New fighting erupts in Somalia, number of casualties increases (AlertNet)
Source: UNHCR The civilian population is bearing the brunt in the latest upsurge in fighting in the troubled South Central region of Somalia and sparking a new wave of displacement. According to a network of our …
Islamist insurgent groups turn on each other in Somalia – Summary (EARTHtimes.org)
Mogadishu – Clashes broke out between two allied Islamist insurgent groups in the Somali port town of Kismayo Thursday, leaving at least nine fighters dead, residents of the town said. Al-Shabaab and Hizbul Islam have been working together to try and…
Somali insurgent groups’ rifts deepen as Islamist groups fight over port city, killing 12 (The San Francisco Examiner)
MOGADISHU, SOMALIA Fighting between rival Islamist factions on Thursday over control of a key Somali port city killed at least 12 people, most of them combatants, said witnesses and medical staff.
Hardline Islamist group in Somalia kicks rival faction out of southern port city (People’s Daily)
At least 15 people including combatants were killed and 35 others wounded on Thursday after fierce battles between two main Islamist groups in Somalia’s southern port city which fell to the hardline Al-Shabaab movement, medics and residents said. “We have so far received 35 five injured people while five dead bodies were also brought in,” Yusuf Ali, a medic with the main Kismayu hospital, told …
Spanish ship with 36 crew reports pirate attack off Somalia (CNN)
A Spanish fishing ship with 36 international crew members has lost contact with the shore after issuing distress calls saying pirates were attacking it off the coast of Somalia, the ship’s owner, Echebastar Fleet, said Friday.
Pirates Off Somalia Hijack Spanish Ship With 36 Crew (Update1) (Bloomberg)
Oct. 2 (Bloomberg) — Pirates hijacked a Spanish fishing vessel carrying a crew of 36 off the coast of Somalia, the ship s owner and Spanish officials said.
Somali rebel groups fight in southern port (Central Chronicle)
Agencies Mogadishu, Oct 1: Rival Islamist rebels battled in southern Somalia’s Kismayu port today, killing at least 20 people and the fighting threatened to spread to other parts of the failed Horn of Africa state.
Behind Somalia’s Islamist rivalry (BBC News)
The fighting between rival Islamist groups in Somalia could end their national alliance and be good news for the embattled interim government.
Somalia unrest claimed 145 lives in September: UN (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Fighting between rival Islamist factions and government forces left 145 people dead and 285 injured in Somalia last month, the United Nations refugee agency said on Friday.
U.S. delays Somalia aid, fears terror ties (UPI)
DOCOL, Somalia, Oct. 2 (UPI) — Somalia is in desperate need of help that’s being delayed partly because the U.S. government fears its aid is going to feed terrorists, the United Nations says.
U.S. Delays Somalia Aid, Fearing It Is Feeding Terrorists (International Herald Tribune)
American officials are concerned that United Nations contractors may be funneling American aid to the Shabab, a Somali group with ties to Al Qaeda.
Somalia : President Calls for More Aid in U.S. Visit (AllAfrica.com)
Washington Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, the leader of Somalia’s beleaguered Transitional Federal Government (TFG), appealed here this week for increased U.S. and international security and humanitarian assistance for his efforts to defeat hard-line Islamist rebels and reconstruct his war-torn nation.
