Somalia, the Clintons’ poisoned legacy
Listen US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived in Nairobi with an agenda larger than the Agoa Forum. The comments she proffered followed the script President Obama unveiled during his recent visit to Ghana. The unavoidable subject of Somalia, however, presented a thornier dilemma. One might even propose that Somalia is a Republican Trojan Horse [...]
US approach to Somalia wrong, say analysts
Listen By KEVIN KELLY in New York and GITAU WARIGI in Nairobi Posted Saturday, August 8 2009 Some analysts are warning that the Obama administration is taking the wrong approach in moving to increase US military support for the nascent Somalia’s government. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said in Nairobi on Thursday following a meeting [...]
Shelling kills nine civilians in Mogadishu.
Listen Mogadishu (Alshahid) — At least nine civilians have been killed and twelve others have been injured in heavy shelling in Bakaro Market in Mogadishu witnesses said on Saturday. Witnesses said the mortar shelling came after Islamist rebels fired mortars to Aden Adde International airport in Mogadishu targeting Somali president Sheik Sharif Sheik Ahmed who [...]
Top Somali Islamist leader lashes U.S. policy
Listen MOGADISHU, Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys, a radical Islamist leader in Somalia, on Saturday strongly attacked U.S. foreign policy towards the war-torn Horn of Africa country, two days after Somali President met with U.S. Secretary of State in Nairobi, Kenya. Aweys, leader of the Hezbul Islam (Islamic Party), condemned what he termed as the U.S.’s [...]
Fighting kills at least 17 in Somali pirate port
Listen MOGADISHU – Gun battles between clan militiamen killed at least 17 people and wounded 30 on Saturday at a pirate stronghold on the coast of Somalia, witnesses said. Local man Farah Aden told Reuters by satellite telephone that the fighting began overnight and became heavier in the morning, forcing most of Haradheere’s residents to [...]
Somali president calls for help to combat militants
Listen NAIROBI – Somali President Sheikh Sharif Ahmed asked for more international help on Friday to battle hardline insurgents after holding what he called an historic meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Clinton pledged strong support for Ahmed’s fragile administration following talks with him in Nairobi on Thursday, and she [...]
Clinton tour reaches South Africa
Listen US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says the US and South Africa are “working together” to bring about reform in Zimbabwe. Mrs Clinton’s comments came after talks with her South African counterpart on the second leg of a tour of Africa. Later, she will meet former South African President Nelson Mandela. In the coming [...]
Clinton calls on Eritrea to end support for Somalia insurgency
Listen NAIROBI — US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Thursday demanded that Eritrea end its support for the Al Qaeda-inspired insurgent group, the Shebab, in Somalia. “It is long past time for Eritrea to cease and desist its support of AlShabab and to start being a productive rather than a destabilising [...]
Kenya calls world to honour pledges to Somalia
Listen NAIROBI– Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki on Thursday reaffirmed Kenya ‘s commitment to helping the peace process in Somalia and in support of the regional resolutions on the transitional government to stabilize the war-torn country. Speaking during a meeting with visiting Somali President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, the Kenyan leader also challenged [...]
Clinton seeks to bolster Somalia’s weak government
Listen NAIROBI (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton meets Somalia’s president on Thursday, showing U.S. support for a fragile government which is battling against militants including al Shabaab insurgents. Australian police said this week they had uncovered a plot to attack an army base in Sydney by men with alleged links to al [...]