Somalia: Over 170,000 Somalis Uprooted By Clashes in Capital Since May, UN Reports (AllAfrica.com)
More than 170,000 people have been displaced from the Somali capital, Mogadishu, since early May when fresh fighting broke out began between Government forces and insurgents, the United Nations humanitarian wing reported today.
Kenya calls for clear vision on dealing with Somalia (People’s Daily)
The Kenyan government has urged the executive council of the African Union to come up with a clear vision of solving the Somali crisis. Foreign Affairs Minister Moses Wetang’ula has described the situation in Somalia as dire, adding that the Somali Transitional Federal Government (TFG) is under extreme pressure from Al-Shabaab and other insurgent groups. A statement from the foreign ministry …
Somalia: Make the Combatant Forces Talk (AllAfrica.com)
Nairobi IN THE LAST FEW DAYS, SOME Kenyans have been advocating that our military should buttress Somalia’s Transitional Federal Government which is under siege from militant Islamist insurgents led by Al-Shabaab.
Somalia: Militia to Target Kenya And Ethiopia (AllAfrica.com)
Nairobi The deputy leader of the Islamist coalition ruling Kismayu, Sheikh Abdulgani Mohamed Yusuf, has declared war on Somalia’s neighbours. He singled out Kenya and Ethiopia as being hostile to his movement and Somalia at large.
Somalia Islamists threaten to invade Ethiopia (Gulf Times)
Somalia s Islamist rebels yesterday threatened to attack Ethiopia after repeated witness reports that Ethiopian troops were back in the chaotic Horn of Africa country that they withdrew from during January.
Somali hard-line Islamists threaten Ethiopia (Mail and Guardian)
Somalia’s Islamist rebels on Tuesday threatened to attack Ethiopia after repeated witness reports that Ethiopian troops were back in the chaotic Horn of Africa country they withdrew from in January.
Somalia: Explosion Kills Two, Injures Eight Others in Mogadishu (AllAfrica.com)
Mogadishu At least two people, one of them a government soldier have been killed and eight others have been injured in a separate explosions targeted to a government soldiers in the Somali capital Mogadishu, witnesses told Shabelle radio on Tuesday.
Somalia: Somaliland in Plea for Food Aid (AllAfrica.com)
Perhaps it is time for desperate measures. The aquatic weeds silting up the water holes are likely Typha. It does grow in Somaliland. Some of it may be contaminated with pollutants. Heavy metals are most to be feared. There is equipment available (at Kenyatta University and probably other places.
Somalia: Somaliland in Plea for Food Aid (AllAfrica.com)
Hargeisa The authorities in Somalia’s self-declared republic of Somaliland have urged the international community to come to its aid to avert severe food shortages and hunger due to a prolonged drought in the region.
Somalia: Al-Shabaab is Government’s Headache, Not Kenya’s (AllAfrica.com)
Nairobi MANY JOURNALISTS SEEM to support the idea of Kenya sending its armed forces to Somalia to fight the Al-Shabaab.
Ugandan president welcomes U. S. support to Somalia, calls for more help (People’s Daily)
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on Monday welcomed the U. S. arms support to Somalia and urged other countries to help stabilize the war-torn country. Museveni told reporters here that he had held talks with some American officials on provision of support to the UN backed Somali transitional government. “Any member of the UN is free to give support and should have done so earlier than now,” he …
