Turkish navy commandos seize pirates off Somalia (Reuters via Yahoo!7 News)
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkish navy commandos taking part in a NATO mission to combat piracy off the coast of Somalia captured seven pirates Friday, the military staff said, in the second operation of its kind in a week.
Somali pirates shoot Turkish sailor: report (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Pirates holding a Turkish bulk carrier off Somalia have shot and wounded one of the sailors, a Turkish newspaper quoted relatives as saying Friday.
Somalia: Precision Arms for Amisom Forces? (AllAfrica.com)
The collateral damage from clashes between Al -Shabab insurgents and the African Union Mission to Somalia ( Amisom ) forces backing up the Transitional Federal Government could have been reduced had the AMISOM forces used precision weapons, argued Yusuf Garad Omar, head of the BBC Somali Service who was interviewed on BBC Radio 4 Today programme by Sarah Montague yesterday.’
Turkish navy commandos seize pirates off Somalia (AlertNet)
Source: Reuters ANKARA, July 31 (Reuters) – Turkish navy commandos taking part in a NATO mission to combat piracy off the coast of Somalia captured seven pirates on Friday, the military staff said, in the second …
SOMALIA: Hope for calm as government takes over Beletweyne (AlertNet)
Source: IRIN A week after government forces took control of Beletweyne in central Somalia’s Hiiraan Region, residents and internally displaced people hope the prevailing calm will enable them to resume normal life.
Malta adopts Security Council resolution on Somalia (Malta Today)
Malta has formally adopted a United Nations Security Council resolution to re-establish a monitoring group on the arms embargo in Somalia.
Somalia: Harakat Al-Shabab Mujahideen Orders Women Near Afgoi Town to Take Veil (AllAfrica.com)
Afgoi The Islamic administration of Harakat Al-shabab Mujahideen has ordered the women in villages around Afgoi town 30 kilometers south of the Somali capital Mogadishu to take veil and cover their bodies, officials told Shabelle radio on Friday.
Somalia: Four Killed in Battle Among Soldiers (AllAfrica.com)
Mogadishu, Somalia Fighting erupted Thursday in the Somali capital Mogadishu between bodyguards of Somali Justice Minister Sheikh Abdirahman Janakow and another group of government soldiers, Radio Garowe reports.
Turkish commandos capture 7 pirates off Somalia (AP via Yahoo! News)
Turkey’s military says navy commandos aboard a frigate have captured seven pirates in the Gulf of Aden off Somalia’s coast.
Kenya: Country Boxed to a Corner By Mogadishu Skirmishes – PS (AllAfrica.com)
Nairobi The war in Somalia has left Kenya with a difficult choice between the security of her own citizens and humanitarian concerns of fleeing Somali refugees.
FBI searches Rochester homes in Somali probe (Minnesota Public Radio)
Earlier this month, FBI agents raided the apartments of two Rochester women, investigating whether they were sending supplies to insurgents in Somalia. The woman say the supplies are for poor people fleeing the violence in Somalia.
Somalia: Puntland to Celebrate Eleventh Anniversary (AllAfrica.com)
Garowe, Somalia The celebrations will take place at Mire Aware Jama football stadium in the regional adminstration’s capital, Garowe. Acting Puntland and president, Abdisamad Ali Shire, has been following preparations for the 11th anniversary celebrations.
