Home Page 1 Somalia: Hundreds may have been killed in Somalia Hundreds of people may have been killed in recent fighting in Somalia, which forced thousands of others from their homes, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said today. The Geneva-based organisation called the military escalation over the past 10 days "the heaviest fighting in a decade" in Somalia, ... Read Story at SABCNews (2006-12-29) Somalia: For Somalis caught between Islamists and weak government, fleeing is only option IFO, KENYA -- Two Islamist militants delivered an ultimatum to Zahra Allawi"s daughters: marry them or die. The men were from al-Shabab, a militia linked to al-Qaeda that is fighting Somalia"s U.S.-backed government. The two girls were 14 and 16. Allawi said her neighbor in southeastern Somalia received the same ... Read Story at AfricaNewsBreak (2010-04-21) Somalia: Militias use guns, grenades in land clash Mogadishu, Somalia - At least 30 people have died in nine days of fighting about grazing land in southern Somalia, witnesses and officials said on Friday. Ten people, including four children, died late on Thursday in the fighting, which has pitted clan-based militias against each other in Heejow Mahaad ... Read Story at IndependentOnline (2005-12-16) Somalia: Militias use guns, grenades in land clash Mogadishu, Somalia - At least 30 people have died in nine days of fighting about grazing land in southern Somalia, witnesses and officials said on Friday. Ten people, including four children, died late on Thursday in the fighting, which has pitted clan-based militias against each other in Heejow Mahaad ... Read Story at IndependentOnline (2005-10-07) Somalia: Militias use guns, grenades in land clash Mogadishu, Somalia - At least 30 people have died in nine days of fighting about grazing land in southern Somalia, witnesses and officials said on Friday. Ten people, including four children, died late on Thursday in the fighting, which has pitted clan-based militias against each other in Heejow Mahaad ... Read Story at IndependentOnline (2005-10-07) Somalia: Monitoring committee condemns Mogadishu fighting A newly-formed committee, set up to monitor a shaky ceasefire accord between the warring sides in Somalia, has condemned the escalation of hostilities Somalia particularly the fighting which has been raging in Mogadishu's Medina district over the last five days. Read Story at IRINnews (2003-03-05) Somalia: Islamic militants claim capture of town Islamic militants said they captured a town in central Somalia on Sunday after they came under attack from pro-government militiamen backed by troops from Ethiopia and a semiautonomous region in northern Somalia. The fighting erupted near the border of the Puntland region, one of the few areas in Somalia ... Read Story at AngolaPress (2006-11-13) Kenya: Somali rebels and government may join hands MOGADISHU, Sunday Related Stories Somalia welcomes US air support in offensive Clan fighting kills 14 in central Somalia UN accuses Eritrea of aiding Somali rebels Militia orders UN agency to leave Somalia Death toll hits 54 in Somali fighting Two Somali delegations are flocking ... Read Story at Daily Nation (2010-03-15) Somalia: UN decries continued fighting in Somalia Senior UN officials responsible for Somalia have expressed deep concern about the recent factional fighting in Mogadishu, in which dozens of innocent civilians, including women and children were killed. "We are shocked by reports of the scale and ferocity of the recent fighting in Mogadishu, and deeply concerned over the ... Read Story at AngolaPress (2004-05-21) Ethiopia: Ethiopian troops shell Somali town - official By Mohamed Olad Hassan Mogadishu, Somalia - Ethiopian troops have shelled a central Somalia town, two days after the UN passed a resolution to ease an arms embargo on Somalia, an official of the country's Islamic courts said on Friday. This is the second time in 10 days ... Read Story at IndependentOnline (2006-12-08) News Results: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60