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Amnesty International says, Ethiopian troops support the Somali government's killings by slitting people's throats and gang-raping women. 06 May 2008
It released a report on Tuesday containing chilling witness accounts of indiscriminate killings, and even the intentional targeting of civilians, in the Horn of Africa nation. ...

Thousands riot in Somali capital 05 May 2008
Thousands of Somalis have protested in the capital, Mogadishu, burning tyres and hurling stones at shopkeepers amid record-high inflation and rising food prices. ...

The African Union has called for more peacekeepers to be sent to Somalia in an attempt to stabilise the war-ravaged country. 05 May 2008
Jakaya Kikwete and Yoweri Museveni, Uganda's president, agreed during a meeting on Friday on "the need for more troops for AMISOM, and appealed to the countries that pledged troops to fulfil their pledges". ...

Kenyan anti-terrorism team on high alert 04 May 2008
Kenyan anti-terrorism officials are on high alert following the killing of an Islamist said to be the Al Qaeda leader in Somalia in a US attack on Thursday, the Daily Nation has learnt. ...

US raid 'undermines' Somalia talks 03 May 2008
A US air raid that killed a senior figure in Somalia's armed al-Shabaab group has put UN-sponsored peace talks under threat as the biggest opposition alliance said it was considering a boycott....

Somali clerics condemn US bombings 03 May 2008
Senior Somali clerics condemn the US military actions in the African country which have resulted in the death of hundreds of civilians. ...

US planes attack a house in central Somalia, allegedly belonging to the head of al-Shabab rebel forces, killing two senior insurgents 01 May 2008
The planes bombed the house of Aden Hashi Ayro, the leader of al-Shabab militias, at around 3 a.m. local time in the Somali town of Dusamareb in Galgadud region, a Press TV correspondent in Somalia reported. ...

Deadly Somalia mosque raid deplored 25 Apr 2008
A human rights group has accused Ethiopian troops of deliberately "targeting civilians" during a deadly raid on a mosque in the Somali capital Mogadishu that left 21 people dead....

Ethiopian troops have killed over 214 Somali civilians and injured 398 in Mogadishu while 2000 others have been missing, Hawiye Clan Elders say. 22 Apr 2008
Hawiye clan Elders said the death toll in the recent round of violence in Mogadishu have made them to reconsider the ongoing talks of the Clan with the government of Prime Minister Nur Hassan Hossein, ...

Three armed men wearing Somali soldiers' uniforms have been killed by unknown attackers in Mogadishu as they were looting shops. 10 Apr 2008
The three men claiming to be Somali soldiers were shot dead while they were looting a cell phone shop in Dharkenley district, a wetness reported Wednesday. ...

Death toll from Mogadishu Bakara market blasts hits over 43 and wounded more than 65 30 Mar 2008
Abdi Hussein, a 25-year-old hawker, was selling a pair of sunglasses to one shopper when the shells detonated around him. ...

Heavy explosions kill a dozen Somali forces in Mogadishu including an army commander, and leave a number of Ethiopian troops wounded. 23 Mar 2008
The incident occurred at former Siyad Barre military Academic Building in the south of the capital when a group of soldiers were hit by remote-controlled land mines planted near the premises....

A senior leader of Somalia's Council of Islamic Courts (CIC) has described the Washington policies in the country as 'wrong and twisted'. 20 Mar 2008
The US policies toward Somalia are always wrong and twisted,'' Sheik Hassan Dahir Aweys said on Wednesday, adding "They made the wrong decision in 2006 when they backed the Ethiopian invasion, and they are wrong to designate part of the resistance as terrorists.'' ...

Bloody fighting has erupted in Somali capital since after insurgents attacked an Ethiopian army base in northern Mogadishu 20 Mar 2008
The fighting began a day after United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon refused on Tuesday the African Union's request for peacekeepers, saying it was still too dangerous to send peacekeeping forces to that area until far-reaching political and military conditions were met. ...

33 soldiers killed in Somalia after Insurgents have staged mortar attacks against 3 military bases in North and South Mogadishu. 16 Mar 2008
Insurgents have staged mortar attacks against 3 military bases in North and South Mogadishu killing 33 Ethiopian and government soldiers. ...

Somalia's Puntland to address oil law 16 Mar 2008
The president of Somalia's Puntland State has called for an extraordinary parliamentary session, addressing controversial oil law issues...

Chadian rebels have dismissed a peace agreement between Chad and Sudan, saying they will continue 15 Mar 2008
The presidents of Chad and Sudan signed an accord on Thursday aimed at ending hostilities between the two countries....

