Indian vessel with 13 crew hijacked off Somalia (Hindustan Times)
An Indian vessel with 13 Indian crew members was hijacked – for the second time in six months – Dec 16 by a gang of 8 to 9 pirates off Somalia, maritime officials said here Thursday.
Violence in Somalia over land dispute kills 8 (Boston Globe)
Witnesses in Somalia say fighting spurred by a land dispute has killed eight people. Witnesses say they saw the bodies of seven people in the street in the central town of Galkayo after shells were lobbed into residential areas.
Pirate ransoms drive up prices in Somalia (Tri-Valley Dispatch)
BOSSASO, Somalia A parcel of land here that sold for $12,000 two years ago now costs more than $20,000. The price of a nice pair of men s shoes has gone up from $20 to $50.
UN sanctions Eritrea over Somali militia ties (Financial Times)
Eritrea was hit by United Nations sanctions on Wednesday as the international community stepped up its efforts to stop the country s alleged support for Islamists fighting a bloody insurgency in Somalia.
In Somalia, Militant Attacks Threaten to Topple a Fragile Regime (The Online NewsHour)
Jeffrey Brown speaks with The New Yorker’s John Lee Anderson about how the militant threat to Somalia’s fragile government impacts counter-terror efforts.
Eritrea : Hizbul Islam Denounces UN’s Sanction Imposed On Eritrea (AllAfrica.com)
Somalia The Islamist officials of Hizbul Islam have sharply denounced the arm embargo which the United Nations imposed on Eritrean government which allegedly supporting the Islamist fighters in Somalia, officials said on Wednesday.
11 killed in heavy fighting in Somali capital (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Heavy fighting erupted Thursday in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu between African peacekeepers and hardline Islamists killing at least 11 and injuring 25, officials and witnesses said.
Nine killed in northern Somalia clashes: elders (AFP via Yahoo! Canada News)
MOGADISHU (AFP) – Security forces clashed with clan militias in Somalia’s semi-autonomous state of Puntland in a battle that left at least nine people dead and dozens wounded, elders said.
Indian vessel with 13 crew hijacked off Somalia (New Kerala)
Mumbai, Dec 24 : An Indian vessel with 13 Indian crew members was hijacked – for the second time in six months – Dec 16 by a gang of 8 to 9 pirates off Somalia, maritime officials said here Thursday.
