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After a worrying setback when their Somali government allies deserted their posts, African Union troops in Mogadishu managed to contain the situation, but remain under pressure.
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Somalia’s Prime Minister Omar Abdirashid Sharmarke resigned on Tuesday, paying the price for the government’s failure to rein in an Islamist insurgency that...
made popular Sep 21 2010
A top United Nations official, Lynn Pascoe, the U.N. under-secretary-general for political affairs, says he is “hopeful” for Somalia, where the government...
made popular Sep 3 2010
At least 32 people were killed when gunmen and a suicide bomber dressed in army uniforms stormed a hotel in Mogadishu today in an attack that triggered an hour-long gun...
made popular Aug 26 2010
At least 10 people are believed to have been killed in a powerful explosion in the Somali capital, Mogadishu.
The dead were reported to have been anti-government...
made popular Aug 23 2010
With the start of Ramadan - the Islamic holy month characterized by fasting - residents of Mogadishu are facing a difficult economic situation as well as the prospect...
made popular Aug 16 2010
An emergency official in Somalia’s capital says at least five people have died during a battle between Islamist militants and government forces backed by African...
made popular Jul 19 2010
German lawmakers have voiced concern about a deal between a German military security firm and a warlord hostile to the UN-backed government in Somalia.
Asgaard German...
made popular May 25 2010
Ten days after an order to stop playing music and other lyrics was given to radios and TVs in Mogadishu, the media houses have complied. Even the tunes that played at...
made popular Apr 14 2010
Hundreds of Somali insurgents loyal to Islamist group al-Shabab have poured into Mogadishu with artillery and trucks, witnesses say.
Residents have been fleeing the...
made popular Feb 11 2010
The death toll rose to 23 on Friday in a suicide bombing attack at a Somali graduation ceremony, which killed three members of Somalia’s U.N.-backed interim...
made popular Dec 5 2009
Heavy fighting between Somali insurgents and African Union forces erupted late Tuesday in southern Mogadishu, leaving at least seven civilians dead, witnesses...
made popular Sep 25 2008
Renewed fighting has broken out in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, with African Union peacekeepers coming under attack from Islamist insurgents.
made popular Sep 24 2008
In the recent clashes, Ethiopian fighter jets have bombarded two of the major airports at Somalia’s capital Mogadishu. It’s a big blow to the Islamic forces...
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Islamist militias and government forces in Somalia are at loggerheads and as the fighting goes fiercer, civil war seems inevitable. Clashes have ignited the region from...
made popular Dec 10 2006
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Somalia’s hardline opposition leader Sheik Hassan Dahir Aweys, center , is escorted to a waiting verchile, Friday, April 24, 2009 in the Somali capital, Mogadishu. Somalia’s hardline opposition leader accused of having al-Qaida links has ruled out...
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