December 13, 2010

• Somalia: Ahlu Sunna Militia Pardons Al Shabaab Fighters

  The administration of the moderate Islamist faction of Ahlu-Sunnah Waljama which is in control of partly of the central regions in Somalia has entirely pardoned fighters from their... Read more »

• Somalia: 15 Killed in Mogadishu Clashes Over Weekend

  At least 15 people were killed over the weekend in the Somali capital Mogadishu, as fighting continued between Somali government forces backed by African Union peacekeepers and Al... Read more »

December 9, 2010

• Somalia: OIC And WFP Agree to Work Together in Helping Somalia

  The Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) and United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) have agreed to launch a joint humanitarian programme to assist displaced people in... Read more »

• Somalia: Puntland VP Opens Training for Second Batch of 220 Marine Recruits

  The vice president of Somalia's Puntland government has officially opened training for the second batch of marine recruits, Radio Garowe reports. Read more »

• Somalia: Puntland Police Kill Two Assassins, Blame Al Shabaab

  Police authorities in Somalia's Puntland region have shot and killed two suspected assassins in the region's port city of Bossaso after the suspects shot and wounded a government... Read more »

December 7, 2010

• Somalia: TFG Executes Soldier, Shabaab Trains 300 Insurgents

  A soldier with Somalia's weak Transitional Federal Government (TFG) was executed on Tuesday in Mogadishu after being convicted of killing another solider, while Al Shabaab... Read more »

• Somalia: Yemen-Born 'Foreign Fighter' Killed in Mogadishu

  A foreign jihadist supporting an Al Qaeda-linked group, Al-shabaab in southern Somalia has been killed in the war-torn Horn of Africa country, Somali government officials tell... Read more »

December 6, 2010

• Africa: Puntland Security Improves Stability in Africa, Middle East [editorial]

  Puntland people have fought back, without help from the West or the African Union or Ethiopia, to crush the insurgents deep in their Galgala mountainous hideouts in a three-month... Read more »

• Somalia: UN Refugee Agency Chief to Spend Days in Stable Puntland

  A high-ranking United Nations official is spending a number of days in Somalia's stable region of Puntland to report about security and humanitarian conditions on the ground, Radio... Read more »

• Somalia: African Union Forces Fight Insurgents in Mogadishu

  At least 22 people have been killed and more than 35 others wounded in two days of fighting between African Union (AU) forces and al-Shabab fighters in the Somali capital,... Read more »

December 4, 2010

• Somalia: African Troops Seize Insurgent Strongholds in Capital

  African Union peacekeepers (AMISOM) have established new bases in Somalia's capital Mogadishu after seizing several areas from Al Shabaab insurgents, Radio Garowe reports. Read more »

December 3, 2010

• Somalia: 'Christian Schools Opened in Somaliland' - Al Shabaab

  Somali hardliners have accused the Horn of Africa country's separatist region of Somaliland for allowing Christian missionaries to open schools and commence Christian religious... Read more »

• Somalia: Puntland President Defends Anti-Piracy Force

  The president of Somalia's Puntland government has met with Kuwait's emir, while defending the establishment of an anti-piracy force, which is currently undergoing military... Read more »

• Somalia: 35 Killed As Insurgents Fight Govt And Each Other

  At least 35 people were killed Thursday as intense violence continued in the Somali capital Mogadishu, with reports saying two insurgent factions fought each other in Bay region... Read more »

December 2, 2010

• Somalia: 92 MPs Express Frustration Over Speaker's Parliament Conduct

  Several Somali lawmaker accuses Somali speaker, Sharif Hassan Sheikh Aden for unconstitutional approved the cabinet ministers in two days ago, Radio Garowe reports. Read more »