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News AlShabab Presents TFG Officer, Weapon in Mogadishu

AlShabab Presents TFG Officer, Weapon in Mogadishu »

Mogadishu (Alshahid) – Harakat Al-shabab mujahideen officials have on Monday displayed an officer from the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) and more weapons in the Somali capital Mogadishu. Sheik Ali Mohamud Rage (Sh. Ali Dere), the spokesman...

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Parliament Speaker Visits Important Local Building in Mogadishu, Calls to Rebuild

Parliament Speaker Visits Important Local Building in Mogadishu, Calls to Rebuild »

Mogadishu (Alshahid) – Sheik Aden Mohamed Nor (Madobe), the speaker of the transitional parliamentarians of Somalia have Monday visited at Guriga Umadda (house of people), an important Somali building in the areas under the control...

February 8 2010 / No comment / Read More »
Kenya dismiss reports on Somali army training

Kenya dismiss reports on Somali army training »

Nairobi (Alshahid) – Kenyan authorities have denied reports alleging that it has trained over 2 500 Somali troops who are ready to join the government battle against the radical Islamist group, Al Shabaab. Defence Minister Yusuf...

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Kenya Trains ‘2,500 Somalia Troops’

Kenya Trains ‘2,500 Somalia Troops’ »

Nairobi (Alshahid) – Some 2,500 Somali troops have finished training in neighbouring Kenya and are ready to join a Somali government offensive against rebels, which control much of the war-torn country. According to Kenyan officials who...

February 7 2010 / No comment / Read More »
Police arrests suspects in Galkayo

Police arrests suspects in Galkayo »

Galkayo (Alshahid) Security forces in Galkayo arrested several people on Saturday night in connection with the escalating insecurity in key towns of Puntland. Security forces foiled a landmine that had been planted in a street in...

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Galmudug President defends extension of his term

Galmudug President defends extension of his term »

Galmudug (Alshahid) – President of Galmudug regional administration Mohamed Ahmed Alim has on Saturday strongly defended his extension of his term following complaints from local MP’s terming his action as illegal. The president told reporters that...

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Ethiopian troops take positions parts of Hiran region

Ethiopian troops take positions parts of Hiran region »

Mogadishu (Alshahid) – Heavily armed Ethiopian troops are reported to have taken positions in parts of Hiran region near the border on Sunday, witnesses said. The troops stationed themselves in Sariirale village, near the common border...

February 7 2010 / No comment / Read More »
Russian warship seizes group of pirates off Somalia – Navy

Russian warship seizes group of pirates off Somalia – Navy »

Mogadishu (Alshahid) A Russian frigate, the Neustrashimy (Fearless), seized on Saturday a boat with seven pirates on board during an operation to thwart an attack on a cargo ship in the Gulf of Aden, a...

February 6 2010 / No comment / Read More »
We are prepared to repulse government attack; Hizbul Islam

We are prepared to repulse government attack; Hizbul Islam »

Mogadishu (Alshahid) – Somalia ’s insurgent group Hizbul Islam said it learned government forces are prepared to wage military offensive against Islamist groups following noticeable troop movements in several key points of the capital. “We know...

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Humanitarian crisis persists in Somalia with malnutrition rampant in young, UN warns

Humanitarian crisis persists in Somalia with malnutrition rampant in young, UN warns »

United Nation (Alshahid) – A widespread humanitarian crisis persists in war-torn Somalia, with an estimated 3.2 million people, or 42 per cent of the population, in need of emergency aid or livelihood support, and one...

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Opinion & Analysis

The threat from Somalia (Must the United States also intervene in this failed state?) »

The threat from Somalia (Must the United States also intervene in this failed state?)

Washington Post’s Editorial Discussion Policy Your browser’s settings may be preventing you from commenting on and viewing comments about this item. See instructions for fixing...

Nov 3 2009 / 1 comment / Read More »

Reach out to struggling child refugees and immigrants »

Reach out to struggling child refugees and immigrants

By Ahmed Dahir AS a member of the Somali community in Seattle, I was shocked and terrified when I heard that the suicide attack against...

Oct 5 2009 / 1 comment / Read More »

Somalia: The Disappearing State »

Somalia: The Disappearing State

If you followed the news at all this summer, you would have heard about Somalia. It seemed as though Somali pirates were suddenly hijacking...

