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Somali rivals clash in central Kismayo

Seven people have died in the Somali port of Kismayo in fighting between two self-declared leaders of the strategic city and surrounding area. Residents told ...

Kenyan Amisom soldier kills six Somali civilians

Six civilians have been shot dead by a Kenyan soldier advancing towards the al-Shabab stronghold of Kismayo, the Kenyan army has confirmed. The soldier has ...

Al-Shabaab targets billboard with non-Arabic scripts

Al-Shabaab militants Wednesday destroyed advertisement boards with non-Arabic scripts at Eelasha Biyaha area, south of Mogadishu. The area is home to most people who fled ...

Somaliland: Female Police Officer Gunned Down In Lasanod City

LasAnod(SomalilandPress)—Somaliland Criminal Investigation Unit(CID) police in the city of Lasanod are put on high alert this evening after one of their own colleague was gunned ...

First Italian Delegation Arrives in Somaliland

Hargeisa, (Somalilandpress)- An Italian delegation led by Mr. Gayni Vernetti, a member of The Italian Parliament and former deputy minister of foreign affairs arrived in ...

Somalias Alshabab bans Handshakes between Women and men

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Al-Qaida-linked militants in war-torn southern Somalia have banned unrelated men and women from shaking hands, speaking or walking together in public, ...

Al-shabab fighters amputate limbs of 19 years old

BAIDOA  (Somalilandpress)–Al-shabab fighters controlling Baidoa, a stronghold of Islamist militias in southern Somalia have forcibly amputated limbs of 19 years man in the town of ...

U.S. Contractor Flies AU Peacekeepers To Somalia

STUTTGART, 23 March 2010 (Somalilandpress) – U.S.-contracted flights, working under the NATO banner, ferried some 1,700 Ugandan troops into Mogadishu, Somalia, last week in response ...

Somalia: Al shabab reinforcements pour into Mogadishu

MOGADISHU (Somalilandpress) — Reports from  Somalia’s capital said new reinforcements of Al-shabab fighters have reached the city last night in a shadow down with government ...

Fighting kills 9 civilians in Somalia

MOGADISHU (Somalilandpress) — At least 9 civilians were killed and 14 others wounded in clashes between Somali government troops and insurgents in Mogadishu on Thursday ...

When the Jihadists Take Mogadishu

HARGEISA, 14 January 2010 (Somalilandpress) – Last Friday, the African Union (AU) Peace and Security Council voted to extend for another six months the mandate ...

The Stories Of The Two Somalis Freed From Guantánamo

HARGEISA, 22 December 2009 (Somalilandpress) – Carol Rosenberg at the Miami Herald broke the news on Saturday that 12 prisoners have been released from Guantánamo. ...

Ethiopian foreign minister, Somali Islamist official in talks

ADDIS ABABA, 21 December 2009 (Somalilandpress) – This week, the spiritual leader of [Somalia's Islamist group] Ahlu Sunna Wal Jama’a, Shaykh Mahmud Shaykh Hasan Farah, ...

Somalia: Alshabaab Suspend UN Mine Action

Mogadishu, 17 December 2009 (Somalilandpress) – Somalia’s Islamists, Alshabaab issued an statement to suspend the UN Mine Action program in Somalia. The statement which was ...

Kenyan Forces Foil Attempt To Kidnap Catholic Nun

Mogadishu, 14 December 2009 (Somalilandpress) – Kenyan security forces have foiled an attempt by armed gunmen, to kidnap a Catholic nun in Wajir, northeastern Kenya, ...

Did five Torontonians join jihad in Somalia?

TORONTO, 12 December 2009 (Somalilandpress) – They hung out at a Somali restaurant in “Little Mogadishu” in the northwest corner of the city, played basketball ...

Somalia: Al-Shabaab’s Encirclement Strategy

HARGEISA, 9 December 2009 (Somalilandpress) – A closed source in the Horn of Africa reports on al-Shabaab’s strategy at the current juncture of the conflicts ...

Nine Suspected Al-Shabab Members Charged In Kenyan Court

Nairobi, 8 December 2009 (Somalilandpress) – Nine suspects arrested last week on suspicion of being members of Somali terror group Al-Shabab were arraigned before Mombasa ...

Somalia: Explosion in Mogadishu injures two doctors of SOS Hospital

HARGEISA, 6 December 2009 (Somalilandpress) – An explosion at a graduation ceremony being held at a hotel in Mogadishu/Somalia has injured many people including two ...

Somali Rebels Order WFP To Halt Relief Food Imports

MOGADISHU, 25 November 2009 (Somalilandpress) – The U.N.’s World Food Programme must immediately stop importing relief rations to Somalia, hardline rebels said on Wednesday, accusing ...

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