By VOA News30 September 2007The U.S. embassy in Nairobi has warned that Somali-based militants may attempt to kidnap Americans and other Westerners from Kenya’s tourist beaches.An embassy statement Friday said there were indications that extremists might target Westerners at Kiwayu Island and other popular resorts along Kenya’s northeastern coast, near the Somali border.
The warning is […]

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Khaatumada Ilaahay Khayr Ha kuugu Khatimo.Boorama-(Lug)-Kulan balaadhan oo ay yeesheen 4maalmood ka hor Wasiirkii hore ee Wasaarada XanaanadaXoolaha Aadan Jaamac Hoori oo iscasilaadiisii ka dibKu biiray Xisbiga Kulmiye isaga iyo Beeshiisuba iyo C/raxmaan Aw Cali Faarax oo ka mid ahaa Madaxwayne kuxigeenadii soo maray Xukuumada Somaliland islamarkaana ka mid ahaa Madaxdii xisbiga Kulmiye horena ugu […]

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MOGADISHU, Somalia: Somali and Ethiopian troops have ordered thousands to vacate their homes in Somalia’s capital to allow them to conduct searches for arms and insurgents, a local human rights group said Saturday.
The order was issued Thursday, after an insurgent attack earlier in the week against a government base, said Sudan Ali Ahmed, chairman of […]

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NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — By KATHARINE HOURELDThe U.S. Embassy warned Friday that Somali-based extremists may try to kidnap American citizens from Kenyan beach resorts.
“There are indications that Islamic extremists based in Somalia may be planning to target Westerners, especially American citizens, in the Kiwayu Island tourist area and other beach sites frequented by Western travelers […]

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Jimma Times staff
Another rebel attack in southern Nigeria led to another death of a foreign oil worker Friday and there are fears that such Oil conflict could become the scene in Somalia very soon as well.
The recent dispute between the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) President Abdullahi Yusuf and Prime Minister Ali Mohamed Gedi are reportedly […]

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MOGADISHU (AFP) — At least four civilians were killed in Somalia’s war-wracked capital during a heavy attack against a police station, witnesses said Saturday.
Insurgents armed with rocket launchers and machine guns and fired rounds late Friday at the police station in southern Mogadishu and briefly seized control of it, they said.
“It was the heaviest attack […]

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By MOHAMED OLAD HASSAN – 15 hours agoMOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Tensions are rising in northern Somalia following clashes between forces of rival regional administrations, officials said Friday, and diplomats called on all sides to show restraint.
Somalia’s weak federal government based in Mogadishu, in the south, has been hard-pressed to assert control in the south […]

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MOGADISHU (AFP) — Four Somali soldiers were killed and several wounded when an army truck was ambushed in the capital, where the government is battling a deadly insurgency, an official and witnesses said Friday.
The soldiers were heading to reinforce their colleagues in Mogadishu’s Suqaholaha district overnight when they came under rocket-propelled grenade attack, they said.
“Four […]

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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told world leaders last night his country will defy any further UN Security Council resolutions imposed by “arrogant powers” seeking to curb its nuclear programme.
He said it is “high time for these powers to return from the path of arrogance and obedience to Satan to the path of faith in God”.
Undeterred, […]

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UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Cuba’s foreign minister walked out of the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday in protest of President Bush’s speech in which he said the “long rule of a cruel dictator is nearing its end” on the communist island.
The Cuban delegation issued a statement saying the decision by Foreign Minister Felipe Perez Roque […]

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By ALEXANDRA OLSON Associated Press Writer25 September 2007UNITED NATIONS — Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega accused the U.S. of imposing a worldwide dictatorship and defended the right of Iran and North Korea to pursue nuclear technology in a speech Tuesday before the U.N. General Assembly meeting.Ortega also angrily denounced President Bush for criticizing Cuban leader Fidel […]

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The US’ war on terror practices come under fire in East Africa as a Kenyan court and rights groups set out to unmask a US-Kenya-Ethiopia-Somalia rendition circle.
By Daniel Auma in Nairobi for ISN Security Watch (25/09/07)
The hidden faces of Kenya’s war on terror may soon be unmasked, as a High Court Judge and a number […]

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He said that there were no homosexuals in Iran — not one — and that the Nazi slaughter of six million Jews should not be treated as fact, but theory, and therefore open to debate and more research.
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the president of Iran, aired those and other bewildering thoughts in a two-hour verbal contest at […]

