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.
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.
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.
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 …
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.
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.
Ethiopia Releases Jailed Somali Lawmakers, Radio Simba Reports (Bloomberg)
March 17 (Bloomberg) — Ethiopia released two Somali lawmakers and an official in the country s transitional government after detaining them for 15 days, Somalia s Radio Simba said.
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.
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 …
Inside Al Shabab: How the Somalia militant group rules through fear (The Christian Science Monitor via Yahoo! News)
On Oct. 27, 2008, Ali Abdullahi Egal saw the Al Qaeda-linked militant 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.
