Inside Al Shabab: How the Somalia militant group rules through fear (The Christian Science Monitor)
As the Somalia government fends off militant group Al Shabab, the Al Qaeda-linked insurgency shows its power through intimidation of a whistle-blower.
UN council wants probe of Somalia aid diversion (Deepika)
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 17 (Reuters) Members of the UN Security Council want an outside investigation of charges of widespread diversion of UN aid to radical Islamist rebels in Somalia, Mexico’s UN envoy said.
Somali government signs deal with powerful militia (The Star)
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP): Somalia’s government signed an agreement with a powerful militia on Monday that offers high-level militants senior government positions in return for their military support during a long-planned offensive against an Islamist insurgency.
U.S. getting snared again in Somalia (UPI)
MOGADISHU, Somalia, March 16 (UPI) — Despite U.S. reluctance to get entangled again in the free-for-all conflict in Somalia, Washington is slowly being caught up in fighting Islamist militants in the lawless Horn of Africa state.
Somalia Govt and Ahlusunna Militia Sign Deal to Fight Rebels (AllAfrica.com)
Somalia’s embattled government has signed a power-sharing agreement with an Islamist militia, Ahlu-Sunnah Wal-Jamaa that is backing its much-awaited military offensives against powerful Islamist insurgency.
U.N. council wants probe of Somalia aid diversion (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Members of the U.N. Security Council want an outside investigation of charges of widespread diversion of U.N. aid to radical Islamist rebels in Somalia, Mexico’s U.N. envoy said on Tuesday.
UNSC wants probe into aid corruption in Somalia (People’s Daily)
The United Nations Security Council wants an independent investigation into allegations of rampant corruption and the diversion of aid in Somalia, Mexican Ambassador to the UN Claude Heller said on Tuesday. “There is a large consensus for the idea of an independent investigation that should be carried out,” Heller told reporters after a closed-door session of the 15-nation Council. Mexico is one …
