Somalia: Organzations Call on President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed Not to Assent to the Media Bill |Africa: Pope Appeals Again for Peace in Darfur And Somalia |Somalia creates force to keep peace at its Bakara market |Somalia declared free of polio |Fighting Kills 5 in Somalia Capital |Six illegal immigrants drown as boat capsizes off Turkish coast |AU aims to restore stability in Somalia |Pirates steal WFP boats in Somalia: officials |The Ogaden: a forgotten war draining a forgotten peopleFears of famine is rising in the country's troubled and barren eastern badlands |At least 5 killed in raid by Somalia's Islamic fighters |Intervening to Destabilize Somalia: Warlords, Ethiopian Invasion and War Crimes March |Nashville center strives to help Shelbyville Somalis |Seminar in Murfreesboro focuses on Somalis |Talks seek to end Somali violence |Somalia: Central region governor urges militias to join government forces |Mogadishu port slowly changing lives in Somalia |Four people killed in Mogadishu fighting |Somalia: Federal government opposed to oil exploration in Puntland |Somalia: Private security force patrols Mogadishu market |Rallies to support reconciliation held in Baydhabo | Djibouti said experiencing influx of refugees from Somalia |Somaliland: Minister accused of receiving bribes |Three TFG troops surrender to the anti Gov-Ethio in mogadishu |Somalia Adequate sanitation The key to curbing cholera |The world must stop ignoring Somalia - U.N. |Somali Islamists say US terror listing forges unity |Danish warship escorts food aid to Somalia |Two million Somalis in need of humanitarian aid: report |UN envoy urges international action to stop violence in Somalia |One killed, three wounded in cinema hall bomb attack |Al-Shabaab's spokesman rules out talks with the TFG |Somali refugee community takes lead in local integration in South Africa |7 killed in raid by Somalia's Islamic militantsStory Highlights |Pirates release hostages held off Somalia |MSF International Staff partially Returns to Selected Locations in Somalia |Somali man killed in SA |Somali Woman Champions Women’s Rights in Africa |Somali, Zanzibar, Djibouti presidents arrive |Somalia: Opportunity to Bring Lasting Peace Must Be Seized - Ban Ki-Moon |Gunmen kill police officer in southern Somalia |TFG military commander resigns |Deadly Battle rocks in Somali Capital |'We'll kill the Somalians if they come back' |Designation of the Shabaab as a Foreign Terrorist Organization |Somali Woman Champions Women’s Rights in Africa |UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon urges lasting peace for Somalia |Many Somali illegal immigrants reportedly leave for Libya |The plight of 120 Somali fishermen |Ireland funds mine clearing operation in somalia |Somali opposition clan leader welcomes reconciliatory efforts |Somalia food security |Somali gov't not to hunt down opposition clan leaders: PM |*At UN Human Rights Council, NUSOJ says “Somali Journalists and Media Houses **are being targeted as part of conflict, their professional activities obstructed*** |Somalia: Mogadishu district official escapes assassination attempt |Somalia: Government accepts private security guards for Mogadishu market |Ethiopia welcomes OIC's final communique on Somalia | Ethiopia foreign minister accuses Eritrea of money laundering |African military officers in Rwanda for workshop on Darfur |Former Beledweyne town’s commissioner killed in central Somalia. |SOS hospital and Hermann Gmeiner school reopen in Mogadishu |Somalia TFG's plan for peace and reconciliation |Nine Somalis killed in land clashes |Govt to support Somali peace efforts |Pope gives hope to Somalia |Pope gives hope to Somalia |Somalia: Five Puntland soldiers defect to Somaliland |Somalia: Official says president obstacle to reconciliation in Kismaayo |Ethiopian minister urges international community to support Somalia |Somalia: Government forces said to evacuate Buur Hakaba |Somali Islamist leader rejects talks with gov't |Somalia: Stray bullets kill one |Somalia: That Question Again, Terrorists Or Freedom Fighters? |Man in court over murder |Somalia: Criminals eliminate detective in Boosaaso |Gunmen shoot policeman dead, take away his gun |Senegalese leader urges Somali government to hold peace talks with opposition |Somalia: Five die of diarrhoea, 30 hospitalized |Belarus airline wins $1 mln damages for aircraft loss in Somalia |MSF national staff member wounded in Somalia |Somalia war creates 20,000 refugees a month |U.N. Somalia envoy trying to set up peace talks |Three more arrests in Sefton Park Somali murder case |Somalia: Media Law Contravenes International Standards and Principles of Democratic Media law, NUSOJ Report Says |UN wants to do more Security and Stability in Somalia |Somali Attacks Kill 5 |VP meets with Somali president |IFJ Calls on Somali Government to Reform Media Law |Yemen invites African states to meeting on regional cooperation |Islamist fighters reportedly kill three soldiers in south-western Somalia |Two charged over death of Somali teenager |Mogadishu’s life is deepening into crisis |Somalia's Humanitarian Crisis Worsens Amid Fears of Widespread Drought |Uganda: Twelve African Army Chiefs Meet in Kampala |Somalia: Heavy fighting erupts in Mogadishu |Somali leader to speak on situation in country during summit of Muslim states |Somalia: Ethiopian troops arrive in regional capital seized by Islamists |Islamists behead three soldiers in Somalia |Armed groups attack cinema in southern region |USA donates cash, bullet-proof vehicles to AU peacekeepers in Somalia |A Conference, which brings together Somali Civil Society in the quest for peace, in its second day |Three more quizzed over killing |TORRES FIRES REDS TO SAN SIRO GLORY |US Policy in Horn of