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Three journalists were killed today in an explosion that rocked a hotel in a government-controlled quarter of the Somali capital, Mogadishu, where a graduation ceremony for Banadir University was taking place. Mohamed Amin Adam Abdulle, of Radio...
Amnesty International condemns the unlawful killing of civilians in an explosion today at a student graduation ceremony in Shamo hotel, Mogadishu. The blast appears to have occurred as people had gathered to celebrate the graduation of medical students...
Tags: Amnesty, Civilian deaths, TFG, suicide bombings
Cooking pots and pans stained with blood were still scattered around the courtyard of the Martini Hospital. A mortar bomb had landed in the garden of this war veterans' retirement home in the Somali capital the day before, killing nine people and injuring...
Tags: Giampaolo Musumeci Somalia, Villa Somalia, Mogadishu, Italian Somaliland, Somali Democratic Republic, Somalis, Al-Shabaab, TFG, civil war, Somalia
Witnesses told a Press TV correspondent that at least four people--three Somali soldiers and one civilian--had been killed in the blast in the capital, Mogadishu...Thursday's incident occurred at the African Union (AU) base near the airport in the besieged...
Tags: Somalia, Mogadishu, African Union, TFG, twin suicide, cars bombs, suicide bombs, United Nations, united nationalities, suicide attack
Somali Islamist group al Shabaab is forcibly removing gold and silver teeth from residents in southern Somalia because it says they contravene strict religious law, locals from a coastal town said on Monday. Residents in Marka say al Shabaab has been...
Tags: Somalia, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Sharif Ahmed, Mogadishu, Hilary Clinton, sheikh sharif, president sheikh, Al-Shabaab, TFG, somalis islamist
The TFG was formed in Kenya in 2004 in a bid to restore stability in war-torn Somalia. It has however been unable to exert authority across the country. “We wanted the term of the TFG to be extended until August 2011 so that we can facilitate free and...
Tags: Somalia, Djibouti, political agendas, TFG