Rebel Violence in Somalia

SOMALIA'S AL SHABAAB ISLAMIST REBELS TAKE MERKA PORT SOUTH OF MO

alertnet.org
12-Nov-2008
        

SOMALIA'S AL SHABAAB ISLAMIST REBELS TAKE MERKA PORT SOUTH OF MOGADISHU - RESIDENTS Soldiers from the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC) walk on the main roadi in Kibati November 7, 2008. Thousands of...

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Somalia: Nato Navy Escorts Protect UN-Shipped Food Aid Against Pirates

allafrica.com
11-Nov-2008 15 related
        

Naval escorts from the Netherlands and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) are providing vital protection from pirate attacks off Somalia for United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) ships loaded with life-saving aid...

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Somalia: Local Militia Violently Oppose Islamist Khat Ban, Kill Two

xirincs.com
12-Nov-2008
        

Armed militias and Islamist guerrillas battled throughout Monday night and into Tuesday morning in central Somalia, where at least four fighters were killed and several others wounded. ... Category: Africa

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Somalia wants Kenyan help to save kidnapped nuns

gulfnews.com
11-Nov-2008 114 related
        

Somali gunmen who kidnapped two Italian nuns from a Kenyan border town were taking them deeper into Somalia on Tuesday, a local Somali government official said, and he appealed to Kenya to help track them down.

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Bakara Private Security 'Part of Insurgency' - Military Spokesman

allafrica.com
11-Nov-2008 1 related
        

Posted to the web 11 November 2008 The military spokesman in Somalia, Col. Dahir Mohamed Hersi, has accused a private security force employed to protect assets in Mogadishu's notorious Bakara market of being 'part of the...

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Arabs Welcome Peace Deal

allafrica.com
11-Nov-2008 1 related
        

The Arab countries representatives based in Ethiopia's capital, Addis Ababa have welcomed the agreement reached by the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) of Somalia and the opposition Alliance for the Re-liberation of...

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8 Civilians Killed and Several Wounded in Somalia

neftegaz.ru
11-Nov-2008
        

At least eight civilians had been killed after fresh clashes erupted in some parts of Somalia's capital Mogadishu. More than 10 people sustained various degrees of injury after this renewed hostility. This comes just after a...

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Senior Somali gov't official shot dead in south Somalia

xinhuanet.com
10-Nov-2008 21 related
        

MOGADISHU, Nov. 10 (Xinhua) -- Gunmen in the southern Somali town of Baidoa, the base of the transitional Somali parliament have shot dead a senior Somali government official, local media reports said Sunday. Hussein Runow...

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Somalia: AU Peacekeepers Say Groups Want to Fail Peace Pact

allafrica.com
10-Nov-2008 7 related
        

Posted to the web 10 November 2008 Mogadishu As the last days Djibouti peace pact appeared has came to effect African union peacekeeping forces have announced that there were armed groups wish for to violate the ceasefire...

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Somalia : The Specter of Detrimental Trusteeship

asiantribune.com
10-Nov-2008
        

By Abukar Arman As America and indeed the rest of the world were counting down the last few days before a historic election, Somalia was hard-pressed to face another less promising replay of an old history; one destined to take...

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