Somalia: Aid reaches some displaced families as fighting continues in Mogadishu (Unicef)
MOGADISHU, Somalia, 9 July 2009 As battles between government forces and armed groups continue to rock Mogadishu, more families are being driven out of their homes in search of safety every day. Over 200,000 of the city’s residents have been displaced since a new round of intense fighting erupted at the beginning of May.
Somalia’s neighbours seek right to intervene (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Somalia’s neighbours on Friday sought to remove obstacles to a possible intervention to support the ailing government in Mogadishu during a regional summit in Addis Ababa.
War crimes may have been committed in Somalia: UN (AFP via Yahoo! News)
The UN human rights chief said Friday that war crimes may have been committed in Somalia, where fierce fighting between hardline Islamist rebels and government troops has forced more than 200,000 people to flee in two months.
UPDATE: War Crimes May Have Been Committed In Somalia – UN (Nasdaq)
GENEVA (AFP)–The U.N. human rights chief said Friday that war crimes may have been committed in Somalia, where fighting between hardline Islamist militia and government forces have ravaged the capital Mogadishu.
Somali Islamist hardliners behead 7 “spies” (Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News)
MOGADISHU (Reuters) – Somalia’s hard-line Islamist rebels beheaded seven people on Friday for being “Christians” and “spies” in the latest imposition of strict sharia, Islamic law, by the al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab group, witnesses said.
Possible war crimes in Somalia: UN (Adelaide Now)
The UN human rights chief says that war crimes may have been committed in Somalia, where fighting between hardline Islamist militia and government forces have ravaged the capital Mogadishu.
Militants behead 7 in Somalia for betraying Islam (New York Daily News)
MOGADISHU, Somalia – Somali Islamist insurgent fighters beheaded seven people accused of abandoning their religion and of espionage.
Somalia: Sharif’s Office Explains the Trip of the TFG’s President (AllAfrica.com)
Somalia The Somali president’s office in the Somali capital Mogadishu has explained Friday the trip of president Sharif Sheik Ahmed as he returned home on Thursday.
Somali Islamist hardliners behead 7 people (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Somalia’s hardline Islamist rebels beheaded seven people on Friday for being “Christians” and “spies” in the latest implementation of strict sharia law by the al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab movement, witnesses said.
