Journalists arrested, beaten in Somalia’s breakaway regions: RSF (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Two journalists were arrested and a television station shut down in Somalia’s breakaway region of Somaliland while several others were beaten in the self-declared state of Punltand, a media watchdog said Friday.
Somalia s al-Shabaab Holding Both French Hostages, Police Say (Bloomberg)
July 17 (Bloomberg) — Somalia s al-Shabaab militia, which the U.S. accuses of having ties with al-Qaeda, took charge of two French security advisers abducted in the country this week, a police official said.
Journalists arrested in Somalia region (Gulf Times)
AFP/Nairobi, Kenya Two journalists were arrested and a television station shut down in Somalia s breakaway region of Somaliland while several others were beaten in the self-declared state of Puntland, a media watchdog said yesterday.
Somalia: Calm Returns to Mogadishu (AllAfrica.com)
Mogadishu Calm has returned to the Somali capital Mogadishu on Friday morning, a day after a sporadic fighting and shelling that caused casualties of deaths and injuries.
UN seeks donor help to address health situation in Somalia (People’s Daily)
The UN humanitarian agency is seeking donor help to address health situation in southern and central Somalia, which has continued to deteriorate due to latest fighting in Mogadishu. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said in its Donor Alert received here on Friday that the civil strife in Somalia has had a debilitating effect on the social services infrastructure, …
French hostages given to al Qaeda-linked Somali group (AlertNet)
Source: Reuters * Hizbul Islam hands second hostage to al Shabaab * Ransom motive suspected (Adds U.N. statement, details) MOGADISHU, July 17 (Reuters) – Somalia’s al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab movement has …
Somalia: Two Journalists Arrested Amid Growing Crackdown on Media (AllAfrica.com)
Reporters Without Borders is outraged by the arrest of two journalists and the closure of a TV station in the northwestern breakaway territory of Somaliland and the beatings which several journalists received from police in the northeastern semi-autonomous region of Puntland.
Qaeda-linked Somali group takes second French hostage (AlertNet)
Source: Reuters * Hizbul Islam hands second hostage to al Shabaab * Ransom motive suspected MOGADISHU, July 17 (Reuters) – Somalia’s al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab movement has taken possession of both French …
Somalia: Somaliland President Fires Two Cabinet Ministers (AllAfrica.com)
Hargeisa President Dahir Riyale issued a decree dated July 15 whereby he fired the Minister of Commerce and the Minister of the Presidency, Mr. Osman Hassan Kodah and Mr. Nur Amin Ismail, respectively.
