President Sharif promises to hold talks with Somaliland 27 Feb – Source: Radio Bar-kulan – 150 words The president of the transitional federal government of Somalia, Sharif Sheikh Ahmed said that his government will hold dialogue with the authorities of the semi-autonomous state of Somaliland over their political differences. Somaliland previously seceded from the Somali […]
UN bans trade in charcoal from Somalia 25 Feb- Source: East Africa – 563 words The UN Security Council last week moved to cripple anti-government fighters financially by ordering an international ban on trade in charcoal from Somalia. Exports of charcoal from the port of Kismayu in southern Somalia generate at least $15 million a […]
Foreign militants killed in Somalia in strike on car 24 Feb – Source: Reuters / BBC – 287 words At least three foreign militants of the al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab rebels were killed in a strike on a car in a rebel stronghold in southern Somalia early on Friday, a senior Somali intelligence official and […]
Clinton, Cameron rule out air strikes against terrorist forces in Somalia 24 Feb – Source:Xinhua – 340 words Targeted air strikes against terrorist forces in Somalia was “not a good idea,” U.S. Secretary of State Hilary Clinton said here on Thursday. “I am not a military strategist but I think I know enough to say […]
UN votes to increase Somalia peacekeeping force Feb 23 – Source: The Guardian – 813 words The UN security council has voted to increase an African Unionpeacekeeping force in Somalia to nearly 18,000 troops in a bid to defeat extremist rebels and help stabilise the country after more than two decades of chaos. The vote […]
Somalia government captures Baidoa from al Shabaab militants 22 Feb – Source: Shabelle, Radio Mogadishu, Hiiraan Online – 154 words Somalia government soldiers along with Ethiopian forces took over the control of parts of Baidoa town, a strategic stronghold of Islamist militants in western Somalia, an official said on Wednesday. Mohamed Ibrahim Habsade, a parliamentarian, […]
Al Shabaab wants girls to join war front against Somali govt 22 Feb – Source: Daily Monitor – 367 words Sheikh Fu’ad Mohamed Khalaf Shongole, the chief of awareness raising of al Shabaab, the radical Islamist group opposing the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia, has insisted that unmarried girls should join the Jihad (holy war) against the […]
Ethiopian tanks advance on key Somali town 21 Feb- Source: Daily Nation, AFP- 420 words Ethiopian troops in battle tanks thrust into rebel-held Somalia regions Tuesday, sparking heavy fighting as they advanced towards the major al Shabaab stronghold of Baidoa, witnesses said. The latest unrest erupted just two days before world powers meet at a London conference […]
Roadside bomb at IDPs camp in Mogadishu kills soldier 21 Feb – Source: Shabelle – 139 words One soldier was killed and another injured after a roadside bomb hit an IDP camp in Somalia capital, Mogadishu, military officials say on Tuesday. Witnesses say the blast was targeted on TFG soldiers who have been patrolling the […]
1 soldier killed as TFG, al Shabaab battle in Mogadishu 20 Feb – Source: Shabelle – 166 words At least one soldier was killed and an unconfirmed number of others were injured as pro-government troops and al Shabaab battle in the north of the Somalia capital, Mogadishu, military officials say on Monday. The fighting erupted […]