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Kenyan courts on legal front line in battle to stop Somali pirates
Mombasa :: Kenya | 1 day ago
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Overhead a single ceiling fan battled against the crushing coastal humidity that left judge, lawyers, accused and witness sweating in the shabby Kenyan courtroom. As the suited lawyers for the prosecution and defence parried legalistic blows, a translator...
Tags: Kenya, Mombasa, Piracy, Piracy in Somalia, Law Crime, Horn of Africa, MV Safmarine Asia, International criminal law, Transport in Somalia, Gulf of Aden, Somalia
SOMALIA- Militants warn contractors to stop helping UN aid programme
Mogadishu :: Somalia | 1 day ago
Credibility Somalia have warned local contractors to stop helping the United Nation�s World Food Programme (WFP) distribute aid by January 1. Al-Shabaab, which has battled transitional President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed�s UN-backed government, said in a statement...
Tags: Somalia, Mogadishu, War Conflict, Piracy in Somalia, Sharif Ahmed, War in Somalia, Al-Shabaab, Islamist groups, Environment, Somali people, Politics, Transport in Somalia, Seychelles, Gulf of Aden, timeline of the War in Somalia, Piracy, Politics of Somalia, Disaster Accident
Militant group's move sparks Somali riot
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...
Tags: bbc news biodun iginla, bbc news natalie duval, Somalia, allnews, Mogadishu, Al-Shabaab, Politics of Somalia, Islamist groups, Horn of Africa, War Conflict, Natalie Duval, militant group
Kidnapped journalist home in Canada
Calgary :: Canada | 1 day ago
Credibility Canadian journalist Amanda Lindhout was at her family home in Alberta Thursday after spending 15 months as a hostage in Somalia with an Australian colleague. Her parents met the 28-year-old freelancer in Kenya Wednesday for the flight back to their home...
Tags: Amanda Lindhout, Somalia, Canadian Broadcasting Corp., Albertan, journalist amanda, Toronto Star, Ms Lindhout, Canada, Calgary, Amazon Kindle, Foreign hostages in Somalia, Technology Internet, Ur, Somali people, Printing, Ryerson University, Politics, Advertising, Paparazzi, Warlordism, Human Interest, Surnames, Ransom, Newspaper, Hostage taking, Geddes, Mogadishu, Amazon.com, Journalism, Entertainment Culture
Freed photographer admits Somalia trip was risky
Mogadishu :: Somalia | 1 day ago
Credibility 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...
Tags: developing countries, copenhagen, Somalia, Mogadishu, Politics, Afghanistan, War in Afghanistan, War Conflict
Police arrest 35 aliens heading to capital
Mogadishu :: Somalia | 1 day ago
Credibility Barely three days after police arrested some nine people thought to have come from Somalia with crude weapons, Kenyan police on Tuesday morning arrested some 35 aliens in Bura, Tana River. The arrests raise pertinent questions over the security along...
IFEX members condemn brutal suicide bombing
Mogadishu :: Somalia | 2 days ago
Credibility An explosion went off at Hotel Shamo in Mogadishu, where a graduation ceremony for medical students from the Banadir University was underway. Radio Shabelle reporter Mohamed Amin Adan Abdulle, Al-Arabia TV cameraman Hassan Zubeyr Haji Hassan and freelance...
Tags: Somalia, Mogadishu, Horn of Africa, Dir, Somali people, Politics, War in Somalia, Islamic Courts Union, War Conflict
Militant group's move sparks Somali riot
Mogadishu :: Somalia | 2 days ago
Credibility 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 a Somali...
Tags: militant group, Somali, Somalia, Mogadishu, War Conflict, Shabelle Media Network, Somali people, Politics, Horn of Africa, Education, timeline of the War in Somalia, Hizbul Islam, War in Somalia, Religion Belief, Islamist groups
Somalia Faces Humanitarian Crisis
Mogadishu :: Somalia | 2 days ago
Credibility 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 terms...
Tags: Somalia, Mogadishu, Diplomatic and humanitarian efforts in the Somali Civil War, Horn of Africa, UNICEF, Politics, Humanitarian aid, War Conflict, Outline of Somalia
Former Australian hostage says he hoped to help less fortunate Somalis before kidnapping
Mogadishu :: Somalia | 2 days ago
Credibility 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...
Tags: Somalia, Nigel Brennan, Amanda Lindhout, Canadian, journalist amanda, Mogadishu, Foreign hostages in Somalia, Politics, Somali people, Siad Barre, Human Interest
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