Potential soldiers (AllAfrica.com)
The commander of Somali military forces, General Yusuf Dhumal, told reporters in Mogadishu last Thursday that Somalia and Kenya are cooperating in efforts to recruit potential soldiers for the Somali government from Kenya’s northeastern region.
Somalia Islamists Execute Two for Spying, Radio HornAfrik Says (Bloomberg)
Oct. 26 (Bloomberg) — Somalia s rebel al-Shabaab movement executed two men in public for allegedly spying for the government, Radio HornAfrik reported, citing an official from the Islamist militia.
Somalia court gives pirates jail terms (People’s Daily)
By Abdurrahman Warsameh A court in the northeastern Somali region of Puntland on Sunday sentenced 12 men to various prison terms after being convicted of piracy activities off the Somali piracy-infested coast. The judge of the court of first instance in Bossaso, the commercial hub of Puntland, gave eight of the 12 men the prison sentence of eight years each, with the possibility of an appeal …
Anti-terror laws hinder Somali immigrants (The Columbus Dispatch)
For months, Somalis living in Columbus have complained that it has become increasingly difficult to send money home to family members because of banking-industry fears that the funds could end up with terrorists.
Uganda : Museveni Warns Somali Terrorists (AllAfrica.com)
Kampala President Yoweri Museveni has warned Islamist rebels who threatened to attack Kampala that they will pay a heavy price if they did so. “Those groups, I would advise them to concentrate on solving their own problems.
Somali threat sparks Uganda alert (BBC News)
All Somalis entering Uganda will be registered after militants threatened Kampala for sending peacekeepers to Somalia.
Relevant Links (AllAfrica.com)
An estimated 250,000 people were displaced in May alone from Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia, by fighting between forces of the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) and various militias.
Drones protect ships in Somalia (The World)
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) For the first time, sophisticated U.S. military surveillance drones capable of carrying missiles have begun patrolling waters off Somalia in hopes of stemming rising piracy.
Islamist rebels in Somalia execute two for “spying” (People’s Daily)
Somalia’s Al Shabaab Islamist movement on Sunday executed two young men for alleged spying for the Somali government in the southern town of Marka. The radical group has been waging insurgency for two years against the Somali government and the African Union peacekeeping forces in the capital Mogadishu. After the execution was carried out in central Marka town, an official from the group told …
