Contributor ReportsSomalia ready to escalate war against rebels
Source: International Business Times
Mogadishu :: Somalia | updated Wed Dec 09 14:27:34 -0800 2009 | political-news
Somalia's president swore on Wednesday to intensify his war against insurgents blamed for a suicide bombing at a medical graduation ceremony last week that killed 22 people, including three government ministers. Sheikh Sharif Ahmed's fragile administration controls only a few...
Militant group's move sparks Somali riot
Posted by: BiodunIginla
Mogadishu :: Somalia | updated Wed Dec 09 10:53:57 -0800 2009 | political-news
Wednesday, December 9, 2009 by Natalie Duval for the BBC's Biodun Iginla Published: Dec. 9, 2009 at 11:49 AM Article Photos Listen Videos Comments 3 Somali soldiers killed Al-Shabaab denies Somalia hotel blast Three Somali ministers dead in bombing Somali...
ReachFreed photographer admits Somalia trip was risky
Source: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Mogadishu :: Somalia | updated Wed Dec 09 11:24:30 -0800 2009 | political-news
Negotiators at the Copenhagen climate summit are trying to bridge a gap between developing countries and wealthy nations over who should shoulder the cost burden. The Australian photojournalist recently released after being held hostage for 15 months in Somalia says...
Militant group's move sparks Somali riot
Source: United Press International
Mogadishu :: Somalia | updated Wed Dec 09 10:53:57 -0800 2009 | travel-news
Somali students and residents of village near Mogadishu staged a riot to protest the actions of an Islamic militant group, witnesses say. The village of Elasha Biyaha erupted in protests Tuesday when members of the Hizbul Islam militia took down...
Somalia Faces Humanitarian Crisis
Source: Scoop
Mogadishu :: Somalia | updated Tue Dec 08 19:43:39 -0800 2009 | political-news
Rozanne Chorlton. “So Somalia on track to be measles- and tetanus-free,” Ms. Chorlton told the briefing, underscoring the need to keep up this level of activity. “Really big things can happen in Somalia in terms of humanitarian service delivery, in...
Former Australian hostage says he hoped to help less fortunate Somalis ...
Source: Macleans
Mogadishu :: Somalia | updated Wed Dec 09 13:44:24 -0800 2009 | political-news
An Australian photojournalist recently released after being held hostage for 15 months in Somalia said Wednesday he was trying to highlight the plight of those less fortunate when he was kidnapped. Nigel Brennan and Canadian journalist Amanda Lindhout were kidnapped...
Deadly blast at a Somali graduation
Source: Reuters
Mogadishu :: Somalia | updated Tue Dec 08 07:38:11 -0800 2009 | political-news
Attending the graduation of doctors, engineers and professors in Mogadishu last Thursday, I was relieved to cover a positive Somalia story for a change. War is all we can usually report from here, where fighting has killed at least 19,000...
Somali police warn of more suicide bombings
Source: Reuters
Mogadishu :: Somalia | updated Mon Dec 07 05:33:49 -0800 2009 | travel-news
Somalia's hardline al Shabaab rebels have prepared two suicide bombers disguised as military and police officers who are planning to strike Mogadishu's seaport and airport, the Somali police said on Monday. A suicide bomber disguised as a woman in a...
Somali Pirates: Ballin' Dangerously Out of Control [Pirates]
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Source: Gawker
Mogadishu :: Somalia | updated Sun Dec 06 12:13:02 -0800 2009 | political-news
After all, what, you think they do it because it's fun to be a pirate?...They're do it for the scrilla, the scratch, the cold, hard cash...A parcel of land here that sold for $12,000 two years ago now costs more...
Somalia seeks a dose of Obama's Afghan vision
Source: Chicago Tribune
Mogadishu :: Somalia | updated Sun Dec 06 07:30:14 -0800 2009 | travel-news
Somalia's government called on Saturday for an international peace plan like President Barack Obama's new Afghan strategy, saying it would be more effective and far cheaper than current efforts to combat Somali piracy. "We accept that ... the situation in...
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