The latest in Somalia

Britons arrested in Kenya questioned on return home

2011-10-21T09:30:54Z

Two Britons who were briefly detained in Kenya near the border with Somalia have been questioned and released by anti-terror police after their return home, Scotland Yard said Friday.

Mohamed Mohamed Abdallah, of Somali descent, and Iqbal Shahzad, of Pakistani descent, both 18, were detained by...

Somali government executes two soldiers over killings

2011-08-22T09:30:33Z

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somalia executed two government soldiers Monday accused of killing a civilian and a soldier, as the Western-backed government came under international pressure to hold its forces to account for abuses.

Somalia's government, which recently took control over the vast majority o...

OIC members vow to donate $350 million to Somalia

2011-08-17T15:30:20Z

Members of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, at an emergency meeting in Istanbul Wednesday, vowed to donate 350 million dollars for famine relief in Somalia.

"We said we aimed (to collect) 500 million. We are committed 350 million today," ISTANBUL (Reuters) - ISTANBUL, Aug 17 (Reuters) - Organization of the Islamic Cooperation (OIC) countries have pledged $350 million in aid to fight famine in Somalia at an emergency summit in Ista...

Obama, Clinton offer Ramadan wishes to Muslims

2011-08-01T18:30:33Z

US President Barack Obama extended his best wishes Monday to Muslims beginning the holy fasting month of Ramadan, using the occasion to urge people to help victims of drought and famine in Africa.

His Secretary of State Hillary Clinton also extended good wishes to ...

Obama offers Muslims best wishes for Ramadan

2011-08-01T12:30:35Z

US President Barack Obama extended his best wishes Monday to Muslims beginning the holy fasting month of Ramadan, using the occasion to urge people to help victims of drought and famine in Africa.

Ramadan is "a time of deep reflection and sacrifice. As in other faiths, fasting is used to increase s...

Emotions run high at hearing on US Muslims

2011-03-10T13:30:26Z

The first Muslim member of Congress wept Thursday as he addressed a controversial US hearing on homegrown Islamic terrorism, amid tense accusations that the probe smacks of bigotry and McCarthyism.

The Republican who called the proceedings, Representative Peter King, promised a thorough investigation into the radicalization of Muslim Americans and notably whether leaders in the Muslim community are doing enough ...

Somalia's Shebab executes 'US spy'

2011-01-31T19:30:36Z

Somalia's Al Qaeda-inspired Shebab militia publicly executed a man by a firing squad after accusing him of spying for the United States, the insurgents said Monday.

Ahmed Ali Hussein, 44, was gunned down late Sunday at one of the rebels' camps in the north of Mogadishu...

Attacker only 'aimed to scare' Danish Mohammed cartoonist

2011-01-19T14:31:46Z

A Somali man charged with trying to kill a Dane who caricatured the Prophet Mohammed pleaded not guilty to attempted murder on the first day of his trial Wednesday, insisting he had only aimed to scare the cartoonist.

"I was irritated and frustrated by his comments. I wanted to frighten him but not to kill him," Mohamed Geele, 29, told a packed court in the cen...

Danish Mohammed cartoonist attacker goes on trial

2011-01-18T19:30:37Z

A Somali man charged with trying to kill the cartoonist behind the most controversial of the Danish caricatures of Prophet Mohammed goes on trial Wednesday in the central town of Aarhus.

The 29-year-old man, who has only been identified as Abdi in Danish media, could face life in prison if found guilty on all counts: attempted ter...

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Travel Tip; Don't Wear A Bra In Somalia

2010-11-03T00:15:49Z

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Christian Jailed in Ethiopia Accused of Desecrating Quran

2010-10-11T15:42:24Z

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The challenge Of Muslim Integration

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Somalia's Shebab stage demo over Koran burning

2010-09-15T07:15:39Z

Thousands gathered in a Mogadishu stadium Wednesday for a demonstration organised by the Al Qaeda-inspired group Shebab to protest a now abandoned plan by a US church to burn copies of the Koran.

Florida pastor Terry Jones cancelled his plans at the weekend under pressure from the...

