Reuters
June 18 2010
KAMPALA (Reuters) – The Ugandan government will compensate about 10,000 people in the country’s northern region, who were maimed by the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) rebels over two decades, ahead of elections next year. (more…)
Posts Tagged ‘Africa’
UGANDA: Uganda to compensate LRA victims ahead of vote
Posted in Africa, Compensation, Crossfire Injuries, Government, Insurgents, Uganda, tagged Africa, east africa, elections, lord's resistance army, rebels, Uganda on June 18, 2010 |
SOMALIA: Thousands displaced by rains and clashes
Posted in Africa, Displacement, Government, Insurgents, Internal Displaced Persons, Somalia, tagged Africa, east africa, ground fighting, internally displaced, Somalia on June 9, 2010 |
Source: IRIN
NAIROBI – Locals told IRIN fresh fighting between pro-government Ahlu Sunna Waljama’a – a traditional Sufi movement – and Al-Shabab broke out in Galgadud region on 3 June and continued for two days. (more…)
SOMALIA: Fighting in Somali capital kills at least 11 people
Posted in Africa, Body Count, Civilian Casualties, Government, Insurgents, Rocket, Somalia, tagged Africa, Civilian Casualties, east africa, Mogadishu, rockets, Somalia on June 4, 2010 |
03 Jun 2010 11:25:06 GMT
Source: Reuters
By Ibrahim Mohamed
MOGADISHU – Fighting in the north of Somalia’s capital Mogadishu killed at least 11 people on Thursday as government troops and Islamist fighters battled for control of the area, an ambulance official said. (more…)
SOMALIA: Fighting in central Somalia kills 24 – rights group
Posted in Africa, Civilian Casualties, Insurgents, Military, Somalia, tagged Africa, Civilian Casualties, civilian deaths, east africa, Military, rebels, Somalia, UN on June 3, 2010 |
Source: Reuters – AlertNet
Date: 02 Jun 2010
By Abdi Guled and Abdi Sheikh
MOGADISHU, June 2 (Reuters) – Fighting in two central Somali towns left least 24 people dead and 50 wounded as rebels clashed with a pro-government militia, a rights group said on Wednesday. (more…)
Somalia: Somalia president escapes surprise attack
Posted in Africa, Body Count, Civilian Casualties, Government, Horn of Africa, Insurgents, Mortars, Peacekeepers, Somalia, tagged Africa, civilian deaths, Somalia on October 28, 2009 |
October 28, 2009 (CNN) — Somalia’s president escaped an opportunistic attack by Islamic militants Wednesday as deadly fighting erupted in the center of Mogadishu, officials said.
Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed was returning from a trip to Yemen when insurgents began firing mortars, resulted in a clash with African Union peacekeepers, the president’s director of communications told CNN.