Several Somali citizens have asked South Africa for repatriation to Somalia, citing xenophobic attacks in Cape Town. 15 Mar 2008
A group of refugees, including pregnant women, told reporters that about 100 Somalis have become homeless after locals in the Zwenetemba village in Worcester raided their shops in Cape Argus district of Cape Town in South Africa. ...

Muslim nations seek change, 'Islamic Renaissance' 15 Mar 2008
DAKAR - A summit of Muslim nations on Friday agreed on measures to give their group greater global clout, as the head of the world's most populous Muslim country Indonesia called for an "Islamic Renaissance". ...

Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf to seek a vote of confidence from Parliament 05 Mar 2008
The decision was taken during a meeting between Pakistan People's Party Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari and top Pakistan Muslim League-N leaders at Zardari's house on Tuesday evening, The News reported. ...

Turkish warplanes and artillery units have pounded Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) targets inside the Kurdish region of northern Iraq. 05 Mar 2008
The attacks began at 3 am (midnight GMT) and continued sporadically during the day, PKK spokesman Ahmed Danis was quoted by AFP as saying on Wednesday...

OPEC insists that it was not responsible for record high oil prices of more 100 dollars per barrel. 05 Mar 2008
OPEC, which produces 40 percent of the world's oil, said it was pumping enough crude and insisted it was not responsible for record high oil prices of more 100 dollars per barrel. ...

Turky Troops backed by tanks penetrate 10 kilometers into northern Iraq to hunt Kurdish separatist rebels. 22 Feb 2008
Some 10,000 troops penetrated 10 kilometers (six miles) into the autonomous Kurdish northern Iraq, the NTV news channel said. ...

Hamas officials to discuss with Egyptians reopening of Gaza's only door to outside world that bypasses Israel. 19 Feb 2008
Ayman Abu Tahar and Tarek Abu Hashem met the Egyptians at the Rafah border, which was blown open by militants on January 23, allowing hundreds of thousands of Palestinians to flood into Egypt to stock up on desperately needed supplies. ...

Roadside bombs target US soldiers in two separate attacks, one in Baghdad, other in Tamim province 09 Feb 2008
BAGHDAD - Five US soldiers were killed Friday in Iraq in two separate attacks, including one in Baghdad, the US military said in statements on Saturday. ...

Turkish constitutional amendment: 'no one can be deprived of their right to higher education'. 07 Feb 2008
ANKARA - The Turkish parliament early Thursday adopted a constitutional amendment allowing women to wear Islamic headscarves in universities, a move that is strongly opposed by hardline secularists and still has to be ratified. ...

Hezbollah’s Nasrallah, Christian ally Aoun say their union helped spare Lebanon civil war. 07 Feb 2008
BEIRUT - Lebanese Shiite opposition chief Hassan Nasrallah and Christian ally Michel Aoun on Wednesday demanded veto power in a future government to solve the country's protracted presidential crisis. ...

Sudan constitutional body starts discussions on elections law 03 Feb 2008
(KHARTOUM) — The committee of elections law in the National Constitutional Review Commission (NCRC) started activities today by adopting initial provisions of the law including the name of the law and the date of the entry into force of Law....

Chad's president was Sunday holed up in his palace cornered by rebels who seized most of the capital as foreigners fled the country, military and rebel sources said. 03 Feb 2008
As international organizations reported looting in the capital and bodies littering the streets, a French military plane took 75 French and other nationalities out of Ndjamena late Saturday. ...

Gathafi threatens to turn back on Africa,,Libyan leader warns Africa leaders not to reject proposals for closer unity of continent. 30 Jan 2008
TRIPOLI - Libyan leader Moamer Gathafi warned on Tuesday that he would turn his back on Africa if the continent's leaders again reject his proposals for closer unity at a summit in Addis Ababa later this week. ...

Abu Ghraib documentary to premiere at Berlinale;;; 30 Jan 2008
BERLIN - A picture about the prisoner abuse scandal at Iraq's Abu Ghraib jail will become the first documentary ever to enter the competition at the Berlin Film Festival next month, organisers said Tuesday. ...

Rice asks Libya, presiding country of Security Council, to compensate terror victims, back human rights 04 Jan 2008
US-Libyan relations were restored in early 2004, following a break since 1981, a few weeks after Gathafi announced that Tripoli was abandoning efforts to acquire weapons of mass destruction....

Two human rights activists have received a two-and-a-half year jail sentence in Ethiopia for inciting post-election violence in 2005. 27 Dec 2007
Two human rights activists have received a two-and-a-half year jail sentence in Ethiopia for inciting post-election violence in 2005.A court in Addis Ababba on Wednesday found the pair "guilty of inciting violence and uprising against the government".Their defence lawyer said, however, they would be freed in three days....

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