Somalia – Ethiopia’s ONLF rebels say captured seven towns (The Star)

Ethiopia’s ONLF rebels say captured seven towns (The Star)
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Ethiopian rebels fighting for independence for a region with potentially significant oil and gas reserves said on Saturday they had captured seven towns near the border with neighbouring Somalia.

British ship watched pirates seize couple (Malaysian Mirror)
LONDON – The crew of a British military ship watched as a British couple were taken hostage by Somali pirates but were ordered not to open fire, the Ministry of Defence said.

US, Somalia Still Opt Out of Children’s Treaty (CommonDreams.org)
by Thalif Deen UNITED NATIONS – When the U.N. children’s agency (UNICEF) commemorates the 20th anniversary of its landmark international treaty protecting the rights of children next week, there will be two countries skipping the celebrations: the United States and Somalia. “It is embarrassing to find ourselves in the company of Somalia, a lawless land,” presidential candidate Barack Obama said …

Hearts-and-minds outreach part of U.S. strategy to counter terrorism (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
Two white Toyota Land Cruisers bounce over a dirt road at dusk, a few miles from Djibouti’s capital. Barefoot children run to greet the arriving American soldiers, who set up a speaker system in this village without electricity.

PHOTO GALLERY: Pirate hijacking survivor Capt. Richard Phillips shares his story with Winchester audience on Tuesday (The Winchester Star)
Native son Capt. Richard Phillips, the sea captain who offered himself as a hostage to save his crew from Somali pirates last spring, will offer residents of his hometown an account of his experience next Tuesday, Nov. 17 at the McCall Middle School.

Ethiopia s ONLF rebels say captured 7 towns (Gulf Times)
Ethiopian rebels fighting for independence for a region with potentially significant oil and gas reserves said yesterday they had captured seven towns near the border with neighbouring Somalia .

Video: Welcome to Somalishire (Guardian Unlimited)
Somali teenagers Nura and Ilias live in London’s East End but visit an authentic Somalian camp at Degmo in Wales, a place which mirrors the traditional rural culture of their homeland – a far cry from the negative media images of Somalia Lindsay Poulton Michael Tait

Sierra Leone’s crises have global reach (Los Angeles Times)
The public health system in the West African nation is a shambles and the government teeters on the edge. Some fear it could become another Somalia. When the power went out that night, Dr. Ibrahim Thorlie was operating on his fifth patient of the day in a maternity hospital with a shortage of antibiotics and running water. His colleague was doing an emergency caesarean in the next room. In the …

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