Sep 30 2009 / No comment / Read More »

Ambulance offers hope in war-torn Somalia »

Ambulance offers hope in war-torn Somalia

Mogadishu — Chaos and death on the streets of Mogadishu: unfortunately, it’s nothing new in the Somali capital. 1 of 3 Government forces are fighting...

Sep 30 2009 / 1 comment / Read More »

Obama investing in Somalia government survival »

Obama investing in Somalia government survival

The recent killing in Somalia of a top US target shows that the Obama administration is fully committed to taking military action in support...

Sep 27 2009 / No comment / Read More »

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AlShabab Presents TFG Officer, Weapon in Mogadishu »

AlShabab Presents TFG Officer, Weapon in Mogadishu

Mogadishu (Alshahid) – Harakat Al-shabab mujahideen officials have on Monday displayed an officer from the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) and more weapons in the Somali capital Mogadishu. Sheik Ali Mohamud Rage (Sh. Ali Dere), the spokesman of Harakat Al-shabab Mujahideen who was present at Gulwadayasha building,...

Feb 8 2010 / No comment / Read More »

Parliament Speaker Visits Important Local Building in Mogadishu, Calls to Rebuild »

Parliament Speaker Visits Important Local Building in Mogadishu, Calls to Rebuild

Mogadishu (Alshahid) – Sheik Aden Mohamed Nor (Madobe), the speaker of the transitional parliamentarians of Somalia have Monday visited at Guriga Umadda (house of people), an important Somali building in the areas under the control of the transitional government in Mogadishu and called for the...

Feb 8 2010 / No comment / Read More »

Kenya dismiss reports on Somali army training »

Kenya dismiss reports on Somali army training

Nairobi (Alshahid) – Kenyan authorities have denied reports alleging that it has trained over 2 500 Somali troops who are ready to join the government battle against the radical Islamist group, Al Shabaab. Defence Minister Yusuf Haji dismissed the story as a total fabrication, saying there...

Feb 8 2010 / No comment / Read More »
Djibouti

Djibouti Facing Local Insurgency and Threats from Somali Islamists »

Djibouti Facing Local Insurgency and Threats from Somali IslamistsFew nations in the world are as strategically important but as little known as Djibouti, a small desert nation of half a million people in...

Sep 26 2009 / 1 comment / Read More »

Djibouti to deploy troops in Somalia »

Djibouti to deploy troops in SomaliaDJIBOUTI soldiers will soon join their Ugandan and Burundian counterparts on the African Union peacekeeping mission in Somalia. Djibouti’s foreign affairs minister Mahomoud Ali Youssouf was...

Aug 15 2009 / No comment / Read More »

DP World Djibouti Rejects ESL Request for Dedicated Berth »

DP World Djibouti Rejects ESL Request for Dedicated BerthBy: Tamrat G. Giorgis Disagreement is brewing between officials in the marine sector in Ethiopia and Djibouti over the use of the Port of Djibouti, and...

Jul 6 2009 / No comment / Read More »
Eritrea More refugees including Somalis depart for the United States

More refugees including Somalis depart for the United States

Valletta (Alshahid)—A group of seventeen refugees from Eritrea and Somalia left Malta to begin a new life in the United States, Malta Independent Online reported on Wednesday. This brings the total number of refugees...

Sep 30, 2009 / More »
Sudan African Union summit kicks off in Libya

African Union summit kicks off in Libya

Tripoli (Alshahid) – African Union special summit has kicked off in Tripoli, Libya on Monday and African leaders are supposed to discuss the continent’s trouble spots, on the eve of celebrations to mark...

Aug 31, 2009 / More »
Uganda Uganda wants Somalia mandate to be reviewed

Uganda wants Somalia mandate to be reviewed

Kampala (Alshahid)—Ugandan Defence Minister Crispus Kiyonga has said the mandate of the peacekeeping force in Somalia needs to be reviewed, new vision reported. Briefing Parliament yesterday, the minister said the African Union (AU) force,...

Oct 1, 2009 / More »
Africa Efforts to release more Somalis detained in Tanzania.

Efforts to release more Somalis detained in Tanzania.

Dar es Salaam (Alshahid) – Somalia’s charge d’affairs in Dar Es Salam has said efforts to release Somali detainees in the Tanzanian prisons are underway. More than 640 Somali’s are detained for illegal entry...

Feb 3, 2010 / More »
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