US Navy monitors Ukrainian arms ship seized off Somalia (Yahoo! Asia News)
MOGADISHU (AFP) – The US Navy stood guard on Tuesday around a Ukrainian ship carrying tanks and arms to stop them from falling into the wrong hands in lawless Somalia amid growing confusion over the cargo’s destination.
Ethiopia calls for UN peacekeepers in Somalia (The Charlotte Observer)
Ethiopia’s foreign minister on Monday called for the U.N. to deploy peacekeepers to neighboring Somalia, where Islamic militants appear to be gaining strength. Foreign Minister Seyoum Mesfin’s comments came just days after an attack on an African Union peacekeepers’ base in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, killed at least 11 civilians. Mesfin urged the U.N. Security Council to deploy a U.N. …
US warships circle hijacked arms vessel (The New Zealand Herald)
NAIROBI – United States helicopters and warships circled a hijacked Ukrainian cargo ship loaded with 33 Soviet-designed tanks and other weapons yesterday that officials fear could wind up in the hands of al Qaeda-linked militants in Somalia, if the pirates are allowed to escape.
Ethiopia calls for UN peacekeepers in Somalia (AP via Yahoo! News)
Ethiopia’s foreign minister on Monday called for the U.N. to deploy peacekeepers to neighboring Somalia, where Islamic militants appear to be gaining strength.
Islamists destroy Somali church (BBC News)
An Islamist group in Somalia destroys a derelict church in the southern port town of Kismayo.
U.S. official: 3 pirates killed in gunfight off Somalia’s coast (USA Today)
Disagreements between Somali pirates holding a ship laden with tanks and heavy weapons escalated into a shootout and three pirates are believed dead, a U.S. defense official said Tuesday. The pirates denied the report.
US Navy Monitors Ukrainian Arms Ship Seized Off Somalia (Nasdaq)
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AFP)–The U.S. Navy stood guard Tuesday around a Ukrainian ship carrying tanks and arms to stop them falling into the wrong hands.
U.S. copters fly by Ukrainian freighter hijacked by pirates (San Diego Union-Tribune)
NAIROBI, Kenya U.S. helicopters yesterday buzzed a hijacked Ukrainian cargo ship carrying 33 Soviet-designed tanks and other weapons that officials fear could end up in the hands of al-Qaeda-linked militants in Somalia if the pirates are allowed to escape.
