Posted in Africa, Civilian Casualties, Displacement, Ethiopia, Foreign Aid, Government, Horn of Africa, Hostages, Internal Displaced Persons, Kenya, Refugee Camps, Somalia, Terrorists, United Nations, United States, tagged al-Qaida, Al-Shaabab, American Refugee Committee, Civilian Casualties, civilian deaths, famine, horn of Africa, humanitarian disaster, humanitarian relief, Islamist militants, Mogadishu, Peacekeepers, Somalia, Transitional Federal Government (TFG), United Nations, World Food Programme on August 1, 2011 |
The New York Times | Jeffrey Gettleman | August 1, 2011
The Shabab Islamist insurgent group, which controls much of southern Somalia, is blocking starving people from fleeing the country and setting up a cantonment camp where it is imprisoning displaced people who were trying to escape Shabab territory.
Posted in Africa, Body Count, Civilian Casualties, Crossfire Deaths, Government, Gunfire, Horn of Africa, Insurgents, Peacekeepers, Rocket, Somalia, Terrorists, tagged African Union forces, Civilian Casualties, civilians, Islamic Insurgetns, Mogadishu, Peacekeepers, Somalia on September 29, 2009 |
By MOHAMED OLAD HASSAN (AP)
9/28/2009
MOGADISHU, Somalia — Mortars and missiles pounded parts of the Somali capital on Monday, killing at least 13 civilians in two separate battles between Islamic militiamen and the African Union peacekeeping force, witnesses and officials said.
In the first battle, heavily armed Islamist insurgents attacked a Burundian contingent of the AU force based at a former military academy in southwestern Mogadishu. Witnesses said eight civilians were killed.
Posted in Africa, Civilian Casualties, Displacement, Government, Insurgents, Mortars, Peacekeepers, Property Damage, Somalia, Taliban, tagged Africa, African Union, Al Qaeda, Al Sh, al Shabaab, Civilian Casualties, civilian deaths, civilians, Displacement, Government, indiscriminate shelling, Mogadishu, mortar, Peacekeepers, shelling, Somalia on September 11, 2009 |
Reuters
By: Abdi Sheikh
MOGADISHU, Sept 10 (Reuters) – Fighting in Mogadishu during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan has so far been some of the worst in 20 years, killing 32 civilians in four days this week, a human rights group in the Somali capital said on Thursday.
The Elman Peace and Human Rights Organisation said 18 women and seven children were among the dead, and that 82 civilians were wounded between Sept. 5-8 as Islamist insurgents battled the U.N.-backed government and African Union (AU) peacekeepers. (more…)
Posted in Actors, Central Asia, Country, Georgia, Government, Military, Peacekeepers, Region, tagged Abkhazia, EU, EU monitors, European Union, Georgia, Peacekeepers, Russia, south ossetia, United States, us on August 5, 2009 |
05 Aug 2009 07:06:25 GMT
Posted in Actors, Central Asia, Country, Diplomacy, Georgia, Government, Military, Other, Peacekeepers, Region, Russia, tagged Georgia, Military, Peacekeepers, Russia, south ossetia on June 25, 2009 |
Updated at 25 June 2009 0:07 Moscow Time.
The Moscow Times » Issue 4173 » Inside Russia
Peacekeepers deployed by the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe must leave Georgia by June 30 after Russia vetoed on June 15 all attempts to keep their mission in force. (more…)
