Shooting back at pirates works – US official (The Daily Star Lebanon)
WASHINGTON: Armed crews are a good deterrent against Somali pirates, but the problem off the Horn of Africa will only be solved when Somalia itself is at peace, a top US official said Friday. Thomas Countryman, principal deputy assistant at the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, said that while Washington does not encourage an escalation of violence in the region
Kenya : Nation Stuck With Somali ‘Mercenaries’ (AllAfrica.com)
Nairobi An estimated 2,500 Somali youths trained by Kenya to fight in Somalia are stranded at Archer’s Post in Isiolo, The Star has established.
Somali rebels join forces in cyberspace – UN report (TVNZ)
Armed rebel groups in Somalia are using the internet for fundraising and recruitment, and they achieve better results through the web than they do on the ground
NATO provides airlift support to African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) (Defence Professionals)
In response to the African Union request for strategic airlift support to the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), the USA has conducted airlift missions under the NATO banner in support of…
INTERVIEW-WFP pullout, danger add to UNICEF’s Somalia costs (AlertNet)
Source: Reuters By Olesya Dmitracova LONDON, March 19 (Reuters) – Greater insecurity and the suspension of work by the U.N. World Food Programme in much of southern Somalia are forcing UNICEF to spend more money in …
Somali rebels join forces in cyberspace: U.N. report (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Armed rebel groups in Somalia are using the Internet for fundraising and recruitment, and they achieve better results through the Web than they do on the ground, a United Nations report said.
