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Mogadishu

Battles and looting in Mogadishu

At least nine people have been killed during fighting in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, where hungry crowds have looted trucks carrying food aid. The unrest came as Somali pirates seized a Ukrainian ship reported to be...

UN: Confused, traumatized Somalis flee capital

Thousands of confused, traumatized Somalis have fled the capital this week in some of the worst fighting in 19 months of insurgency, the U.N. refugee agency said Friday. At least 15,000 people have been chased from their...

Analysis: Somalia crisis stalemated by Ethiopia

After nearly 20 years of violent chaos, Islamic extremism and failed peace talks, impoverished Somalia might seem to have hit rock-bottom. But things are getting worse. The crisis is exceeding even the direst scenarios...

ICRC deplores high number of civilian casualties in Mogadishu fighting

26-Sep-2008

In Somalia, hospitals and other medical facilities in the capital Mogadishu have been overwhelmed by an influx of casualties while ongoing heavy fighting has prevented many other injured people from obtaining urgently...

SOMALIA : 8 Somali civilians killed in attack on presidential guard

Dozens more were wounded when Islamist forces attacked guards protecting the presidential palace in Mogadishu on Friday, sparking clashes. Witnesses said at least 12 other people were wounded in incidents across the same...

UNHCR: about 12,000 flee fighting in Somalia

At least 12,000 civilian residents of Mogadishu have fled their homes in the Somali capital since last weekend because of a surge in fighting between Islamist insurgents and government forces, the United Nations refugee...

Somalia: Crowds loot food from UN trucks in worst drought-hit area

MOGADISHU, Sept 25, 2008 (AFP) - Rampaging crowds on Thursday looted food from more than 30 trucks belonging to the World Food Programme in Somalia's war-riven capital Mogadishu, a United Nations official and witnesses...

Eat anything that does not eat you

As you read this article you are likely to be in a room with a comfortable temperature, lack of security is not your concern, a trip to the kitchen or nearby restaurant is all you require to have a meal, rain along the...

Civilians flee as fighting escalates in Somalia

Thousands of people have been fleeing the Somali capital, Mogadishu, because of fighting between African Union peacekeepers and insurgents, including Islamists. More than 50 people have been killed since Monday (local...

Somalia, An Image of Horror Reflected in The Mirror of Terror

By Abdi-Noor Mohamed Nearly 10,000 people have been killed in murderous mortar attacks in the Somali capital city, Mogadishu. More than 3 million inhabitants were displaced in the outskirts of the city over the past one...