MOGADISHU (AFP) — At least eight people — an equal number of policemen and civilians — were killed and nine others wounded Wednesday in clashes in the volatile Somali capital Mogadishu, witnesses said. A day after a battle left six … read more »

Mogadishu – Mogadishu’s chief of police and at least three civilians were killed in fighting in the Somali capital on Wednesday, witnesses and officials said. Heavy fighting has convulsed the city since early May, when Islamist insurgent groups al-Shabaab and … read more »

Washington- American officials say they are seeing the first evidence that dozens of fighters with al-Qaida, and a small handful of the terrorist group’s leaders, are moving to Somalia and Yemen from their principal haven in Pakistan’s tribal areas. In … read more »

ON BOARD NRP CORTE-REAL (Reuters) – After a dramatic three-hour chase, seven Somali pirates stood on the deck of their mother ship transfixed by the helicopter circling in the darkness above them.   They had tried to hijack a Norwegian … read more »

Rome – Italy will become the first Western country to reopen its embassy in Somalia, in a gesture of support for the transitional government, officials said on Wednesday. A meeting in Rome of the International Contact Group on Somalia, with … read more »

MOGADISHU (Reuters) – Sitting on a mat at home between taking orders for arms on his two mobile phones, Osman Bare gives thanks for the riches flowing from Somalia’s war.   “I have only been in the weapon business five … read more »

MOGADISHU, Somalia – Somalis are experiencing near-daily atrocities, including rape, the shelling of civilian areas and fighting that has forced more than 100,000 to flee their homes since May, the U.N. refugee agency said Tuesday. A surge of violence in … read more »

Mogadishu, 10 June 2009 (Somalilandpress) – Report on telephone interview with Mario Iarloi, captain of Italian tug Buccaneer seized by pirates off Somali coast, in Las Qorey, Somalia, by Massimo A. Alberizzi in Nairobi; date not given: “‘Rescue Us or … read more »

Hardline Islamist opposition leader Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys has scoffed at claims he was killed in fighting between rival Islamist groups. “You see that I am physically healthy and fit. No injuries at all,” he told a news conference in … read more »

VICTORIA FALLS, Zimbabwe (AFP) — Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe as the new chair of Africa’s largest trade bloc Sunday called on its members to act against the “cancer” of conflict on the continent. “You certainly agree with me that conflict … read more »

The President of Somalia Sheikh Sharif Ahmed has warned against the “real risk” that Al Qaeda makes his country a “strategic zone” where to “create a network”, as it did in Afghanistan, in an interview published Sunday in the Italian … read more »

On the last day of its meeting Friday, Ntlo ya Dikgosi heard that Botswana is still apprehensive about the establishment of a United States of Africa. Minister Dikgakgamatso Seretse told the House that Botswana is opposed to the creation of … read more »

Gunmen in Mogadishu have killed the director of one of Somalia’s largest broadcasters – Radio Shabelle Mokhtar Mohamed Hirab was killed Sunday in the Somali capital. Witnesses say he was shot several times in the head. Another journalist who was … read more »

* Aweys dead or badly injured, family member tells Reuters * Aweys’s house and surrounding area under heavy guard * Bomb kills 3 in Mogadishu, gunmen kill radio journalist By Abdi Sheikh and Abdi Guled MOGADISHU, June 7 (Reuters) – … read more »

 Associated Press MOGADISHU, Somalia — Two masked gunmen killed the director of one of Somalia’s largest broadcasters on Sunday, a witness and media official said, raising to five the number of journalists killed in Somalia this year. The gunmen shot … read more »

KISMAYU, Somalia, May 29 (Reuters) – Somali insurgent movement al Shabaab said on Friday it had imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew in Kismayu after a rare attack near one of its bases in the southern port city it has held since … read more »

Two Bulgarian military personnel will be sent to London, where they will be attached to a unit deployed off the shores of Somalia as part of the task force against piracy in the region, Bulgaria’s Defence Ministry said in a … read more »

KISMAYU, Somalia (Reuters) – Somali insurgent movement al Shabaab said on Friday it had imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew in Kismayu after a rare attack near one of its bases in the southern port city it has held since mid-2008.   … read more »

Sudan’s defense minister says an air raid in an eastern desert earlier this year, which Israel is suspected of carrying out, hit a people-smuggling convoy and killed 119 people. The twin attacks in January and February near the border between … read more »

By Sunday Life The fact that the piracy crisis off the Horn of Africa has often resembled a script written in Hollywood has not escaped the notice of the movie industry. A bidding war is under way in Los Angeles … read more »