Somalia most dangerous state for minorities (The Daily Star Lebanon)
Somalia remains the world’s most dangerous country for minority groups, followed by Iraq, Sudan, Afghanistan and Myanmar, a leading human-rights group said Thursday. The five were in unchanged positions from last year’s Minority Rights Group International’s (MRG) list of countries where groups or peoples are most at risk of genocide.
Fighting rages in Somalia, AU may strengthen force (Reuters via Yahoo!7 News)
MOGADISHU (Reuters) – Heavy fighting in the Somali capital killed at least 20 people on Thursday, the second day of fierce clashes as government forces tried to drive hardline Islamists out of their Mogadishu bases.
Somalia: Ethiopian Troops Reach Near Beledweyn Town (AllAfrica.com)
Beledweyn More Ethiopian troops with armed vehicles have reached near Beledweyn town in central Somalia as Ethiopia said that it does not plan to send troops into Somalia, witnesses told Shabelle radio on Thursday.
Fighting rages in Somalia, AU may strengthen force (Reuters via Yahoo! Singapore News)
By Abdi Guled
Fighting rages in Somalia, AU may strengthen force (AlertNet)
Source: Reuters * Fighting kills at least 20 in northern Mogadishu * Somali foreign minister hopes for stronger AU mandate * AU leaders in Libya debate beefing up peacekeeping force By Abdi Guled …
Fighting rages in Somalia, AU may strengthen force (Reuters) (Yahoo!7 World News)
MOGADISHU (Reuters) – Heavy fighting in the Somali capital killed at least 20 people on Thursday, the second day of fierce clashes as government forces tried to drive hardline Islamists out of their Mogadishu bases.
Somalia fighting kills 25 in 2 days, witnesses say; insurgents seek to topple government (The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News)
MOGADISHU, Somalia – Fighting in the Somali capital has killed 25 people over two days, leaving corpses in the streets of a city where a bloody insurgency is intensifying, doctors and witnesses said Thursday.
Somalia: Puntland VP Opens New Ministry of Planning Building (AllAfrica.com)
Garowe, Somalia Gen. Abdisamad Ali Shire, the Puntland Vice President, said he is very happy to open the new Ministry building.
Somalia: Fighting Kills Seven, Injures More Than 30 in North Mogadishu (AllAfrica.com)
Mogadishu At least 7 people have been killed and more than 30 others have been injured after clashes between the government soldiers and the Islamist forces started in the north of the Somali capital Mogadishu, officials told Shabelle radio on Thursday.
Somalia, Iraq most dangerous for minorities: NGO (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Somalia remains the world’s most dangerous country for minority groups, followed by Iraq, Sudan, Afghanistan and Myanmar, a leading human rights group said.
