Somalia s Partners Must Do More To Foster Peace (Scoop.co.nz)
A senior United Nations official has called on the international community to do more to plant seeds of durable peace in Somalia, while paying tribute to the African Union peacekeepers who last week gave their lives while supporting the people of …
Fighting kills at least 12 in Somali capital (AlertNet)
Source: Reuters * Insurgents attack troops, peacekeepers * Al Shabaab rebels loot training centre By Abdi Guled MOGADISHU, Sept 23 (Reuters) – Fighting in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu killed at least 12 …
Fighting kills at least 12 in Somali capital (The Star)
MOGADISHU (Reuters) – Fighting in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu killed at least 12 people and wounded 17 others after Islamist insurgents attacked government forces and African Union (AU) peacekeepers, witnesses said on Wednesday.
Mogadishu clashes increase Somalia fatalities (The Star)
At least eight civilians were killed in Mogadishu when Islamist insurgents attacked African peacekeepers prompting an exchange of gun and artillery fire that hit civilian targets, officials and witnesses said on Wednesday.
AU envoy seeks greater mandate for Somalia (The Star)
Bujumbura – The African Union mission in Somalia needs a beefed-up mandate, the AU’s special representative for the country said on Sunday at the funeral of 12 Burundian troops killed in a suicide attack last week.
War intensifies in Somalia (Socialist Worker)
A US airstrike on a suspected Al Qaida leader, Saleh Nabhan, in Somalia has triggered a new round of fighting in the east African state. The US accuses Nabhan of being behind a string of attacks on US and Israeli targets in the Horn of Africa.
SOMALIA: Instead of a safe haven, fear and rape in Galkayo (AlertNet)
Source: IRIN Exhausted by the violence in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, Asha (not real name) fled to Galkayo in the self-declared autonomous region of Puntland, believing her family would be safer there.
