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.
Military mission to Somalia (European Voice)
EU personnel to train Somali security forces. The European Union is on the brink of launching a new military mission, to train around 2,000 Somali security forces in Uganda.
Man reported killed in Somalia identified as Mohammed Elmi Ibrahim of Toronto (Times & Transcript)
An Islamic militant group is reporting that a Somali-Canadian man, who went missing two years ago, has been killed in Somalia.
IFJ Condemns Arrests Of Two Radio Journalists In Somalia (Bernama)
NAIROBI, March 18 (Bernama) — The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has expressed concerns over the security and safety of journalists in Somalia following the recent detention of two radio journalists in the Horn of Africa nation, reports China’s Xinhua news agency.
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 …
Warships take new strategy against Somali pirates (AP via Yahoo! News)
An international fleet of warships is attacking and destroying Somali pirate vessels closer to the shores of East Africa and the new strategy, combined with more aggressive confrontations further out to sea, has dealt the brigands a setback, officials and experts said Thursday.
Somali militants say Canadian recruit killed (AFP via Yahoo! News)
A young Canadian Muslim recruited to fight for the creation of an Islamic state has died in combat in Somalia, the Somalia-based hardline Shebab militia said Thursday in a Youtube posting.
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 pirates release hijacked vessel after encountering Italian warship (The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News)
BRUSSELS, Belgium – Somali pirates abandoned a hijacked Iranian vessel and set its 19-man crew free Thursday after encountering an Italian warship just off the coast of Somalia, NATO said.
IFJ condemns arrests of two radio journalists in Somalia (People’s Daily)
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has expressed concerns over the security and safety of journalists in Somalia following the recent detention of two radio journalists in the Horn of Africa nation. In a statement received here Thursday, the global press freedom body said Mohamed Salad Abdulle, of Somali Broadcasting Corporation and correspondent of Markabley radio in Kismayo and …
