Tag: Somalia
Somalia’s Shebab mocks US bounty, offers camels for Obama
Somalia’s al Qaeda-allied Shebab rebels on Saturday mocked a US offer of up to $33 million for tip-offs enabling the arrest of its top...
Somalia conference opens with appeal for aid drive
Somalia needs a global reconstruction effort to back up ongoing stabilisation efforts and stop the Horn of Africa’s 20-year descent into chaos, leaders said...
Missile strike kills Somali rebels
A missile strike killed four Al-Qaeda allied Shebab rebels in war-torn southern Somalia, officials and witnesses said Friday.
"An Al-Qaeda commander was targeted in Lower...
Clinton says Somalia is at a ‘critical’ point
Somalia is at a critical point and must seize this moment to establish a stable government, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told a...
Ethiopian tanks advance on key Somali town: witnesses
Ethiopian troops in battle tanks thrust into rebel-held Somalia regions Tuesday, sparking heavy fighting as they advanced towards the major Shebab stronghold of Baidoa,...
Famine is over, but Somalia still struggles
Famine is over in war-torn Somalia but the problems are not: Haweyo Ibrahim survives on meagre food aid handouts rather than return to her...
Zawahiri says Somalia’s Shebab joined al Qaeda
Somalia’s extremist Shebab fighters have joined ranks with Al Qaeda, the terror network’s chief Ayman al-Zawahiri announced in a video message posted on jihadist...
Islamist rebels under attack in Somalia
Heavy fighting broke out in Somalia's anarchic capital Thursday after African Union-backed Somali troops advanced on holdout Islamist Shebab positions, officials and witnesses said....
Deaths likely to spiral in famine-hit Somalia
Drought and famine-blighted Somalia is at a “turning point” as conditions decline with hundreds of thousands more people likely to die in coming months,...
New US drone bases to strike Somalia, Yemen: report
The United States is building an array of secret new drone bases to conduct strikes against Al-Qaeda targets in Somalia and Yemen, according to...
Hundreds dying daily as famine spreads in Somalia
Famine has spread to six out of eight regions in southern Somalia, with 750,000 people facing imminent starvation, the United Nations said on Monday,...
UN-sponsored reconciliation talks to open in Somalia
Somali leaders began gathering Sunday for a three-day national reconciliation conference under UN auspices amid high security in war-shattered Mogadishu. African Union peacekeepers deployed...
Famine likely to spread in southern Somalia: UN
Famine-hit areas of southern Somalia will likely spread in coming days, with the situation continuing to worsen despite massive international aid efforts, the United...
Somalia offers amnesty to Shebab rebels
Somalia's embattled government offered amnesty Tuesday to Islamist rebels in the war-torn capital as its soldiers tried to open up emergency aid access for...
UN to push ahead with aid effort in Somalia
The United Nations Friday shrugged off a claim by Qaeda-inspired insurgents that a ban on foreign aid groups remained in force in famine-hit Somalia,...
Aid groups ready to work with rebels in drought-hit Somalia
Relief groups and donors said Thursday they would help relieve famine in parts of Somalia held by Al Qaeda-inspired Shebab rebels, provided they could...
UN declares famine in southern Somalia
The UN officially declared famine in two parts of southern Somalia Wednesday as the world slowly mobilised to save the 12 million people battling...
