20101220
africanews

The moderate Islamists of Ahlu Sunnah Wal-Jama have condemned the union of Hizbul Islam and Al-Shabab fighters, according to Shabelle.net.

20101220
africanews

Al-Shabab and Hizbul Islam - the two Islamist groups fighting government forces and AU troops in Somalia - are to merge. The two had been allies but have fallen out over the past year, with Hizbul Islam losing ground.

20101219
reuters

HARGEISA (Reuters) - Somalia's northern breakaway enclave of Somaliland will charge the crew of a plane laden with weapons with airspace violation and carrying weapons to Puntland despite a U.N. arms embargo, a minister said on Sunday.

20101218
Garowe Online

The first national sports tournament held inside Somalia in 23 years opened in the northern stable state of Puntland on Wednesday, Radio Garowe reports.

20101218
UN News

The United Nations panel tasked with monitoring the forthcoming referenda on the self-determination of Southern Sudan arrived in Khartoum today for a series of meetings with officials involved in preparations and other key stakeholders.

20101212
reuters

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somali pirates on two skiffs seized the Panama-flagged vessel MV RENUAR after firing small arms and rocket propelled grenades at the merchant ship, the European Union naval force said on Sunday.

20101203
africanews

The AU peacekeeping force in Mogadishu and its ally, Somali government troops, have successfully extended their positions to the North East of the Presidential villa in Somalia in the districts of Shibis and Boondere, witnesses and AU officials said.

20101127
reuters

PORTLAND, Oregon (Reuters) - A Somali-born teenager was arrested on Friday for attempting to detonate what he thought was a car bomb at a Christmas Tree lighting ceremony in Oregon, officials said.

20101121
daily nation

Nairobi — British mercenaries could be used in the fight against Somali pirates.

20101118
africanews

Somalia's assistant minister for planning and international relationships Abdiazizi Lafta Gareen has resigned on Friday a day after his appointment.

20101113
reuters

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somalia's prime minister unveiled his cabinet on Friday as he sought to tackle insecurity in the virtually lawless country, but some lawmakers said the new ministers might not be approved by parliament.

20101106
New Vision

Kampala — SOMALI militants Al-Shabaab have issued a fresh warning to attack Kampala and Bujumbura if Uganda and Burundi do not immediately withdraw their troops from the capital Mogadishu.

20101106
UN News

With concern growing over the fate of more than 8,000 Somalis ordered out of northern Kenya, the UN refugee agency today reiterated its appeal for Somalis to receive international protection.

20101029
africanews

A former commander in the Somali military has admitted that government soldiers sell arms to insurgents seeking to topple western backed government. A former Chief of Staff of Somalia's Military, major general Yusuf Hussein Osman, says unpaid soldiers offered to sell their guns and ammunition to the enemy

20101025
reuters

BERLIN (Reuters) - Somali pirates have freed the hijacked German merchant vessel Beluga Fortune and its 16-strong crew without getting a ransom payment, Bremen-based owner Beluga Shipping said on Monday, a day after the bulk carrier was taken.

20101023
Garowe Online

eports indicated that there is a dispute between president sheikh Sharif sheikh Ahmed and the Speaker Sharif Hassan Aden over approval on new premier.

20101023
Garowe Online

Fierce fighting between Somalia's insurgent group and pro-government militia have killed 12 people and injured 20 others in north of Somali capital Mogadishu, witnesses said.

20101023
Garowe Online

Nairobi — Somalia's Transitional Federal Government (TFG) has been urged to be more of itself by stopping internal cycle of political wrangles and repeated changes of its top leadership since its affecting its credibility among many Somali citizens.

20101023
Garowe Online

Reliable sources tell Somali news agency Garowe Online that a man wanted as a terrorist by the Puntland government in Somalia, and whose assets were frozen by the Obama Administration this year, is reportedly "hiding in Somaliland", a self-declared separatist region in northwestern Somalia that is actively seeking U.S. and international aid.

20101022
africanews

Foreign companies loot and dump toxic wastes in Somali seas in the full glare of the EU and NATO naval forces that patrol the Somali coastal lines, a Somali professor at the University of Minnesota has said.