Somali forces ‘inefficient’ and ‘corrupt’ – UN (The Daily Star Lebanon)
NAIROBI: 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.”Despite infusions of foreign training and assistance, government security forces remain ineffective, disorganized and corrupt,” the UN’s Monitoring Group
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.
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.
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.
Al-Qaida vet ‘takes over Somali jihadists’ (Space War)
Mogadishu, Somalia (UPI) Mar 11, 2009 – The reported takeover of Somalia’s al-Shebab Islamists by al-Qaida veteran Fazul Abdullah Mohammed, alleged mastermind of the 1988 U.S. embassy bombings in East Africa, could rally the divided jihadists as they brace for a U.S.-backed government offensive.
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 Clan Fighting Claims 20 More (OfficialWire)
The death toll has risen to 20 in fighting between rival Somali clan militias in the Mudug region of the country, observers say. The victims were killed Saturday as the fighting intensified at the Amara and Ba’adweyn villages in Mudug region in north Somalia, Shabelle reported Sunday.
Inter-clan clash kills 15 in Somalia: report (People’s Daily)
Inter-clan clashes over land rights have killed at least 15 people in Somalia, media reported on Sunday. &$ &$Source: Xinhua &$ &$ …
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.
Death toll rises, civilians flee from Mogadishu’s renewed violence (People’s Daily)
The fighting of the past days in the Somali capital Mogadishu has claimed the lives of more than 100 and wounded 150 others with thousands of civilians uprooted from their homes, analysts say. The Mogadishu fighting erupted Wednesday after weeks of speculation of a major Somali government offensive on rebel forces who control substantial parts of the capital. Most of the clashes center around …
15 killed in fight over land rights between 2 rival clans in northern Somalia (The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News)
MOGADISHU, Somalia – A clan elder in Somalia says a fight over land rights between two rival clans has killed at least 15 people.
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 .
