Freed photographer admits Somalia trip was risky (CBC Calgary)
The Australian photojournalist recently released after being held hostage for 15 months in Somalia says he was trying to highlight the plight of the people living in the country, but “it was maybe a risk I shouldn’t have taken.”
Alberta freelance journalist held captive in Somalia returns home: spokeswoman (The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News)
RED DEER, Alta. – A spokeswoman for a freelance journalist who was held captive in Somalia for 15 months says she has returned to Canada.
Somalia : A Man Executes His Wife With Pregnant in Mogadishu (AllAfrica.com)
Mogadishu A Somali man has executed his wife in Wadajir district in the Somalia capital Mogadishu after seeing her having pregnancy for another man, witnesses and officials told Shabelle radio on Wednesday.
Battle against piracy can only be won in Somalia itself, not at sea (Times Online)
If you think that the fight against piracy can be won at sea, think again. Dozens of warships, helicopter gunships and now spy drones will not stop the Somali pirates who have extended their range so far that recent attacks have taken place closer to India than Africa.
Australian ex-hostage feared he would die in Somalia (Canada.com)
Freed hostage Nigel Brennan on Wednesday admitted that he regretted ever visiting Somalia and feared he would never survive his brutal, 15-month ordeal.
Somalia ready to escalate war against rebels (Reuters via Yahoo!7 News)
MOGADISHU (Reuters) – Somalia’s president swore on Wednesday to intensify his war against insurgents blamed for a suicide bombing at a medical graduation ceremony last week that killed 22 people, including three government ministers.
Somalia ready to escalate war against rebels (AlertNet)
Source: Reuters * Calls on forces to prepare for offensive * Says insurgents have “humiliated” Somalis By Abdi Guled and Abdi Sheikh MOGADISHU, Dec 9 (Reuters) – Somalia’s president swore on …
Somalia : Calm Returns to Elasha Village After Large Riot (AllAfrica.com)
Somalia Calm has returned to Elasha Biyaha village out of the Somali capital Mogadishu on Wednesday, just after large riot against the Islamic organization of Hizbul Islam.
Somalia to escalate war against rebels (Gulf Times)
Somalia s president swore yesterday to intensify his war against insurgents blamed for a suicide bombing at a medical graduation ceremony last week that killed 22 people, including three government ministers.
Somali leader vows to fight piracy, insurgency (People’s Daily)
Somali President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed on Wednesday urged the nascent navy and army force of the war-torn country to fight Islamist insurgency in land and the rampant piracy off Somali coast. “The pirates who are seeking illicit gains by hijacking foreign ships in our waters are sullying the good name of Somalia so they are to be fought and eradicated,” President Ahmed told navy cadets in …
Militant group’s move sparks Somali riot (UPI)
ELASHA BIYAHA, Somalia, Dec. 9 (UPI) — Somali students and residents of village near Mogadishu staged a riot to protest the actions of an Islamic militant group, witnesses say.
