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Mogadishu, Somalia — The United Nations’ humanitarian agency says more than 40 civilians have been killed in Somalia’s capital this week.
The UN Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs says in its weekly report on Somalia that about 20 civilians were killed Thursday as Ethiopian and Read the rest of this entry »
DADAAB, Kenya (AP) — Ayan Ali Hassan decided to leave Mogadishu when militiamen boarded her school bus and kidnapped two screaming boys. For Abdi Gadir Osman, the moment came when a mortar slammed into his mother’s home, killing her while she slept on a hot afternoon. Read the rest of this entry »
Abbaaro 8:00 fiidnimo ee caawa ayaa waxaa Qarrax xooggan uu ruxey magaalada Gaalkacyo ee caasimada gobolka Mudug.
Qaraxan ayaa geystey dhaawaca inta la ogyahay dhaaca hal qof oo ay haatan xaalladdiisa laga soo deyrinayo, sida ay noo xaqiijiyeen Saraakiil caafimaad oo ka hawl gala Read the rest of this entry »
Mogadishu, June 18 (Reuters) – Fighting between Islamist-led insurgents and allied Somali-Ethiopian troops has killed at least 17 people, residents said on Wednesday, underlining the lack of impact of a U.N.-brokered peace agreement.
One attack on a troop patrol on Tuesday night prompted return Read the rest of this entry »
ON THE DJIBOUTIAN-ERITREAN BORDER — The distance between the rival armies is shorter than the barrel of a gun. Hundreds of opposing troops are lined up on the border, staring each other down, from just inches away.
On one side are the Djiboutians, a relatively Read the rest of this entry »
Madaxweyne ku xigeenka Maamul goboleedka Puntland Xasan Daahir Afqurac oo saakay ka qeybgalay furitaanka kalfadhigii 20-aad ee Golaha Wakiilada Puntland ayaa ka hadlay arrimo far badan oo ku saabsan arrimaha amaanka Puntland, xiriirka Dowladda KMG iyo Puntland ka dhaxeeya, isagoo sheegay in uu yahay mid Read the rest of this entry »
Eritrea has faced international censure after after fighting along its border with Djibouti killed at least six Djiboutian soldiers and wounded more than 50 others. The United States on Thursday blamed Asmara for the clashes, while the Arab League urged it to pull back its forces. The first clashes for a decade between the Horn of Africa neighbours, two of the continent’s Read the rest of this entry »
Fighters from the Islamic Courts’ Union are reported to have fired mortars at Mogadishu’s airport as Abdullahi Yusuf, the Somali president, was preparing to fly out, according to a spokesman.
Hussein Mohamed Mohamud said Yusuf had not yet boarded the aircraft on Thursday when the mortars landed. Read the rest of this entry »
