Pirates, US Dispatching More Ships in Standoff | Four pirates and a lifeboat continue to confound Navy
Both Pirates, Navy Dispatching More Ships in Standoff
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Standoff Continues as Somali Pirates Lose US Ship, Capture Captain
Crew Retakes Ship From Somali Pirates | Captain reportedly held for ransom
Somali Islamists Urge Holy War After AU Forces Kill 39 Civilians
In the wake of a roadside bombing, African Union (AU) forces from Uganda opened fire on a crowd of innocent civilians in southern Mogadishu, killing 39 of them. One of the AU vehicles was damaged by the bomb which provoked the attack. Outraged over the killings, the...
Islamist Sheikh Is New Somali President
During a session held in Djibouti the Somali parliament has decided on Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed as the new president of Somalia. Ahmed will replace Abdullahi Yusuf, who was ousted last month under the threat of US sanctions. Ahmed has a colorful history: a geography...
African Union Slams Media for ‘Negative’ Somalia Coverage
Ethiopia's two year military occupation of Somalia, intended to prop up the Transitional Federal Government (TFG), the self-appointed government of Somalia, ended in failure. The troops left, much of the TFG's security forces deserted, and the TFG was left on the...
Somali President Yusuf Resigns Under US Pressure
Somali President Abdullahi Yusuf announced the he intends to formally resign as of Saturday in a move praised by the African Union as a way to strengthen the mandate (such as it is) of the floudering Somali government and allow Yusuf to "go with some sort of dignity."...
US Somalia Peacekeeping Idea Bombs at UN
US Presses for UN invasion of Somalia, but gets cold response.
US to Propose UN Authorize Ground Raids into Somalia
When Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice wraps up her final visit to the United Nations tomorrow, it is reported that she will urge the Security Council to authorize "all necessary measures" to combat piracy in Somalia, including allowing foreign militaries to launch...
Floundering Somali Govt Nears Collapse
Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi declared "mission accomplished" in their two-year military effort to prop up the self-appointed transitional national government of Somalia, and told parliament that Ethiopian forces would withdraw from the nation within weeks....
Rights Group: Failed US Policies Making Matters Worse in Somalia
Human Rights Watch releases a report on war crimes in Somalia
