Somalia : TFG Appoints New Military And Police Commanders (AllAfrica.com)
Mogadishu The Somali transitional cabinet have Sunday held meeting in the Somalia capital Mogadishu and appointed two new high military and police commanders for the government.
Somalia : Islamists Detain Dollar Exchangers in Kismayu Town (AllAfrica.com)
Kismayu The Islamist fighters of Jubba regions have detained several dollar exchangers in the port town of Kismayu, just after violating the order of the Islamic administration in southern Somalia, officials told Shabelle radio radio on Monday.
SOMALIA: Team to investigate Mogadishu attack (IRIN)
NAIROBI, 7 December 2009 (IRIN) – Somalia’s Transitional Federal Government has set up a team to investigate the bombing of a graduation ceremony on 3 December, which killed scores of people, including three cabinet ministers.
SOMALIA: Rise in mental health disorders worries Somaliland officials (IRIN)
HARGEISA, 7 December 2009 (IRIN) – Health officials in Somalia’s self-declared independent region of Somaliland have expressed concern over a rise in mental illness, which they attribute to post-war trauma, joblessness, drug abuse and khat use.
Somalia : Fighting Kills Three Government Soldiers in Mogadishu (AllAfrica.com)
Somalia At least three government soldiers have been killed and a civilian wounded in Mogadishu after fighting between the military soldiers of the TFG in parts of the capital, witnesses said on Monday.
Somalia : President Sharif Warns Troops to Sell Their Weapons (AllAfrica.com)
Somalia The Transitional Federal Government president Sharif Sheik Ahmed has Monday warned the troops of the government to sell their weapons, just as military training opened for the soldiers in the Somali capital Mogadishu.
Somalia : British Government Sends Condolences to Somali Journalists (AllAfrica.com)
British Government has today sent condolences to Somali journalists for the murder of three journalists who were killed in Mogadishu blast.
Al-Shabab: Recruiting Americans for Somalia’s Jihad (Time Magazine)
A closer look at a young Islamic extremist group in Somalia that has been actively recruiting young American members
Somalia shakes up security forces (Denver Post)
The Somali government replaced its police and army chiefs Sunday ahead of a planned military offensive, said the Somali information minister, Abdi Haji Gobdoon. The reshuffle came as fresh clashes between insurgents and government forces in the ruined capital of Mogadishu killed six people, including a mother and two young children.
Somali police warn of more suicide bombings (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Somalia’s hardline al Shabaab rebels have prepared two suicide bombers disguised as military and police officers who are planning to strike Mogadishu’s seaport and airport, the Somali police said on Monday.
Hundreds March to Protest Islamic Militants in Somalia (Fox News)
Hundreds of students marched in Mogadishu’s streets Monday in the first known protest against Islamic militants, as Somalia’s government warned that militants are planning suicide attacks against key installations in Mogadishu.
