HARGEISA, 10 February 2011 (IRIN) – More than 3,000 people have been displaced from settlements in Somaliland’s eastern region of Toghdeer following a five-hour-long battle on 7 February between the Somaliland National Army and clans loyal to the Sool, Sanag and Cayn (SSC) milita group. (more…)
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SOMALIA: Somaliland clashes displace thousands
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Amisom, civilian, displace, IDP, puntland, Somalia, somaliland on February 14, 2011 |
SOMALIA: Eight killed in disputed Somali village
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged civilian death, Kalshale, Mogadishu, puntland, somaliland on February 8, 2011 |
Source: Agence France-Presse (AFP)
Date: 07 Feb 2011
MOGADISHU — Fighting broke out Monday in a village on the disputed border between Somalia’s northern breakaway states of Puntland and Somaliland, killing eight, officials and witnesses said. (more…)
SOMALIA: Rising number of child landmine victims in Somaliland
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged children, civilian death, land mines, puntland, Somalia, somaliland on February 2, 2011 |
HARGEISA, 2 February 2011 (IRIN) – Somalia’s self-declared independent region of Somaliland has experienced an increase in landmine and unexploded ordnance (UXO) explosions in the recent past, with officials calling for mine awareness education in schools, as children have been the main victims. (more…)
SOMALIA: Somaliland clashes displace thousands
Posted in Displacement, Government, Horn of Africa, Insurgents, Internal Displaced Persons, Somalia, tagged Displacement, horn of Africa, Somalia, somaliland, Sool Sanaag and Cayne on July 26, 2010 |
Source: IRIN
July 23, 2010
WIDHWIDH, 23 July 2010 (IRIN) – Several thousand people in northern Somalia have been displaced in recent weeks by clashes between Somaliland troops and a new rebel group, according to local and UN sources.
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SOMALIA: Bomb Blast Kills at Least 15 Women in Somalia
Posted in Africa, Bomb, Civilian Casualties, Insurgents, Somalia, Targeted Death, Targeted Injury, tagged bomb blast, Civilian Casualties, ICU, Insurgents, puntland, Somalia, somaliland, TFG, womwn on August 4, 2008 |
By The New York Times
NAIROBI, Kenya — More than 15 women cleaning the streets of Mogadishu, Somalia, were killed Sunday by a large bomb buried in a pile of garbage, witnesses and hospital officials said.
Mogadishu, the country’s bullet-pocked capital, has seen more than its share of carnage lately as Islamist insurgents wage an intense urban battle against government and Ethiopian forces. But witnesses described an especially grisly and panicked scene on Sunday after a street sweeper accidentally tripped a large roadside bomb. (more…)
