2008-08-28
Head of Country's UN Refugee Agency Released
The United Nations refugee agency has welcomed the news that the head of its office in Somalia has been released today unharmed after two months in captivity in the war-torn Horn of Africa country.2008-08-27
Humanitarian Situation 'Increasingly Acute'
Somalia is moving more rapidly than expected into a serious humanitarian crisis, with an estimated 3.2 million people both in urban and rural areas facing extreme poverty, according to humanitarian officials. 2008-08-28
PM Says Plans to Reinstate Mogadishu Administration Agreed
The prime minister of the TFG Nor Adde has announced that him and the president have agreed to establish new administration for Mogadishu. 2008-08-28
President Warns MPs
Speaking ahead of the legislative body members in Baidoa town the seat of the Somali parliament the pressident of the transitional government Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed has announced that the parliament is responsible the weakness of the government. 2008-08-28
Leaders Agree to Cooperate
Somalia's Transitional Federal Government (TFG) President Abdullahi Yusuf and his prime minister signed a deal in Addis Ababa on Tuesday to work together after a weeks-long rift that threatened to ruin their interim government. 2008-08-28
Nine Government Soldiers Join Armed Opposition Groups
About nine soldiers loyal to the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia based in Former Pasta Factory in Mogadishu joined the opposition armed groups on wednesday. 2008-08-28
Local Companies Resume Work After Taxes Closure
Six money transfer companies have restarted their normal work today after the government ordered them to close down their branches in Hamarweyne district in Mogadishu. 2008-08-28
Army Officer Survives From Islamists Attack Overnight
Somali Islamists attacked the residence of the deputy commander of Dhankerley district in Mogadishu on Wednesday night, sparking fierce exchanges with government forces were guarding at the house, witnesses said. 2008-08-28
UN Officer Freed
Somali kidnappers freed the United Nations high commissioner for refugees' agency representative in Mogadishu who had been held hostage in the chaotic Horn of Africa country since July, officials said on Tuesday. 2008-08-27
Somalis Flocking to Displaced Persons Camps
Conditions for thousands of internally displaced persons (IDPs) camping on the outskirts of the Somali capital Mogadishu are getting worse, with malnutrition cases increasing as more arrive daily, sources told IRIN. 2008-08-27
Plight of Displaced Worsens
Conditions for thousands of internally displaced persons (IDPs) camping on the outskirts of the Somali capital Mogadishu are getting worse, with malnutrition cases increasing as more arrive daily, sources told IRIN. 2008-08-27
Leaders Return to Southwestern Town
Somali president Abdullahi Yusuf, prime minister Nor Adde and the speaker of the parliament Sheikh Aden Mohamed Nor Madobe have Wednesday touched down at the airport of Baidoa town the temporary seat of Somali parliament from Addis Ababa where they have been holding squaring off talks officials said. 2008-08-27
Under Islamic Law, Kismayo Calm And Safe
After years of militia violence, roadblocks and assassinations, the southern Somali port city of Kismayo is reportedly calm under the rule of a coalition of local clans and Islamist guerrillas. 2008-08-26
MPs Denounce Attack On Their Homes
Following a hand grenade attack on their residences on Monday night the first deputy speaker of Somali parliament and MP Osman Hassan Ali "Atto" have reciprocally slammed that attack saying "it was ill-advised" 2008-08-25
Plans to Drill for Oil in Somaliland Move Forward
A high-level delegation from UK-based oil company Asante Oil arrived in Somalia's breakaway region of Somaliland on August 20, where they were welcomed by Ministry of Water and Minerals officials at Hargeisa's Egal International Airport. 2008-08-27
Troops Shot Dead Shoes Cleaner Boy in Mogadishu
Somalia's transitional government troops have killed a young shoes cleaner boy in Zobe area south of Mogadishu as they were conducting search operations in the similar area on Wednesday, eyewitnesses said. 2008-08-27
Five Injured During Mogadishu Fighting
Witnesses in Somalia say Islamic insurgents attacked Somali forces in Mogadishu wounding at least five civilians. 2008-08-27
MP's Son Killed in Baidoa Town Attack
Reports from Baidoa town the provincial capital of Bay region say that the son of one of Somali MPs whose name Mohamed Hussein Rage has been killed in a bomb attack on the MP's house in the town on Tuesday night residents, officials said. 2008-08-27
Somali Woman Reunited With UPDF lover
IT was joy and laughter as Nino Omar, a Somali woman, was reunited with a UPDF soldier, Joshua Asiza, whom she says fathered her four-month-old son. 2008-08-27
Somalis Need Our Support
FRANTZ Fanon's "The wretched of the earth" describes the term "dehumanisation" quite appropriately. In the life of the poorest of the poor, a sense of hopelessness and desperation reigns to the extent that they behave and act irrationally. |
