Somalia: Government Soldiers Kill a Prominent Businessman (AllAfrica.com)
Somalia Somali government soldiers have killed a well-known businessman in Km 5 area in Mogadishu, eyewitness said on Saturday. The deceased man, Abdi Aziz was the owner of Fatxi supermarket and he died instantly after government soldiers shot him while he was in his supermarket.
Somalia president says has fired PM (The State)
Somalia’s government was near collapse Sunday as Islamic insurgents accused of having ties to al-Qaida vowed never to negotiate or share power with the Western-backed administration. Somalia’s president fired the prime minister Sunday, saying he failed to bring security to a nation struggling with a violent insurgency and political turmoil. President Abdullahi Yusuf announced the decision in …
Somalia president says has fired prime minister (International Herald Tribune)
Somalia’s president fired the prime minister Sunday, saying he failed to bring security to a nation struggling with a violent insurgency and political turmoil.
Somalia: Opposition Group Warns Against ‘War Among Islamists’ (AllAfrica.com)
A senior member of a Somali rebel group based in the Eritrean capital of Asmara has warned against the eruption of war among Islamist factions fighting against Somalia’s government, Radio Garowe reported Friday.
Somalia’s president says he has fired PM (KXXV Waco)
Associated Press – December 14, 2008 4:43 AM ET MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) – Somalia’s president says has fired his prime minister for failing to bring security to the war-torn country.
UPDATE: Somalia’s President Sacks Prime Minister, Government (Nasdaq)
(Updates with comment from president; adds background.) BAIDOA, Somalia (AFP)–Somali President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed on Sunday announced he had sacked Prime Minister Nur Hassan Hussein and his government during a press conference in the town of Baidoa.
Somalia’s president sacks entire cabinet (Kenya Broadcasting Corporation)
The Somali President, Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed, has sacked PM Nur Hassan Hussein and the interim government. At a news conference in Baidoa, the president said Mr Hussein, who was sworn into office in November 2007, had failed to bring security to Somalia.
Somalia: Thousands of Children ‘Lack Medicines’ in Camps Near Mogadishu (AllAfrica.com)
The health conditions of young children who fled violence in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu is reportedly getting much worse, Radio Garowe reported Friday.
Somalia president says he has fired PM (The Star Press)
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) Somalia s government was near collapse today as Islamic insurgents accused of having ties to al-Qaida vowed never to negotiate or share power with the Western-backed administration.
U.S. Will Push U.N. for Somalia Mission (Washington Post)
UNITED NATIONS — The Bush administration will mount a last-ditch push this week to muster international backing for a relatively small U.N. peacekeeping mission in Somalia, in an effort to help stem piracy and prevent the resurgence of Islamist militants in the lawless East African nation,…
