Somalia: Envoy to Kenya urges UN to send warships to fight pirates 2008-08-11 08:59:21 -
(SomaliNet) Somali ambassador to Kenya has made an appeal to the United Nations to urgently send warships to fight the pirates attacking ships.
There is no doubt the Somali government and its Pr
Somalia: 0ver 60 killed in fresh clashes across Somalia 2008-08-11 08:53:17 -
(SomaliNet) At least 68 people have lost their lives in fresh clashes across Somalia as violence continues to sweep across the Horn of Africa nation.
Press TV correspondent in Somalia reported o
Somalia: Gov’t troops clash leaving 5 dead. 2008-08-11 08:32:38 -
(SomaliNet) Five people were killed in Somalia on Saturday after Somali government troops clashed among each other, Radio Garowe said.
According to the report, the violence sparked after a bomb b
Somalia: AU concerned over resignation of ministers in Somalia 2008-08-11 08:18:41 -
(SomaliNet) Noting in particular the resignation of a number of cabinet ministers and its impact on the ongoing peace and reconciliation efforts, the Peace and Security Council (PSC) of the African Un
Somalia: WFP welcomes Canada naval escort in Somalia 2008-08-07 08:27:21 -
(SomaliNet) The UN World Food Programme (WFP) has welcomed Canada\'s decision to send a frigate to Somalia to protect ships carrying food aid from pirate attacks.
As the Canadian protection is on
Somalia: Well-known Somali aid worker killed south of Mogadishu 2008-08-07 07:33:36 -
(SomaliNet) According to witnesses and relatives, a well-known Somali aid worker who had been running the country\'s largest orphanage for 18 years was gunned down on Wednesday south of Mogadishu.
Somalia: Canadian navy to escort WFP ships carrying aid to Somalia 2008-08-07 01:46:44 -
(SomaliNet) Canada\'s government said Wednesday that a Canadian navy frigate is being deployed to the coast of Somalia to escort World Food Programme ships carrying humanitarian aid to the region beset
Somalia: Italians kidnapped in Somalia freed- Italy\'s foreign minister 2008-08-06 01:12:56 -
(SomaliNet) Months after men armed with machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades surrounded the aid workers\' house and took them away in blindfolds, two Italians kidnapped in Somalia have been relea
Somalia: Ugandan troops to stay in Somalia- Lt Gen Katumba Wamala 2008-08-05 08:56:33 -
(SomaliNet) Uganda’s Commander of the Land Forces Lt Gen Katumba Wamala says the Uganda Peoples Defence Forces (UPDF) will stay in Somalia as long as they are requested to do so by the African Union a
Somalia: Armed groups kill two in Somalia’s Southern district 2008-08-05 08:52:49 -
(SomaliNet) Armed groups opened fire on a passenger vehicle near Somalia’s El Baraf area killing two people on Monday, residents said.
According to witnesses, two people were killed and two other