Mogadishu

New AU Peacekeepers Army Base Attacked

More than 3,400 AU peacekeeping forces are in Mogadishu those based specific locations but they do little to do the violence in Mogadishu. Read comments. Write your own. AllAfrica aggregates and indexes content from over 125...

Saudi Super-Tanker Taken To Somali Pirate Lair

A hijacked Saudi super-tanker, carrying 100 million dollars of oil, anchored Tuesday off a notorious Somali pirate port, officials said as the international community reeled from the growing threat from sea gangs.

Armed Groups Torture Ex-Disabled Soldiers

Mogadishu The bodyguards of food aid truck vehicles have tortured disabled former soldiers living in ex-Martini disabled national forces in Mogadishu on Monday, victims said. One of the victims Abdi Mahad told Shabelle that him...

Rival Islamists clash near Somali capital killing 6

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Rival Islamist militia have fought in a town just outside Somalia's capital Mogadishu, illustrating splits in the forces ranged against the government and its Ethiopian military backers.

Six Killed in Blasts, Assassinations

Somalia: Six Killed in Blasts, Assassinations Posted to the web 17 November 2008 At least six people were killed in Sunday guerrilla attacks in parts of Somalia, including the targeted killings of three businessmen in...

Somalia: AU Troops Deployed New Army Base

The Burundian African union peacekeeping troops have been deployed in an area in the Somali capital, Mogadishu in efforts regarding the implementation of peace pact signed in Djibouti according to official.

Government near to collapse, says Somalia leader

President Abdullahi Yusuf of Somalia has admitted that his government is on the verge of collapse and that Islamist groups now control most of the country.In a speech to Somali MPs gathered in the Kenyan capital Nairobi at the...

Somali Islamists publicly whip dancers

A spokesman for a Somali Islamic group says they have publicly whipped 32 tradional dancers because it is "Un-Islamic" for men and women to dance together. Abdirahim Isse Addow says officials of the Council of Islamic Courts on...

Somalia: Four People Killed in Mogadishu Attacks

Posted to the web 16 November 2008 At least four people including one government soldier were killed Saturday in Somalia's violent capital Mogadishu, Radio Garowe reported. The fighting started in Mogadishu's Yaaqshiid district...

Four People Killed in Mogadishu Attacks

Islamist hardliners like al Shabaab, which the U.S. government considers a terrorist group, have refused to accept the peace agreement, which calls for a ceasefire and the withdrawal of Ethiopian armed forces. Read comments....

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