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Islamists seize southern Somali town, 12 killed

Source: Reuters * Al Shaabab chase Hizbul Islam out of Afmadow town * Residents flee town, others loot property By Ibrahim Mohamed and Abdi Sheikh MOGADISHU, Nov 22 (Reuters) - Somalia's al Shabaab Islamists ...

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Somalia: World's Journalists Condemn Attacks on Media

press release The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has condemned the upsurge of attacks against journalists and news media organisations in Somalia. The IFJ condemns the grave press freedom violations that have...

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Al-Shabab Accuses ONLF of Aiding Islamist Rival in Somalia

The spokesman for Somalia's militant al-Shabab group in Kismayo says members of the Ethiopia-based rebel group, Ogaden National Liberation Front, are fighting alongside one of the factions of al-Shabab's former Islamist ally,...

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Somalia: hardship compounded by heavy rain

Heavy rains are severely affecting thousands of families displaced by the hostilities in Mogadishu who sought refuge between the capital and Afgoye. Many families moved to higher ground but are still exposed to the rain. The...

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Al-Shabaab Accuses Kenyan MPs Over Youth Recruitment

Somalia Al-Shabaab group has accused Kenyan lawmaker, particularly those from Somali-inhabited region, for backing the secret recruiting of fighters from among young Kenyan Somalis to help the Somalia's weak government fight...

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Islamists Destroy Graves Near Kismayu Town

The Islamist fighters of Harakat Al-shabab mujihedeen in Jubba regions have conducted operations at villages around Jamame district near Kismayu town in Lower Jubba region and destroyed several graves there in southern Somalia,...

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Somali Insurgent Group Bans Cell Phone Ringtones

Thursday, November 05, 2009 Ever since Al Shabaab insurgents seized the southern Somali port of Kismayu, Sacdiyo Sheeq, 25, can no longer listen to her favorite Bollywood songs on her cell phone, Reuters reported. "Al Shabaab...

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Somali Rebels Ban Musical Ringtones

4:46pm UK, Wednesday November 04, 2009 Huw Borland, Sky News Online Hardline al Shabaab insurgents who seized the southern Somali port of Kismayu have banned "corrupt" musical ringtones. A Somali militant talks on his phone in...

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The Struggle for Kismayo and Clan-Based Islamist Warlordism

The following is an intelligence report by Dr. Michael A. Weinstein, a professor of Political Science at Purdue University in the U.S., on the current conflict between the two Islamist groups in Somalia's Southern regions.

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Somalia: Country Admits to Secret Police Training for Somalia

The Kenyan military has been secretly training police officers on behalf of Somali's fledgling transitional government in what Department of Defence spokesman Bogita Ongeri says is in line with international agreements.

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