Somalia: Parliament Postpones Meeting Due to Security Concerns (AllAfrica.com)
Somalia’s federal parliament has postponed a meeting in the capital Mogadishu after citing serious security concerns, Radio Garowe reports.
Somalia: Foreign Ministry Appeals Pirates to Be Convicted in Somalia (AllAfrica.com)
Somalia Mohamed jama’ Ali known as (MJ), a director of the Somali foreign ministry has held a press conference in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Thursday and appealed the Somali pirates who are captured in the Somali coasts to be convicted in the country.
USACC: “A Piracy Trial in Somalia Please” (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)
The U.S. African Chamber of Commerce says Abduhl Wal-i-Musi, the only survivor of a pirate attack on a U.S. cargo ship earlier this month, should be tried in Somalia instead of the United States.
US hands pirates’ bodies over to Somali officials (Boston Herald)
MOGADISHU, Somalia – American naval forces handed Somali authorities the bodies of three suspected pirates on Thursday, officials said, after U.S. snipers shot the trio earlier…
Somalia: Al Shabaab Militant Gunned Down in Mogadishu (AllAfrica.com)
A commander of Islamist hardliners faction Al Shabaab was shot and killed in the Somali capital Mogadishu Thursday morning, Radio Garowe reports. The dead militant, identified only as Sheikh Muktar, was killed while sitting in front of an electric shop he owned inside Bakara Market, witnesses said.
US hands pirates’ bodies over to Somali officials (KWQC-TV 6 Davenport)
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) – American naval forces have handed over the bodies of 3 suspected pirates to Somali authorities. Navy SEAL sharpshooters killed the three earlier this month during a standoff over a pirate hostage, cargo ship captain Richard Phillips.
US hands pirates’ bodies over to Somali officials (KHQ Spokane)
Associated Press – April 30, 2009 8:13 AM ET MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) – American naval forces have handed over the bodies of 3 suspected pirates to Somali authorities.
Somalia: Traditional Elders Detained in Eastern Ethiopia (AllAfrica.com)
Kalafe At least 12 Somali traditional elders have been arrested by Ethiopian troops in Godey town in the region of Somalia in eastern Ethiopia, witnesses told Shabelle radio on Thursday.