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MOGADISHU (AFP) — Six people, including four soldiers, were killed in the Somali capital as parliament moved to tackle a political row that has split the government, officials and witnesses said Monday.Fighting erupted late Sunday when around 50 insurgents attacked government forces in northern Mogadishu with heavy weaponry, sparking deadly artillery duels, according to the […]

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According to sources from the war-torn country of Somalia, the clashes between Puntland and Somaliland have increased to a higher level. Recent conflicts brought accusations from both sides regarding who started the conflict. Security forces from the opposing regions exchanged fire in the disputed Sool region as various regional players took sides.
Tensions remain after battles […]

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MOGADISHU (AFP) — Islamist-led insurgents clashed Sunday with Somali government troops in northern Mogadishu in some of the heaviest fighting in weeks, witnesses said, as three people died in attacks in the capital.
The upsurge in violence comes three days after Somalia’s new Islamist-dominated opposition alliance said its forces had launched a bid to oust Ethiopian […]

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MOGADISHU (AFP) — As the holy month of Ramadan builds up to the Eid al-Fitr feast, market alleyways in Muslim countries usually teem with activity and shoppers stocking up on dates and other products.
In Mogadishu, Bakara market has become a by-word for violence and danger. The sprawling neighbourhood and its narrow mazy streets have seen […]

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By Hussein Ali NoorReuters Saturday,September 22, 2007; 7:30 AM
HARGEISA, Somalia (Reuters) - Ethiopian troops arrested six men believed to be members of al Qaeda during a cross-border operation in the breakaway republic of Somaliland, a senior Somaliland official said on Saturday.
There was no immediate word from Addis Ababa, which has sent thousands of soldiers to […]

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By VOA News21 September 2007
A United Nations human rights expert says people in Somalia are more afraid then ever of being targeted by fighting in the capital, Mogadishu.
Ghanim Alnajjar said Friday that civilians are afraid of being killed and of being arrested by insurgents, government troops and Ethiopian forces. He also accused all sides of […]

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MOGADISHU, Somalia - Sep 21 (Garowe Online) - Hundreds of fresh Ethiopian troops and armor have arrived in parts of the Somali capital Mogadishu over the past two nights, residents and military sources said.
Residents described seeing military transport trucks and tanks pouring into Ethiopian army bases in Mogadishu.
Somali military sources confirmed that the troops had […]

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Dr. Muhammad Shamsaddin MegalommatisSeptember 21, 2007
As unity seems to emerge out of the Asmara meeting of hundreds of Somali delegates, vowed to keep infamous ‘Ethiopia’ out of Somalia, war erupts in other parts of the multi-divided Somalia. A tit-for-tat, good and bad news follow one another in a precipitating rhythm.Somalia has been de facto divided […]

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Abokor Hassan afi20 Sept. 2007
“Af Soomaaliga Bara Ardayda ugu Horayn” Gudoomiyaha waxbarashada ee Gobolka Awdal“Xaasidnimoda Soomaalida waxa ugu Wacan Jahliga” Maamulaha Qaryatul-Iimaan(Saylicipress) Maalintii shalay ayaa waxa magaalada Boorama laga furay dugsi waxbarasho sare ah oo loogu magic daray Al-Nuur kaasi ku soo biiray bahda warbarashada ee gobolka Awdal, munaasabadii xadhiga lagaga jaray dugsigan ayaa waxa […]

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Maalmihii u dambeeyey waxaa saxaafada aan ku arkaayey baqasho iyo argagax badan oo ka muuqda dhamaan masuuliyiinta iyo taageerayaasha xisbul xaakimka UDUB, waxaan saxaafadda oo dhan ku arkayey been abuur buunbuunin iyo waswaas kii shaydaanka ah oo ay sameeya isleeyihiin, taageerayaasha iyo maamulka xisbiga aan iskukalsoonayn ee UDUB, CAJAA’IB!!!!!!;
Kadaroo dibidhal !!!!!
Taas waxaaba ka sii darnaa […]

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Tue Sep 18 2007By Carol SandersAFTER losing her home, her family, her country and her adolescence to civil war 17 years ago, a Somali refugee has found her mother thanks to a couple of Red Cross volunteers in Winnipeg.At a news conference Monday, Ayaan Ahmed Jama recalled the phone call this summer she made to […]

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Somaliland And Puntland Exchange Artilleries
Shabelle Media Network (Mogadishu)18 September 2007 - posted to the web 17 Sept. 2007
MogadishuForces from both sides exchanged cannons at Ari Ade in Sool region in the east of Somali capital Mogadishu. The forces were in eye to eye in the recent days. As par to the reports coming from the […]

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