Clashes in Somalia kill 53 and dozens wounded

                   
reuters.co.uk     02-Jul-2008            

By Abdi Sheikh MOGADISHU (Reuters) - At least 53 people were killed in Somalia when Islamist insurgents clashed with Ethiopian troops and Ugandan peacekeepers in separate battles, a human rights group said on Wednesday. The latest flare-up in the 18-month-old insurgency came a week before a U.N.-mediated ceasefire between an Islamist faction and the interim Somali government is to take effect. The interim government and Ethiopia both declined comment on the clashes or any casualties. Hardline Islamists have been waging an almost daily Iraq-style insurgency against the interim government and its Ethiopian backers since they were ousted from Mogadishu and most of southern Somalia in 2007. "A total of 47 people died yesterday in central Somalia and in the capital Mogadishu last night," Ahmed Sudan, chairman of the... [read full story]                    

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Somali insurgents in deadly raids

bbc.co.uk     02-Jul-2008          

Heavy fighting in Somalia has left at least 21 people dead and 30 injured, officials and residents have said. Islamist insurgents clashed with government forces and their Ethiopian allies in the capital, Mogadishu, and near...                    

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Clashes in Somalia kill 53 and dozens wounded

tiscali.co.uk     02-Jul-2008          

By Abdi Sheikh MOGADISHU (Reuters) - At least 53 people were killed in Somalia when Islamist insurgents clashed with Ethiopian troops and Ugandan peacekeepers in separate battles, a human rights group said on Wednesday. The...                    

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Aid workers for Italian charity kidnapped in Somalia

italymag.co.uk     02-Jul-2008          

Armed bandits have kidnapped four local aid workers employed by an Italian charity in Mogadishu, a representative of the organization said on Tuesday. Elio Sommavilla, who heads the Water For Life's Somali section, said gunmen...                    

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Continuing to fail

economist.com     03-Jul-2008          

Will Somalia ever get the peacekeepers it needs?AFTER months of delicate negotiations, Somalia's internationally recognised but feeble transitional government and its Islamist opposition agreed to work together to rebuild their...                    

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Somalis flood to Yemen for refuge

bbc.co.uk     04-Jul-2008          

More than 20,000 Africans have fled across the Gulf of Aden to Yemen this year, twice as many as during the same period in 2007, an aid agency has said. Medecins Sans Frontieres said that almost 700 people had died so far as...                    

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Top UN official killed in Somalia

bbc.co.uk     06-Jul-2008          

Gunmen have shot dead the head of the United Nations Development Programme in Somalia, UN officials say. Osman Ali Ahmed was killed in the capital, Mogadishu. It is the latest in a string of attacks on officials in the country,...                    

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UN official shot in Somalia

telegraph.co.uk     06-Jul-2008          

Gunmen opened fire on people leaving a mosque in Mogadishu yesterday, killing one of Somalia's senior UN officials in the latest fatality in a series of attacks on aid workers in the country. Osman Ali Ahmed, the head of the UN...                    

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Somali government base attacked

bbc.co.uk     08-Jul-2008          

Somalia has seen a surge in fighting, despite a ceasefire pact last month Insurgents in Somalia have launched a rocket and mortar attack on the southern town of Baidoa, seat of the transitional parliament. It was the first time...                    

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Car wash

bbc.co.uk     08-Jul-2008          

With conflict raging in Somalia, thousands of Somalis have been risking one of the world's most dangerous boat journeys across the Gulf of Aden to Yemen. Ahmed Mohamed Abdul, 32, fled from Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu. "Life...                    

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Somali refugees in Yemen

libdemblogs.co.uk     09-Jul-2008          

Thousands of Somali's make one of the most dangerous boat journey's in the world to get to safety in Yemen. The number is increasing, reflecting the horrific violence that is taking place. The BBC has pictures showing the...                    

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