Five men on trial in Australia for plotting army attack

2010-09-13T01:45:08Z

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Five Muslim men went on trial before an Australian court on Monday, charged with planning an attack on a Sydney army base last year in retaliation for Australia's involvement in the Afghan war, a prosecutor said.

The men, all Australian citizens with Somali...

Mogadishu marks sombre Eid after 'black Ramadan'

2010-09-10T09:16:16Z

As Muslims worldwide marked the Eid al-Fitr feast, the few faithful who ventured out of their homes in Mogadishu on Friday exchanged nervous glances in the city's deserted battle-scarred streets.

The usual outpouring of faith and celebrations marking one of the most important dates in the Muslim calendar was nowhere to be seen in the <...

Somalia: Religious scholars oppose Al-Shabab's practice of collecting Zakat alms

2010-09-12T01:38:23Z

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Six MPs among 32 dead in Mogadishu hotel carnage

2010-08-24T14:15:54Z

Somali Islamist militants disguised as government soldiers went on a shooting rampage in a Mogadishu hotel Tuesday, killing 30 people including six MPs before blowing themselves up.

The brazen attack by two rebels from the Al-Qaeda-inspired Shebab movement a stone's throw from the presidential palace marked a new escalation on the second da...

London condemns Mogadishu attack

2010-08-24T12:15:39Z

London condemned Tuesday's deadly shooting rampage in Mogadishu in which six Somali MPs died, saying it underlined the tough circumstances faced by the authorities in Somalia.

Henry Bellingham, the Foreign Office minister for Africa, sent his condolences to the families of the vict...

Six MPs among 32 killed in Shebab hotel carnage

2010-08-24T06:15:32Z

Two extremist insurgents disguised as government soldiers went on a shooting rampage in a Mogadishu hotel Tuesday, killing 30 people, including six MPS, before blowing themselves up.

The brazen attack by the Al Qaeda-inspired Shebab just a stone's throw from the presidential palace marked a new escalation on the second day of clashes that had already left 29 civilians dead across the w...

MPs among dead in Mogadishu battle

2010-08-24T04:15:30Z

Several politicians were killed in a fresh bout of fighting in Mogadishu Tuesday after Al Qaeda-inspired extremists launched an offensive which the government said was a declaration of war on the Somali people, leaving 29 civilians dead.

Suspected Islamist Shebab fighters stormed a Mogadidishu hotel as the battles resumed and sprayed gunfir...

Six MPs among 32 killed in Somali hotel

2010-08-24T04:15:22Z

Islamist militants shot dead 30 people, including six members of parliament in a suicide attack on a Mogadishu hotel Tuesday, Somalia's deputy prime minister said.

The two militants from the Shebab insurgency disguised as government security forces then blew themselves up to avoid arrest after the attack on the hotel which was crowded with Somali officials.

"Thirty people died in t...

Dozens dead as major Mogadishu battle erupts

2010-08-24T00:15:42Z

Fighting raged in Mogadishu Tuesday after Al Qaeda-inspired extremists launched an offensive which the government said was a declaration of war on the Somali people, leaving 29 civilians dead.

The government also said it had killed more than 15 insurgents belonging to the Shebab extremists in the worst clashes since the July 11 suicide atta...

Food prices in Somali capital go up during Ramadan

2010-08-16T04:15:19Z

Food prices go up in Somali capital during Ramadan as traders flee, fearing renewed violence

Somali businessmen say food prices in the Somali capital have increased by up to 50 percent since the holy month of Ramadan began in the capital, a predominantly Muslim city.

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Somali Islamists vow to end piracy, pirates flee with ships

2010-05-03T15:48:49Z

A hardline Islamist militia vowed Monday to end piracy in Somalia by imposing sharia law, after seizing control of a notorious nest of pirates and forcing them to flee.

The pirates abandoned the port of Harardhere and sailed three recently-captured vessels off towards another base, a day after the Hezb al-Islam militia took over...

Somali Islamists vow crackdown on piracy

2010-05-03T08:16:15Z

A hardline Islamist militia on Monday vowed to end piracy in Somalia by imposing sharia law, after seizing control of a notorious nest of pirates and forcing them to flee.

