U.S. gives Somalia about 40 tons of arms, ammunition (Reuters) (Yahoo!7 World News)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. government has provided about 40 tonnes of weapons and ammunition to Somalia’s embattled government in the past six weeks to help it fight Islamist insurgents, a senior U.S. official said on Friday.
UNHCR “gravely concerned” about displacement crisis in Somalia (People’s Daily)
The UN refugee agency said on Friday that it was “gravely concerned” about the worsening displacement crisis in Somalia, where almost 170,000 people have fled the capital Mogadishu since a fresh wave of fighting erupted in early May. Fighting between government forces and the opposition “is leaving a trail of civilian casualties, destruction and renewed displacement,” William Spindler, spokesman …
Somalia violence kills more than 250 civilians: UN (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Clashes between Islamist rebels and Somalia’s government have killed some 250 civilians and forced more than 160,000 to flee their homes since last month, the UN refugee agency said on Friday.
U.S. gives Somalia about 40 tons of weapons (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
The U.S. government has provided about 40 tons of weapons and ammunition to Somalia’s embattled government in the past six weeks to help it fight Islamist insurgents, a senior U.S. official said on Friday.
Amputations and kidnappings force Somali civilians to flee militant advances (Times Online)
First they came for his father, then they told Abdirahman Sharif Mohamed that they were coming for him. In a series of chilling telephone warnings, militants from Somalia s notorious al-Shabaab movement denounced the father of six as a traitor and ordered him out of Mogadishu.
U.S. Has Sent 40 Tons of Munitions to Aid Somali Government (Washington Post)
The U.S. government has provided about 40 tons of weapons and ammunition to shore up the besieged government of Somalia in the past six weeks and has sent funding to train Somali soldiers, a senior State Department official said yesterday, in the most complete accounting to date of the new American efforts in the strife-torn country.
Somalia violence exacts heavy price from civilians (The Daily Star Lebanon)
Spiraling violence in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu is taking its toll, with more than 250 civilians killed and 160,000 forced to flee their homes over the past seven weeks, aid agencies said on Friday. Fighting between government forces and the Islamist-led insurgency, which erupted on May 7, “is leaving a trail of civilian casualties.
U.S. Has Sent 40 Tons of Munitions to Aid Somali Government (Washington Post)
The U.S. government has provided about 40 tons of weapons and ammunition to shore up the besieged government of Somalia in the past six weeks and has sent funding to train Somali soldiers, a senior State Department official said yesterday, in the most complete accounting to date of the new Americ…
Phoenix Intelligence Support Inc. – Anti Piracy Unit Strengthens Ties with Somalia (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
In a Telephone Interview with Mr. William Bo’ Fielding, Managing Director of Phoenix Intelligence Support Inc. – Anti Piracy Unit, Mr. Fielding discussed the outcome and results of a 30 day trip to Africa and The Middle East that took him, together with his delegation of experts, through Jordan, Egypt, Dubai and Mogadishu, Somalia.
