SOMALIA: Galgadud villages abandoned as water shortage bites (IRIN)
NAIROBI, 17 March 2010 (IRIN) – An acute water shortage after a prolonged drought in central Galgadud region of Somalia has forced thousands of people to abandon their villages, say officials. “A prolonged drought, coupled with a drying-up of wells and barkads [water pans], is forcing many people to leave their homes,” said Abdirahman Mohamed Adawe, the district commissioner of Adado, one of the …
Kenya : Govt Trains Somali Youth (AllAfrica.com)
Nairobi THE Kenya Government is secretly giving military training to 2,500 Somali youth, the United Nations Monitoring Group on Somalia has concluded.
Martyr video claims Toronto man ‘succeeded’ (National Post)
A Toronto man has been killed in Somalia while fighting with the al-Qaeda-linked militant group Al-Shabab, according to a message posted on the Internet.
Canada investigating claims Toronto ‘martyr’ killed in Somalia (Canada.com)
Canadian officials are investigating whether a Toronto man has died in Somalia after a video surfaced on the Internet calling him a martyr and urging others to “follow his footsteps” by joining the militant Al-Shabab.
Somalia – 3 Killed in Mogadishu Fighting (AllAfrica.com)
At least three people are killed and 10 others injured on Tuesday in fresh shelling that rocked parts of Somalia’s restive capital Mogadishu, medics and witnesses said.
U.S. getting snared again in Somalia (Space War)
Mogadishu, Somalia (UPI) Mar 16, 2009 – 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.
Man reported killed in Somalia identified as Mohammed Elmi Ibrahim of Toronto (The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News)
TORONTO – An Islamic militant group is reporting that a Somali-Canadian man, who went missing two years ago, has been killed in Somalia.
SOMALIA: Galgadud villages abandoned as water shortage bites (AlertNet)
Source: IRIN An acute water shortage after a prolonged drought in central Galgadud region of Somalia has forced thousands of people to abandon their villages, say officials. “A prolonged drought, coupled with a drying-up of wells and barkads [water pans], is forcing many people to leave their homes,” said Abdirahman Mohamed Adawe, the district commissioner of Adado, one of the areas hardest hit.
Militants claim Toronto recruit killed in Somalia (CTV.ca)
An Islamic militant group is reporting that Mohammed Elmi Ibrahima, a Somali-Canadian man who went missing two years ago, has been killed in Somalia.
Somalia Islamists arrest journalists, force station to close down (People’s Daily)
A local radio station in the insurgent-run southern Somali town of Bardhere was closed down by owners after the arrest of two reporters and the brief detention of its director by Islamist administrators of the town. Ahmed Omar Salihi, Director of Markabley Radio, was detained Tuesday but released early Wednesday after reports filed by two correspondents for the station were deemed anti-Islamist …
Taliban-Linked Militants Tighten Grip Over Southern Somalia (Free Internet Press)
On Oct. 27, 2008, human rights activist Ali Abdullahi Egal saw militant Islamist group al Shabab stone to death a 13-year-old girl, Aisha Duhulow, under the charge of adultery. The act was not only brutal, but also, in his view, un-Islamic.
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.
