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US court drops piracy charges against 6 Somalis
Virginia (Alshahid) – A federal judge in Virginia USA has thrown out piracy charges against six Somalis accused of attacking a US Navy ship last spring off the coast of… Read more
Ethiopia soldiers may return to Mogadishu to rescue peacekeepers
Addis Ababa (Alshahid) – Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi said on Wednesday that his country would send its troops back into Somalia in the unlikely event it was called on… Read more
COMMUNIQUE OF THE JOINT SECURITY COMMITTEE
Nairobi (Alshahid) – The Joint Security Committee (JSC) met on 7 – 8 August in Nairobi, under the co-chairmanship of Prime Minister Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke of Somalia and Mr…. Read more
Helicopter from US warship repels Somali pirate
Nairobi (Alshahid) — NATO says a helicopter from a U.S. warship has interrupted a pirate attack off the coast of Somalia. NATO says the merchant ship Ice Explorer was moving… Read more
Somalia government to attack Alshabab rebels in Jubba regions
Mogadishu (Alshahid) – The transitional Federal Government (TFG) officials of Jubba regions in southern Somalia have Saturday said that they would begin their attacks against Islamists in the regions soon…. Read more
Man who knows U.S well becomes new al-Qaida leader
Miami (Alshahid) – A suspected al-Qaida operative who lived for more than 15 years in the U.S. has become chief of the terror network’s global operations, the FBI says, marking… Read more
Somalia Security Forces arrest 7 Pirates
Garowe (Alshahid) – Security forces from Somalia’s semi-autonomous state of Puntland arrested seven Somali pirates at Xamxaama village about 80km to Garowe capital of Puntland. Nugal region police commander Abdirahman… Read more
South Africa racists attack 3 Ethiopians
Johannesburg (Alshahid) – Three Ethiopians and one South African were injured when a mob of people attacked Ethiopian men in Pietermaritzburg, the capital city of South Africa’s second largest province… Read more
Somali pirates hijack sugar cargo ship
Brussels (Alshahid) – Somali pirates seized a freighter with 24 Syrian and Egyptian crew members in the waters of the Gulf of Aden, the EU’s anti-piracy force said. This a… Read more
EU helicopter repels pirate attack on Norwegian Chemical tanker
Nairobi (Alshahid) — The European Union Naval Force says pirates attacked a chemical tanker in the Gulf of Aden early Tuesday but that an EU helicopter sent to the scene… Read more
