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Archive for Category: "Somalia"
Somalie: combats sanglants à Mogadiscio
Au moins 23 Somaliens, surtout des civils, ont été tués et plus de 50 autres blessés, samedi à Mogadiscio, dans les derniers combats en date entre l’armée gouvernementale et les insurgés islamistes, ont rapporté des médecins.
‘Fighter influx’ for Somali group
An Islamist commander in Somalia has told the BBC there has been an influx of fighters from overseas joining their battle against the interim government. The al-Shabab militant leader, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said several hundred foreigner had joined their militia, many from Pakistan. Meanwhile, at least 25 people have been killed in [...]
Somali pirates free Belgian ship
Somali pirates have released a Belgian dredging ship and its crew two months after they were captured, the Belgian prime minister has said.
US says weapons sent to Somalia
The US has confirmed that it has sent weapons to Somalia’s UN-backed transitional government. The state department said the move followed an urgent call for help from the government, which has been fighting Islamist militias. The insurgents control swathes of Somalia and US officials have been alarmed at their gains, analysts say. The US would [...]
Somalis watch double amputations
Hardline Islamists in Somalia have carried out double amputations on four men for stealing phones and guns. They have each had a hand and foot cut off after being convicted by a Sharia court in the capital earlier this week. More then 300 people, mainly women and children, watched as masked men cut off their [...]
Somalia MPs flee assassinations
Scores of Somali politicians have fled the war-torn Horn of Africa nation in the last month amid escalating clashes. As few as 280 MPs remain, with 250 needed to make a quorum in the 550-seat assembly, based in the capital. One MP quit on Wednesday warning the chamber was doomed and 20 others have gone [...]
Africa backs Somalia troops plea
The African Union has supported the Somali government’s request for its neighbours to send troops to help it fight Islamist insurgents. Ethiopia has said it would need an international mandate before its soldiers would return to Somalia. A BBC correspondent in Ethiopia says it remains to be seen whether the AU’s statement will be enough. [...]
Ethiopia rejects Somali request
Ethiopia has refused a request by Somalia for military support to fight insurgents, saying such an intervention would need an international mandate. The Somali authorities have been battling Islamist insurgents who control much of the country. The speaker of Somalia’s parliament had earlier urged neighbouring countries to send troops within 24 hours. Ethiopian troops helped [...]
Somalie: des soldats éthiopiens se déploient Beledweyne
Des troupes éthiopiennes ont été déployées samedi dans la zone de la ville somalienne de Beledweyne (300 km au nord de la capitale Mogadiscio), ont affirmé à l’AFP des témoins.
Somali MP gunned down in capital
A Somali politician has been killed by gunmen in the capital, Mogadishu, the government has confirmed. Mohamed Hussein Addow’s killing is the third of a high-profile public figure in as many days. A suicide attack killed the country’s security minister and 34 others a day earlier in Beledweyne, in the north.
Somalie: le ministre de la Sécurité intérieure tué
Le ministre somalien de la Sécurité intérieure, Omar Hashi Aden, et une dizaine de personnes, dont un ancien ambassadeur, ont été tués jeudi dans un attentat suicide dans leur hôtel à Beledweyne (nord de Mogadiscio), a rapporté à l’AFP la direction de l’hôtel. Il s’agit du plus haut responsable somalien tué depuis l’élection fin janvier [...]
Somali mosque blast ‘kills many’
At least 10 people have been killed by a mortar bomb blast at a mosque in the Somali capital Mogadishu, say reports. It was unclear clear who fired the mortar but it came as pro-government forces continued to battle radical Islamist guerrillas in the city. The fighting has killed more than 250 people – civilians [...]
Somali Islamist threatens “invasion” of Kenya
A senior member of Somalia’s Islamist insurgent movement al Shabaab threatened on Thursday to “invade” Kenya if it did not reduce its military presence on the Somali border.
Somali pirates terrorised Nigerian crew
Drug-fuelled pirates holding a Nigerian boat during one of the longest hijackings off Somalia locked the crew up, aimed a machine-gun at them, and fed them little but rice, the captain said.
Gunmen kill Somali radio director
Gunmen in Somalia have killed the director of influential Radio Shabelle. Moqtar Mohamed Hirabe was shot several times in the chest and head, one of his colleagues – who was injured in the attack in Mogadishu – said.
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