Africa Questioned |NUSOJ*Media Law Contravenes **International Standards and Principles of Democratic Media law, |Somalia's message to the world: Get Ethiopia off our back |Stabbed teenager dies in hospital |Video footage from Mogadishu shows devastating effects of attacks on civilians |Somali model says Belgian police treated her like 'prostitute': reports |Japan donates $1 million dollars to WFP to assist Somali refugees in Ethiopia |Somalis mourn killed peace cleric |Why the instability in Somalia should be concern for Kenya |No vessel is safe from modern pirates |Centre offers help for chronic malnutrition in Somalia |Somali leader to speak on situation in country during summit of Muslim states |Gunmen hurl bombs at residence of regional official in central Somalia |Ex-Supermodel Activist Says Taxi Driver Abducted Her |Somalis granted extension to live in U.S. |Joe McQuaid: While thinking of Somali Tea or Texas Tea, it's time for a warm dip in the cement pond |Clan elder says ouster of premier to "inflame crisis" in Somalia |Somalia: Al-Shabaab to redouble struggle - Robow |Somalia: Government, Ethiopian troops pull out of main road |Somalia: Ethiopian troops arrive in Hudur after Al-Shabaab's departure |Report: Somali President Yusuf Seeks To Convince Islamic Courts To Accept Truce |TFG troops shot dead one civilian in Afgoi. |Deadly battle occurs in central Somalia region |Somalia's security nightmare |Fears our crime being imported |Somali leader orders border town’s air strike |Sports News Three more years for Fergie |Somalia intelligence official escapes assassination attempt |Next Phase of War May Be Starting in Somalia |Kenyan writer calls for local solution to Somalia crises |Somalia: Situation Report. |Despair in Somali refugee camp in Yemen |Ex-Model Waris Dirie Missing in Brussels |Many said killed after Ethiopian forces, insurgents clashed in southern Somalia |Kenyan paper says US airstrike in Somalia missed target |Government forces clash in central Somalia |Somalia: President appoints new ambassador to Iran |UN calls for $4 million to fight Ethiopia drought |Analysis: US denying safe haven for al-Qaida in Somalia |slamic Fighters Move Into Somali Town |Mogadishu: Heavy fighting occurs in Mogadishu overnight |UN: Insecurity hindering efforts to aid displaced Somalis |Number of African immigrants in Yemen increasing, says UNHCR |Saudi government reportedly rejects old Somali passport |Dutch minister lauds Ethiopian military intervention in Somalia |Mogadishu’s Bakara market remains a major war zone |One million Ethiopians face water shortage: UN |Somalis attempt talks |UN Coordinator for Somalia concerned population still being displaced |Fighters grab the government troop’s base |UN: Rights council should tackle Somalia crisis |Somalia: Acute Watery Diarrhoea increases in somalia |US names Somalia al-Qaeda wanted |Yemen 'better than Somalia' |Where has the TFG’s funds from Saudi Arabia finished? |Somali Capital Reportedly on Brink of Starvation |CPJ tasks Somali govt on radio stations attacks |Chaotic Somalia keeps U.S. on terrorism watch |Somalia: Surge in Number of Migrant Boats - And Deaths - in Gulf of Aden, UN Reports |Somalia: UN - Rights Council Should Tackle Crisis |World should stop neglecting Somalia-U.N. envoy |Five killed in Somali township clashes |Hundreds protest US airstrike on Somali town |US Says It Hits Somali Terrorist Target |Yemen ambassador to Mogadishu meets Somali President |Water shortages in south of Somalia region, three died for poisonous water |Somalia's Government Denies Closing down Three Radio Stations |Somali government troops rob FM radios in the capital |Norway frees 2 men held in insurgency finance case |19 more dead in Mogadishu violence |Dutch minister cancels Somalia trip after threats over Islam film Fri Feb 29, 4:48 PM ET |A chance for Canadians to get involved |Somalia: Situation Report no. 8 – 29 Feb 2008 |Deadly fighting rocks in Mogadishu |New commander takes over Somalia mission |Somalia: Deepening Drought in Central Region Alarms UN Aid Agencies |Acute Watery Diarrhoea Kills 11 in Belet Hawo |Kenya Muslims back protests over Obama somali picture |Artillery shelling rocks on Ethiopian troop’s base in Mogadishu |Ethiopian troops vacate from a town they lately reached |Senior UN envoy meets with Government leaders in Somalia |Peak hunger season in Somali Region |U.S. Military General and Flag Officers Visit Ethiopia |Puntland outlaws more officials’ security guards |Skirmishing erupts in Mogadishu |TFG Soldiers killed in Mogadishu |Kenyan town plans demonstration over Obama photo |Foreigners chased out of Valhalla Park |Norway, Sweden holds six over terror link including Somalis |Illegal Somali plant seized in Edmonton |Illegal Somali plant seized in Edmonton |Somali human traders face death |TFG soldier kill minister's brother in capital |Local official killed in Mogadishu overnight. |Explosion rocks on Ethiopian troop’s convoy in Mogadishu |We need to be cared like Somalis: Yemeni citizens |Two Somali Bantu political refugees were released from federal immigration detention over the weekend, after spending months in jail for their failure to apply for their legal alien resident card |Police detains rudeness movie watchers |TFG soldiers detain some civilians and kill one in Mogadishu -witnesses |Ethiopia calls for support of peace-building efforts in Somalia Ethiopia Monday called on member states of the African Union (AU) |
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New somali e-passport acknowledged by Interpol and ICAO PDF Print E-mail
Friday, 16 May 2008 22:10

The Interpol and ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organization) have officially acknowledged the use of the new somali e-passports (electronic passport).
