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, Horn of Africa, Insurgents, Mortars, Peacekeepers, Somalia, tagged African Union peacekeepers, Civilian Casualties, Islamist militants, Mogadishu, shelling, Somalia on July 22, 2010|
By MALKHADIR M. MUHUMED
Associated Press
NAIROBI, Kenya — African Union peacekeepers are indiscriminately shelling residential areas of Somalia’s capital, according to internal AU reports reviewed by The Associated Press.
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Posted in Central Asia, Foreign Aid, Government, Insurgents, Pakistan, tagged Islamist militants, Pakistan, US Special Forces on July 21, 2010|
Source: Wall Street Journal
July 21, 2010
By JULIAN E. BARNES
WASHINGTON—U.S. Special Operations Forces have begun venturing out with Pakistani forces on aid projects, deepening the American role in the effort to defeat Islamist militants in Pakistani territory that has been off limits to U.S. ground troops. (more…)
Posted in Body Count, Civilian Casualties, Government, Gunfire, Horn of Africa, Insurgents, Somalia, tagged east africa, horn of Africa, Islamist militants, Mogadishu, Somalia on June 21, 2010|
Source: Reuters – AlertNet
Date: 19 Jun 2010
MOGADISHU, June 19 (Reuters) – Gun fights between Somali government troops and Islamist rebels in the capital Mogadishu has killed 20 people, including more than a dozen civilians, officials said on Saturday. (more…)
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged African Union peacekeepers, Al-Shaabab, Civilian Casualties, civilian deaths, civilians wounded, Government, innocent civilians, innocent victims, Islamist militants, Mogadishu, Somalia, war victims on April 21, 2010|
SOURCE: Afrol News
April 19, 2010
http://www.afrol.com/articles/35981
The Islamist armed group al-Shabaab is subjecting inhabitants of the large tracts it controls in southern Somalia to “killings, cruel punishments, and repressive social control,” according to new documentation. Women are especially targeted. This is concluded in a 62-page report released today by the US-based group Human Rights Watch, looking into systematic human rights violations in war-ravaged Somalia. Based on over 70 interviews with victims and witnesses, the report describes harsh punishments including amputations and floggings, which are meted out regularly and without due process. (more…)
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