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, AMISOM, Civilian Casualties, Ethiopia, Foreign Aid, Government, Gunfire, Horn of Africa, Kenya, Refugee Camps, Somalia, United Nations, tagged African Union, African Union forces, aid, Al-Shaabab, emergency, famine, horn of Africa, Mogadishu, refugees, Somalia, United Nations, World Food Programme on July 28, 2011|
VOA News | July 28, 2011
At least six people are reported to have been killed in the Somali capital Mogadishu, as African Union and government forces battle to protect the flow of food aid against militant attacks.
Posted in Civilian Casualties, Displacement, Ground Assault, Internal Displaced Persons, Middle-East, Military, Refugee Camps, Syria, Targeted Death, Targeted Injury, Turkey, tagged Civilian Casualties, civilian deaths, civilians, protests, Syria, Syrian unrest, Terrorists, Turkey, US sanctions on June 29, 2011|
REUTERS | Khaled Yacoub Oweis | June 29, 2011
Syrian troops shot dead 11 villagers on Wednesday, residents said, as authorities pressed on with a tank-led assault that has driven thousands of refugees across the northwest border with Turkey.
Posted in Civilian Casualties, Displacement, Middle-East, Property Damage, Refugee Camps, Syria, Targeted Death, Turkey, tagged Civilian Casualties, civilian deaths, middle, refugees, Syrian unrest, Turkey on June 19, 2011|
The Independent | Kim Sengupta in Idlib province | June 19, 2011
The houses looked abandoned, windows and doors locked, a broken shutter clattering in the wind. Then, one by one, they began to appear from their hiding places, mainly women and children, a few elderly people. The residents of this village had learned to their cost that being caught unawares in this violent conflict could have lethal consequences. (more…)
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