(Gulf Times) Islamist insurgents yesterday closed in on Somalia’s coastal capital after seizing another strategic town north of Mogadishu.
(Gulf Times) Islamist insurgents yesterday closed in on Somalia’s coastal capital after seizing another strategic town north of Mogadishu.
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — After months of hopeful glimmers in one of the most explosive countries in the world, violence again is roiling Somalia as mortars, machine-gun fire and rockets pound the bloodstained capital.
(IRIN) NAIROBI - Hundreds of families are fleeing Bardera, the regional capital of the southwestern Gedo region, fearing clashes, locals told IRIN.
(Seattle Times) BERBERA, Somalia — To glimpse America's secret war in Africa, you must bang with a rock on the iron gate of the prison in this remote port in northern Somalia. A sleepy guard will yank open a rusty deadbolt. Then, you ask to speak to an inmate named Mohamed Ali Isse.