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Civilians Separately Killed in Mogadishu

allafrica.com     21 hrs ago   6 related          

Posted to the web 3 July 2008 Abdinasir Mohamed Guled Three people have separately been killed in the sprawling Somali capital on Wednesday according to eyewitnesses. The first killing took place at Sayidka area east of...

Clashes in Somalia kill 53 and dozens wounded

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...

More Than 10 Killed in Mogadishu Clashes

Posted to the web 2 July 2008 Upwards of 10 civilians were killed Monday night in Somalia's capital Mogadishu, as fighting raged between Ethiopian-backed interim government forces and Islamist-led insurgents. The violence...

Zimbabweans Manage to Laugh Despite Dire Situation

msn.com     01-Jul-2008   3 related          

and screaming abuse at the British journalist who flustered him into that gaffe. How can you tell a drunk driver in Zimbabwe? He's the one who's driving in a straight line. (This country, which was not so long ago famous for...

Aid workers kidnapped in Somalia

ansa.it     01-Jul-2008   102 related          

Rome, July 1 - 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...

Somalia: Refugee Tells of Ordeal

allafrica.com     01-Jul-2008   3 related          

In January, Mumino Haji, 30, fled the fighting between Ethiopian-backed government troops and insurgents in Mogadishu to seek shelter in Beletweyne in Hiiraan region, 320km north of the capital. Haji arrived with eight...

Somali pirates demand 2 million dollars for release of Germans

earthtimes.org     01-Jul-2008   8 related          

Mogadishu - Somali pirates are demanding 2 million dollars for the release of a German couple seized off the lawless Horn of Africa nation's coast, an intermediary in the negotiations said Tuesday. Pirates abducted the couple...

Somalia: Second Clan Peacemaker Killed in Puntland

allafrica.com     01-Jul-2008   1 related          

Posted to the web 1 July 2008 A well-known clan elder was shot and killed in the city of Galkayo, 750km north of Mogadishu and is governed by the Puntland administration. A group of masked gunmen followed Yasin Ali Barre when...

Local Financial Officer Killed in Mogadishu - Witnesses

allafrica.com     01-Jul-2008   1 related          

Posted to the web 1 July 2008 Unknown armed groups have shot dead the deputy chairman of the economics sector of Afgoi district in the main Bakara market Monday witnesses said. "Two men with pistols shot dead him on the head,...

Somalia's number one growth industry: Kidnapping

Aid worker killed, 4 kidnapped. Somali officials say gunmen shot and killed the chairman of the Asal aid agency Monday in Mogadishu's Bakara market. Also Monday, at least four other aid workers, with the Italian charity Water...

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