Somalia

  • Aug 13, 2008
  • 7 min read

AFRICA: Food crisis worsens Horn of Africa security

Poverty, drought and food insecurity are well known in the Horn of Africa. This latest emergency...

  • Aug 7, 2008
  • 2 min read

CANADA/SOMALIA: Ottawa frigate to escort WFP food aid

Canada is requesting permission to deploy a frigate in Somalia's territorial waters, in order to...

Canada
  • Aug 4, 2008
  • 2 min read

SOMALIA: TFG rift threatens Djibouti process

Prime Minister Nur 'Adde' Hassan Hussein announced five new cabinet ministers on Sunday,...

Somalia
  • Jul 23, 2008
  • 2 min read

SOMALIA: Opposition split would undermine UN talks

A rift widened yesterday between hardline and more moderate members of the Eritrea-based...

Somalia
  • Jul 8, 2008
  • 2 min read

SOMALIA: Appeal for immediate deployment of UN troops

Prime Minister Nur Hassan Hussein yesterday appealed to the international community for a rapid...

Somalia
  • Jul 7, 2008
  • 1 min read

SOMALIA: Gunmen murder UNDP Somalia chief

Gunmen yesterday killed Osman Ali Ahmed, the head of the UN Development Programme (UNDP) in...

Somalia
  • Jun 25, 2008
  • 2 min read

SOMALIA: Nigerian peacekeepers set to bolster AMISOM

Nigeria's military is preparing to send an initial deployment of one battalion (750-850 soldiers)...

Somalia
  • Jun 11, 2008
  • 2 min read

SOMALIA: Talks yield ceasefire without substance

Insurgents yesterday killed five police officers in an attack on a Mogadishu police station, a...

Somalia