On Thursday, the insurgent movement in Somalia, Al Shabaab Al Mujaahidiin, criticized President Sheikh Shariif Ahmed for meeting with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
Col.Muse Ahmed Salah, the head of Police in the autonomous region of Puntland State (Northeastern Somalia), was confirmed dead, after a fatal gun shot wound to the head, on Wednesday evening.
On Wednesday, the minister of information of Puntland State, Warsame Abdi Shirwa, was shot dead by armed men in Galkaio, the second largest city of Puntland State of Somalia.
On Wednesday, four Dutch terror suspects captured by Kenyan forces near Somali border, were transferred to Holland.
To him, the story of his nephew, Yacqub Khayre, an accused terrorist, is one of a system that failed an intelligent boy.
NICK WADHAMS FOR THE TORONTO STAR FILE PHOTO: Suaad Hagi Mohamud, 31, has been stranded in Nairobi, Kenya, since May 21, 2009. | read this item The Toronto woman going to extremes to prove her identity to Canadian officials in Africa is seeking psychological help.
South Korean naval forces deployed off the coast of Somalia rescued a Bahaman commercial ship from pirates Wednesday, the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) in Seoul said.
In the seventh operation of its kind, a group of 30 UDT/SEAL forces aboard rigid inflatable speedboats, backed by a Lynx attack helicopter, seized seven pirates trying to hijack [...]
HARGEISA, 4 August 2009 (IRIN) – The self-declared republic of Somaliland has been gripped by a drought that has left thousands of families and their livestock in desperate need of water, officials say.
“The first thing people ask you is for water, because both the people and their animals [are] seriously weak and cannot reach water [...]
MOGADISHU, Somalia — Somalia’s president on Tuesday described his upcoming meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton as a “golden chance” for his war-torn country.
Clinton kicked off an 11-day Africa trip — her longest overseas journey to date as the top U.S. diplomat — by flying to Kenya where she was expected to [...]
The Transitional Federal Government of Somalia continues to come under great pressure from militant extremists, with attacks almost daily in the capital Mogadishu and other areas.
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Somalia: Islamist militants denounce Nairobi meeting | 
Somalia: Puntland Police chief dies for gunshot wound (Updated) | 
Somalia: Puntland Minister Killed in Galkaio | 
Dutch terror suspects arrive in Holland | 
Ibrahim Khayre, uncle of Yacqub Khayre. Photo: Justin McManus | 
S. Korean Naval Forces Capture Pirates off Somalia | 
SOMALIA: Desperate water shortage in Somaliland | 
Somali leader says US-Somalia meeting important | 
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