At least 75 killed in fighting in Somali capital (CNN)
At least 75 people have been killed in clashes in the Somali capital of Mogadishu since fighting broke out earlier this week between government forces and Al-Shabaab rebels, medical sources and a witness said Saturday.
French navy hands over suspected pirates to Somalia (AlertNet)
Source: Reuters * Naval officers hand over 22 pirates, holding 11 others * Pirates attempt to hijack German cargo vessel (Adds details, colour) By Abdiqani Hassan BOSSASO, Somalia, March 13 (Reuters) – …
Fighting in Somali capital claims 17 (The Herald)
Reuters. MOGADISHU. Fighting between Somali government forces and al Shabaab rebels in the north of Mogadishu on Wednesday killed 17 people and wounded 65, a Somali human rights group and rescue services said.
U.S. denies military intervention in Somalia (People’s Daily)
The United States on Friday denied intervening in the military operation by the Somali transitional government on the extremists, saying it has no desire to “Americanize” the conflict in Somalia. “We have provided limited military support to the Transitional Federal Government (TFG). We do so in the firm belief that the TFG seeks to end the violence in Somalia that is caused by al-Shabaab and …
US has no plan to ‘Americanize’ Somalia conflict (Deepika)
WASHINGTON, Mar 13 (Reuters) The United States denied coordinating plans by Somalia’s embattled government to launch an offensive against Islamist fighters, saying it had no plans to ”Americanize” the conflict.
Seventeen dead in Somalia land clashes (AFP via Yahoo! Canada News)
MOGADISHU (AFP) – Fighting between rival clans in Somalia left at least 17 people dead on Saturday, most of them militiamen, with bodies littering the streets of one village, elders said.
Fighting continues in Mogadishu (UPI)
MOGADISHU, Somalia, March 12 (UPI) — A top State Department official said Friday the Somali transitional government cannot expect direct U.S. military aid as fighting continued in Mogadishu.
REFILE-Somali clans clash over water, land, 11 killed (AlertNet)
Source: Reuters (Corrects spelling of Mogadishu in dateline) MOGADISHU, March 13 (Reuters) – Fighting between two clans in central Somalia over land and water killed at least 11 people and wounded several others on …
