Somalia: Lawmakers Reject Resigned Cabinet Ministers (AllAfrica.com)
Legislators in Somalia’s federal parliament rejected a proposal to return 10 Cabinet ministers who resigned in July after a fued erupted between interim President Abdullahi Yusuf and Prime Minister Nur “Adde” Hassan Hussein, Radio Garowe reported Friday.
Attacks on Somali Students, Teachers and Schools (Scoop.co.nz)
United Nations aid agencies and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) working in strife-torn Somalia have condemned recent attacks on students, teachers and schools in the capital, Mogadishu, stressing that educational facilities must be violence-free zones.
Somalia: Mogadishu’s Ex-Mayor to Compete in Regional Elections (AllAfrica.com)
The former mayor of Somalia’s national capital, Mr. Mohamed “Dheere” Omar, has said that he will compete at upcoming regional elections.
Nine Pinoys in hijacked ship off Somalia freed (The Daily Tribune)
Nine Filipino seamen who were among the 13-man crew of a German-owned vessel hijacked off Somalia were freed by pirates last Thursday after almost a month of captivity, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) yesterday said.
Q&A: The huge challenges facing humanitarian workers in Somalia (AlertNet)
Source: UNHCR Hassan Mohammed Ali, the head of UNHCR’s office in Mogadishu, was held by kidnappers for two months in Somalia before being released in late August. He discusses his work and his current state.
DFA: 9 RP crew in hijacked ship in Somalia freed (GMA News)
MANILA , Philippines – The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Friday confirmed that the seized German-owned container vessel in Somalia carrying 13 crewmen, including nine Filipinos, had been released.
Case dropped against three suspected of funding Somalia terrorism (EARTHtimes.org)
Stockholm – A Swedish prosecutor Friday dropped charges against three men arrested in February on suspicion of funding terrorism in Somalia. Prosecutor Ronnie Jacobsson told Swedish radio news that he had not been able to prove the suspicions against…
