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, Civilian Casualties, Gunfire, Horn of Africa, Somalia, Targeted Death, Targeted Injury, Terrorists, United Nations, tagged aid agencies, al Shabaab, Civilian Casualties, horn of Africa, Mogadishu, Somalia, UN, UNICEF, World Food Programme on July 31, 2011|
AFP | July 31, 2011
Armed men shot and killed a Somali lawmaker in Mogadishu on Sunday, officials and witnesses said, in the latest violence to hit Somalia’s war-ravaged capital.
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 AMISOM, Civilian Casualties, Horn of Africa, Peacekeepers, Somalia, Targeted Death, tagged African Union, African Union peacekeepers, Amisom, Civilian Casualties, civilian deaths, east africa, government troops, horn of Africa, Islamist Rebels, roadside bomb, Somalia on June 21, 2011|
AFP | June 21, 2011
At least six people were killed Tuesday when a minibus carrying civilians struck a roadside bomb in the Somali capital, witnesses said.
Posted in AMISOM, Civilian Casualties, Horn of Africa, Somalia, Suicide Bomb, Terrorists, tagged African Union forces, African Union troops, Al Shabab, Amisom, civilian casulaties, horn of Africa, Mogadishu, Somalia, suicide bombers on June 9, 2011|
AFP | June 9, 2011
MOGADISHU — Two suicide bombers attacked the port in the Somalia capital Mogadishu Thursday, killing two civilian workers and also losing their own lives, witness and officials said. (more…)
Posted in Civilian Casualties, Government, Horn of Africa, Insurgents, Peacekeepers, Shelling, Somalia, tagged African Union, African Union peacekeepers, Al Shabab, civilian casualities, civilians, east africa, horn of Africa, Insurgents, Somali forces, Somalia on June 2, 2011|
by VOA News | June 2, 2011
MOGADISHU – New clashes in Somalia’s capital have killed at least 17 people, as pro-government troops continue to battle militants for control of a popular commercial site.
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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