Somali gov’t, moderate Islamist faction sign cooperation pact (People’s Daily)
The Somali government has singed a cooperation deal with a main moderate Islamist group opposed to the two radical Islamist rebels in war-torn Somalia, a joint statement said Saturday. The agreement between Somali government and the moderate Islamist faction of Ahlu Sunnah Wal Jama which is also opposed to the radical Islamist movements of Al shabaab and Hezbul Islam comes as the two sides face …
Somalia fires heads of police force and military (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Somalia’s government fired the head of its police force and its military chief on Sunday two days after a suicide bomber killed three ministers and several others in the capital of the lawless Horn of Africa nation.
Somalia calls for foreign peace plan (The Scotsman)
SOMALIA’s government last night called for an international peace plan like President Barack Obama’s new Afghan strategy.
UN Somalia expert calls for grassroots effort to prevent atrocities (People’s Daily)
UN independent expert on the situation of human rights in Somalia Dr. Shamsul Bari has condemned the recent suicide attack, which killed at least 19 people including three Somali government ministers on Thursday at a graduation ceremony in a Mogadishu hotel. In a statement released on Friday, Bari called for a nationwide grassroots effort to prevent a repetition of Thursday’s killings of several …
Anger grows after Somalia suicide bombing (Channel NewsAsia)
MOGADISHU : Two days after a suicide bomb blast ripped through a graduation ceremony in Mogadishu, even the most resilient in war-torn Somalia expressed outrage on Saturday at the growing price paid by civilians.
U.S. strongly condemns Mogadishu bombing (People’s Daily)
The United States condemns “in the strongest terms” the deadly suicide bombing attack in Mogadishu, calling for an end to the violence in Somalia, said the U.S. State Department on Friday. “Those who committed this attack choose death and destruction and have no interest in rebuilding the country,” said State Department spokesman Ian Kelly. At least 22 people, including three government …
Somalia’s new order: filthy rich pirates (Brisbane Times)
Influx of millions of dollars in ransoms opens wealth gap between cashed-up pirates and Somalia’s have-nots.
Kenya on high alert over Al-Shaabab threats (Kenya Broadcasting Corporation)
Caption: Somalia has had no effective government for almost 20 years. Internal Security Minister Prof. George Saitoti has assured that the country’s security forces are on high alert following threats by Somali’s Al-Shaabab militia group.
Somali government sacks police and army chiefs (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Somalia’s police and army chiefs have been sacked after failing to crush a months-old nationwide insurgency by radical Islamist groups, a government spokesman said Sunday.
Somali Pirates (The Record and Herald News)
Somali government coast guards patrol the coast of Mogadishu, Somalia, Sunday, Dec. 6, 2009 to keep a watch for pirates who hijack ships off the coast . Somalia’s weak government struggles to control even the small area of the capital it holds and piracy is rampant.
