Many dead as Somali rebels take port (TVNZ)
Islamist rebels have seized control of a strategic port in southern Somalia after the worst fighting in the area for months killed 70 people, residents said.
UPDATE: Somalia’s Islamist Militia Seize Key Port Of Kismayo (Nasdaq)
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AFP)–Somalia’s Islamist militia Friday wrested control of Kismayo, the country’s biggest port town, where at least 34 people have died in three days of fighting, witnesses said.
Rejected Somali Asylum Seekers in Britain Sent to Mogadishu (World Headlines)
Between April and December 2007, the Home Office removed 1,999 individuals from Britain and sent them back to their original countries, including Somalia.
Over 50 killed in fighting in Somalia (New Kerala)
Nairobi/Mogadishu, Aug 22 (DPA) More than 50 people have died in three days of heavy fighting in the Somali port town of Kismayo, reports said Friday.
Islamists seize key Somali port (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Islamist fighters wrested back control of Somalia’s southern port of Kismayo on Friday following three days of bloody battles with a local militia that left at least 41 people dead, witnesses said.
Somalia: ARS Chief Condemns Market Shelling (AllAfrica.com)
The chairman of the alliance for the reliberation of Somalia sheikh Sharif sheikh Ahmed has expressed disapproval over the shelling of the main Bakara market on Thursday by the Ethiopian backed Somali troops.
Islamist militia seize key Somali port (TODAYonline)
Somalia’s Islamist militia on Friday wrested control Friday of Kismayo, the country’s biggest port town, where at least 34 people have died in three days of fighting, witnesses said.
Toll in southern Somalia fighting hits 70 (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
The death toll from the worst fighting in southern Somalia for months rose to 70 on Friday with scores wounded, rights activists and residents said.
