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· on May 21 2009 17:35:52 · Read More · 79 Comments · 2013 Reads ·

PRESS REALSE: AFAR MOVEMENT (AM) – QAFAR UGUGUMO

...SITUTION IN AFAR REGION IN ETHIOPIA
Today, the Afar people in Ethiopia are facing unprecedented marginalisation, human rights violations, environmental degradation, insecurity, famine and starvation, Aids/HIV, Malaria, TB, homelessness and unknown sickness, due to the political,

· on May 23 2009 10:47:33 · Read More · 105 Comments · 2904 Reads ·

Death toll rises as bloody fighting rocks Somali capital

FIERCE clashes have left at least 29 people dead and about 200 wounded as Somali Government forces try to drive Islamist insurgents from the capital, Mogadishu.

· on May 23 2009 10:28:10 · Read More · 59 Comments · 1709 Reads ·

Somali civilians' flight continues

More than 49,000 people have fled Mogadishu over the past two weeks as fighting intensifies [AFP] Residents are streaming out of Mogadishu, Somalia's main city, taking advantage of a lull in violence as government forces battle Muslim fighters.

· on May 23 2009 10:25:38 · Read More · 150 Comments · 2390 Reads ·

Somalia: Heavy shelling starts in Mogadishu

MOGADISHU (Mareeg)—At least two civilians were injured in heavy shelling that has restarted in Mogadishu, witnesses said on Saturday.

· on May 23 2009 10:19:51 · Read More · 88 Comments · 2201 Reads ·

Rights group: 53 Somalis killed in latest fighting

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Fighting between Somali government troops and Islamic insurgents killed 53 people in one day in Mogadishu, a human rights group said Saturday. Residents reported that the operation had failed to dislodge the insurgents.

· on May 23 2009 10:17:09 · Read More · 54 Comments · 1658 Reads ·

British and American fighters respond to jihad call in Somalia

Up to a thousand foreign fighters, including Britons, have answered the call to jihad in Somalia and are leading street-fighting Islamist extremists in the war-torn capital Mogadishu, The Times has learnt.

· on May 23 2009 10:15:41 · Read More · 61 Comments · 1199 Reads ·

Eritrea rejects accusations on Somali arms

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Eritrea on Friday rejected U.N. Security Council accusations that it supplied weapons to Islamist opponents of Somalia's Western-backed transitional government and questioned the government's authority.

· on May 23 2009 10:14:01 · Read More · 76 Comments · 1568 Reads ·

Reports: Ethiopian Troops Back In Somalia

Ethiopian troops have re-entered Somalia after leaving the country in January, and have stationed themselves in a border town, said witnesses and local news reports on Tuesday.

· on May 19 2009 13:11:46 · Read More · 63 Comments · 2103 Reads ·

Ethiopia's new climate of fear

Despite the generosity of donor nations, Ethiopia is ruled by an authoritarian government with virtual impunity. The European Union, United States and other major donors will pump about $2.5bn (£1.6bn) into Ethiopia this year, a sum that does not even begin to include the cost of medicines, famine relief and countless other services provided by non-profit groups in one of the world's most impoverished countries.

· on May 19 2009 03:43:31 · Read More · 58 Comments · 2036 Reads ·

Somalia: Al-Shabab vows to fight on until government collapses

Mogadishu, 19 May 2009 — The Al-Shabaab group has said it will continue fighting until the government collapses and AMISOM [African Union Mission to Somalia] troops leave the country.

· on May 19 2009 02:34:30 · Read More · 74 Comments · 1020 Reads ·