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Somalia: Low flying planes causing panic among residents in central region PDF Print E-mail
Friday, 16 May 2008 20:30
The sound of low flying aeroplanes was heard in Galguduud Region [central Somalia] which was recently attacked by American planes.
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Somalia's Hawiye clan elders urge support for Djibouti talks PDF Print E-mail
Friday, 16 May 2008 20:28
The spokesman of the Hawiye Cultural and Unity Council, Ahmad Diriye Ali, has described members of the Alliance for Re-Liberation of Somalia [ARS] who are opposed to the Djibouti peace talks as irresponsible.
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Ethiopian troops arrest Muslim clerics in Somalia PDF Print E-mail
Friday, 16 May 2008 20:26
Ethiopian troops have arrested five Muslim clerics in massive security operations in Mogadishu's neighbourhood of Towfiq.
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The tragic Ethiopian military attacks affected food aid PDF Print E-mail
Friday, 16 May 2008 20:24
Ethiopia: Soldier speak to a Somali women in Mogadishu who are carrying their food ration during a relief distribution to displaced people in southern Mogadishu
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Security Council wants UN peacekeepers in Somalia PDF Print E-mail
Friday, 16 May 2008 20:22
UNITED NATIONS (Soomaalidamaanta.com) — The Security Council unanimously approved a resolution on Thursday calling for a U.N. political presence in conflict-wracked Somalia for the first time in years and setting conditions for the deployment of U.N. peacekeepers.
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Over the Moon Over Somalia PDF Print E-mail
Friday, 16 May 2008 20:18
At least one person on the UN Security Council is enthusiastic about the possibility of a robust UN peacekeeping force deploying to Somalia.
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Xenophobic violence spreads PDF Print E-mail
Friday, 16 May 2008 20:17
Xenophobic violence has now spread to Diepsloot. On Thursday angry mobs barricaded entrances to the area with rocks, rubbish bins and burning tree trunks.
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Somali elders sneer at Ethiopian troops for doling out relief PDF Print E-mail
Friday, 16 May 2008 20:13
MOGADISHU (Soomaalidamaanta.com) — Somali elders on Thursday sneered at Ethiopian troops for doling relief food to hungry Mogadishu residents, saying the exercise was just a gimmick to cover their blood-soaked hands.
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Somalis help police canvass for clues PDF Print E-mail
Friday, 16 May 2008 20:10
Police officers were joined by relatives, friends and other Somali community members as they canvassed the residents of the 20-floor building where a 16-year-old was beaten to death in a stairwell nearly two weeks ago.
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Yemen : Danger of falling into Somali's lap PDF Print E-mail
Friday, 16 May 2008 20:09
Nairobi  May 16th, 2008- The current regional food Crisis, Somali refugees, Eritrea-Djibouti border threats, Ethiopian invention into Somalia  territories, Somaliland's strategy and the future of Babara Port threaten Yemen's Stability and it's future border security.
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UNICEF Feeds 44,000 Displaced Somali Children PDF Print E-mail
Friday, 16 May 2008 20:07
Against a backdrop of drought, soaring food prices and large numbers of people being driven out of their homes by armed conflict, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has provided food to 44,000 displaced children in war-ravaged Somalia.
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UNHCR praises Yemen efforts in refugees cases PDF Print E-mail
Friday, 16 May 2008 20:04
SANA'A, May 15 (Saba) - The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres called upon donor countries to support Yemeni efforts to help and receive African refugees.
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Somali peace talks postponed after rivals fail to hold direct talks PDF Print