Canada to ban militant Somali Islamist group (The Malaysian Insider)
TORONTO, March 8 Canada will list al Shabaab a Somali-based Islamist militant group which recently pledged allegiance to al Qaeda as a terrorist group to prevent it from operating or seeking funds, the Canadian government said yesterday. Canada said it took action after it received reports from the Somali community that Al Shabaab has attempted to radicalise and recruit young Canadians …
Somali doctor: British yacht couple seized by pirates reunited after weeks of separation (Kitchener – Waterloo Record)
MOGADISHU, Somalia – A British yachting couple seized by Somali pirates and held in separate locations have been temporarily reunited after weeks apart, a doctor who treated the two said.
Man charged with assisting terror group in Somalia (AP via Yahoo! News)
A man brought from Nigeria to New York faces charges that he assisted a terrorist organization that tried to destabilize Somalia and targeted U.S. interests.
SOMALIA: Poverty pushes Bosasso children on to streets (AlertNet)
Source: IRIN A long civil war, frequent droughts, unemployment and high food prices have led to an increase in the number of street children in Bosasso, the commercial capital of Somalia’s self-declared autonomous region of Puntland, with NGOs and government officials calling for urgent steps to resolve the problem.
Somalia : Al-Shabaab Bans English,Science Studies in Afmadow (AllAfrica.com)
Somalia’s hardline insurgents Al-Shabaab controlling the southern Somali town of Afmadow have banned English and Science studies in schools after the education centers reportedly ignored their call for fighters, residents and teachers reports.
Canada lists Somalia’s Shebab as a terrorist group (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Canada has listed the Somalia-based hardline Shebab militia as a terrorist organization, Public Safety Minister Vic Toews announced Monday.
Somalia terror suspect Mohamed Ibrahim Ahmed to be tried in New York (The Christian Science Monitor)
Somalia terror suspect Mohamed Ibrahim Ahmed learned how to make bombs in Somalia from the Islamist militant group Al Shabab, say US prosecutors. He has been brought to New York to face charges.
African man is charged in NYC with helping terror group bent on destabilizing Somalia (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
NEW YORK – Federal prosecutors in New York City say an African man provided money and learned about weapons and explosives in a bid to help a terrorist organization seeking to destabilize Somalia and attack U.S. interests.
Somalia : Al-Shabab Vows They Will Defend Any Attacks From the U.S. and TFG (AllAfrica.com)
Sheik Ali Mohamud Rage (Sheik Ali Dere), the spokesman of Harakat Al-shabab Mujahidieen has Monday held press conference in Mogadishu and said that they would defend any attacks from US and the transitional government troops reiterating that the World Food Program (WFP) will never operate in Southern Somalia.
Somali rebels say would repel government offensive (AlertNet)
Source: Reuters MOGADISHU, March 8 (Reuters) – Somalia’s Islamist al Shabaab rebel group vowed on Monday to defend itself against any government offensive and to subject the U.S. to a failure worse than one it …
Somali doctor: British yacht couple reunited (Boston Herald)
MOGADISHU, Somalia – A British yachting couple seized by Somali pirates and held in separate locations have been…
Accused Somali-trained militant to be tried in NY (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
A man U.S. prosecutors say received bombmaking training in Somalia from the Islamist militant group Al Shabaab has been brought to New York to face charges, the U.S. Attorney’s office said on Monday.
