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 AMISOM, Horn of Africa, Somalia, tagged Amisom, Civilian Casualties, Somalia, Transitional Federal Government (TFG) on May 19, 2011 |
SPONSOR WIRE
18 May, 2011
The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) has on Monday 16th May 2011 relocated its civilian international staff and police officers to Mogadishu, Somalia.
The Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission (SRCC) for Somalia, Ambassador Boubacar Gaoussou Diarra said with the deployment of these civilian personnel and police officers including the Deputy SRCC, Honourable Wafula Wamunyinyi, AMISOM’s deployment in Mogadishu is now fully reflective of its multi-dimensional nature as a modern Peace Support Operation. (more…)
Posted in Africa, Civilian Casualties, Crossfire Deaths, Crossfire Injuries, Government, Gunfire, Insurgents, Somalia, tagged African Union, Amisom, Civilian Casualties, civilian injuries, hospitals, Mogadishu, Somalia, Transitional Federal Government (TFG) on November 30, 2010 |
Source: Missionary International Service News Agency (MISNA)
Date: 26 Nov 2010
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/VVOS-8BKSZJ?OpenDocument
Posted in Insurgents, Somalia, Displacement, Government, Body Count, Civilian Casualties, Africa, Mortars, tagged Al Shabab, Amisom, Civilian Casualties, civilian deaths, civilians, Hizbul Islam, Insurgents, Mogadishu, mortar attacks, Mortar Shells, opposition fighters, Somalia, Transitional Federal Government (TFG) on May 28, 2009 |
By AL-JAZEERA
At least nine people have been killed after fighters fired mortar shells at the presidential palace in Mogadishu, the Somali capital, residents have said.
Witnesses said that at least 10 people were hurt in the attack on Tuesday, which comes amid a surge in violence that has killed nearly 200 people in the city since the beginning of May.
“Mortar shells that were targeted at the palace killed nine civilians and injured 10 others around the former national theatre, behind the palace,” Abdifatah Ismael, a resident of Mogadishu, told the Reuters news agency. (more…)
