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Somalia seeks a dose of Obama's Afghan vision
Mogadishu :: Somalia | 4 days ago
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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...
Tags: Somalia, Barack Obama, Mogadishu, Politics, Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke, War Conflict, Outline of Somalia, Horn of Africa, War in Afghanistan, Abdirashid Ali Shermarke
They are born in Canada, educated, from respected families and they might be fighting for the shadowy al-Shabab
Mogadishu :: Somalia | 5 days ago
Credibility T he photos were laid out one after another, headshots of five young Somali-Canadian men who disappeared in mid-October. The man from the East Africa desk of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service asked anguished parents the usual questions: Do you...
Tags: Somalia, American Somalis, Canada, Canadian Somali Congress, Somali Canadian National Council, Somaliland, missing men, communities leaders, Toronto, Little Mogadishu, Mogadishu
Pirates release 3 RP seafarers, 67 remain in Somalia
Mogadishu :: Somalia | 5 days ago
Credibility Hijacked on July 4 with 2 Filipinos.* Thai Union 3- Hijacked on October 29 with 2 Filipinos...Hijacked on November 11 with 19 Filipinos MV Maran Centaurus � Hijacked November 29 with 16 Filipinos * Except for the Sichem Peace, all the ships mentioned...
Tags: hijacked ones, Somalia, filipinos seafarers, pirates released, Mogadishu, Piracy, Piracy in Somalia
A gulf of despair
Mogadishu :: Somalia | 5 days ago
Credibility Thus, when the second batch of medical graduates in those 18 years gathers for a ceremony, one expects a celebration...Scores have died, amongst them the health minister, the minister for higher education and the minister of education. No group has taken...
Tags: Somalia, Mogadishu, War Conflict, Piracy, Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke, Piracy in Somalia, Transport in Somalia, War in Somalia, Warlordism, Gulf of Aden, Islamic Courts Union, Islamist groups
Somalia seeks Afghan-style plan
Mogadishu :: Somalia | 5 days ago
Credibility Somalia has lacked a functioning central government since 1991. Al-Shabab and other anti-government groups regularly attack government troops and African Union peacekeepers, in efforts to force them out of the country. Al-Shabab and allied groups control...
Tags: Somalia Bomb, Mogadishu, graduation ceremony, Ethiopian, suicide bomb, Somalia, War Conflict, Politics, War in Somalia, Somali people, Horn of Africa, Islamist groups, Ahlus Sunnah wal Jamaah, Beledweyne bombing, National liberation movements, Islamic Courts Union, Outline of Somalia, Hassan Dahir Aweys, timeline of the War in Somalia, Sharif Ahmed, Hizbul Islam, Battle for Central Somalia, Al-Shabaab, Religion Belief
Somalia is a danger to us all
Mogadishu :: Somalia | 5 days ago
Credibility The Thursday heartless bomb attack in Mogadishu that killed 22 people — three among them Cabinet ministers — and left more than 40 other people badly injured demonstrated that vicious and vile insurgents are determined to destroy Somalia. Coming after...
Tags: Somalia, Kenya, African Union, Mogadishu, Horn of Africa, Politics, War in Somalia, War Conflict
Iran condemns Somali terrorist attack
Mogadishu :: Somalia | 5 days ago
Credibility In a statement issued on Friday, Iranian Foreign Minister Spokesman, Ramin Mehman-Parast, expressed solidarity with the Somali government and people for "the tragic incident, which resulted in the death and injury of innocent civilians, a number of government...
Tags: Somali, Iran, Mogadishu, Somalia, Government of Somalia, timeline of the War in Somalia, Politics, War in Somalia, Transitional Federal Government, Politics of Somalia, War Conflict, Islamist groups
16 RMAF jets to be sold lock, stock and barrel by next year
Kuala Lumpur :: Malaysia | 6 days ago
Credibility Malaysia�s intention to sell the Royal Malaysian Air Force�s MiG-29 fighter jets has attracted the interest of two parties. Defence Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said 10 would be sold by June 2010 while the remaining six jets would be sold...
Tags: Royal Malaysian Air Force, France, Herve Morin, Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Politics, Langkawi, Environment, Satellite, Piracy in Somalia, Astronautic Technology Sdn Bhd, International criminal law, Afghanistan, Operation Atalanta, International Security Assistance Force, War Conflict, RazakSAT, Horn of Africa, Astro, Piracy, Malaysian National Space Agency, War in Afghanistan, Morin, Somalia
Ukraine to send anti-terrorist unit to fight Somali pirates
Kiev :: Ukraine | 6 days ago
Credibility Ukraine will send soldiers from an elite special forces unit to combat Somali pirates, local media reported on Thursday. A total of 25 soldiers from Ukraine's anti-terrorist unit "Alfa" will soon travel to the Gulf of Aden region, Valentyn Nalivaichenko,...
Tags: Ukraine, Somalia, terrorist united, Kiev, MV Faina, Piracy, Piracy in Somalia, Security Service of Ukraine, Operation Atalanta, War Conflict, Special Boarding Unit
Security at border up as Somali Islamists advance
Mwingi :: Kenya | 6 days ago
Credibility These are not terrorists but Hisbul Islam fighters who were escaping fighting in their country... We are secure,” Mr Iteere said. Al Shabaab fighters have been taking over towns near the border with Kenya from Kismayo, Bulo Haji, Qoqani, Dhobley, Afmadhow,...
Tags: al Shabaab, Al Shabaab, Hisbul Islam, Kenya, Somalia, Dhobley, Mwingi, Politics, Hizbul Islam, Kismayo, War in Somalia, Politics of Somalia, Gedo, War Conflict, Islamist groups
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