French navy hands over suspected pirates to Somalia (Taipei Times)
French navy officers handed over 22 suspected Somali pirates to semi-autonomous Puntland s authorities and they will be arraigned in local courts, officials said on Saturday.
Somali clan fighting claims 20 more (UPI)
MOGADISHU, Somalia, March 14 (UPI) — The death toll has risen to 20 in fighting between rival Somali clan militias in the Mudug region of the country, observers say.
20 killed in inter-clan clashes in central Somalia (Press TV)
Clashes between rival clans have left at least 20 people dead in the Mudug region of central Somalia, where sub-clans of the Hawiye tribe are battling over water and land.
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.
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.
15 killed in inter-clan fighting in Somalia (San Francisco Chronicle)
A clan elder in Somalia says a fight over land rights between two rival clans has killed at least 15 people. Clan elder Abdulahi Bashir Jama says Saturday’s fighting was triggered by long-standing hostilities over land ownership. The fighting took place in… Somalia – Africa – World Food Programme – United Nations – New York Times
Somali forces inefficient and corrupt: UN report (AFP via Yahoo! News)
The Somali government’s military forces are ineffective and corrupt, despite international assistance, and it remains dependent on foreign troops for survival, UN experts concluded in a report.
UN monitors criticize ‘weak’ Somali govt. (Press TV)
A report by the UN Monitoring Group on Somalia links the unending civil strife in the Horn of Africa Nation to the transitional government’s weakness .
Somali govt forces ‘inefficient and corrupt’: UN (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Despite international assistance the Somali government’s military forces are ineffective and corrupt, and it remains dependent on foreign troops for survival, a UN group concluded in a report.
15 killed in inter-clan fighting in Somalia (KCEN-TV Temple)
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) – A clan elder in Somalia says a fight over land rights between two rival clans has killed at least 15 people. Clan elder Abdulahi Bashir Jama says Saturday’s fighting was triggered by long-standing hostilities over land ownership.