The pirates abandoned the port of Harardhere and sailed three recently-captured vessels off towards another base, a day after the Hezb al-Islam militia took o...

Somali Islamists vow crackdown after seizing pirate hub

2010-05-03T06:15:53Z

A hardline Islamist militia pledged on Monday after seizing control of one of Somalia's main pirate hubs to end piracy in the region by imposing Islamic sharia law.

A day after the Hezb al-Islam captured Harardhere town in the north of the lawless Horn of Africa state, ...

Somali hardline militia ban school bell ringing

2010-04-15T11:16:27Z

Somalia's Al Qaeda-linked militia on Thursday banned the ringing of bells in schools because Christian churches also sound bells.

The Shebab rebels in Jowhar, a town located 90 kilometres (55 miles) north of the capital Mogadishu, termed bell-ringing "un-Islamic."

"The bell they ring to summ...

Shakespeare becomes French in April Fool's Day fest

2010-06-12T13:44:05Z

William Shakespeare was French, Google has changed its name to "Topeka" and Barack Obama ordered a takeaway from Indonesia -- at least that's what the world media wants us to believe.

Newspapers and broadcasters ...

Americans suspected of terror-related activities

2010-06-12T17:09:29Z

Americans suspected of terror-related activities

Americans who have been charged or suspected of terror-related activities over the past year include:

_Young Somali men from Minneapolis who left the U.S. in waves from December 2007 through November 2008 to join a Somalia-based terror group with links to al-Qaida....

Culture clash: European art provokes Muslims

2010-06-12T18:37:17Z

Conflict between European artists and Muslims fuels concern about a clash of civilizations

With the West locked in conflicts across the Muslim world, why would anyone throw fuel on the fire?

A small group of Europeans have been doing just that — provoking death plots and at least one murder by turning out art that derides the Prophet Muhammad and the Quran in the name of Western values...

Irish police release three over cartoonist plot

2010-06-12T18:37:02Z

DUBLIN (Reuters) - Irish police have released three of the seven people arrested on Tuesday in connection with an alleged plot to murder a Swedish cartoonist over a drawing depicting the Prophet Mohammad with the body of a dog.

The police said a man and two women were released from custody i...

Irish extend arrests of 7 over Swede murder plot

2010-03-11T05:00:28Z

Irish court extends custody of 7 Muslims over alleged murder plot against Swedish artist

Seven Muslims in Ireland allegedly linked to a plot to assassinate Swedish artist Lars Vilks should remain in custody for at least three more days while police investigate their computer and telephone records, an Irish judge ruled Thursday amid rare courtroom secrecy.

The se...

Somalia war moves to the airwaves

2010-03-02T08:30:09Z

Somalia's fragile government tries to counter propaganda blitz from militants

Last year Somalia's Radio Warsan was a pro-government station that vilified al-Qaida-linked insurgents. Today it is in the hands of the rebels as they battle the U.N.-backed government on the ground with guns and on the nation's airwave...

Push for Islamic Courts in Kenya Alarms Christians

2010-10-25T04:32:19Z

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Custody extended for suspect in cartoonist attack

2010-04-16T07:18:46Z

Custody extended for Somali man accused of attacking creator of Muhammad cartoon

Prosecutors say a Somali man accused of trying to kill a Danish cartoonist who caricatured the Prophet Muhammad has had his custody extended by four weeks.

The 28-year-old man faces a preliminary charge of terrorism for breaking into the home of Minn. prosecutors: 1st Amendment protects man who posted anti-Muslim cartoons

Two Minnesota prosecutors say they won't file charges against a man who investigators say admitted posting anti-Muslim images in front of a mosque, a Somali-owned store and other spots.

They say the cartoons are protected under the First Amendment.

The posters put up last month in ...

Danish cartoonist defends police who protect him

2010-04-16T07:55:40Z

AP Interview: Danish cartoonist says police cannot protect him from spontaneous attackers

The Danish artist whose controversial cartoon of the Prophet Muhammad enraged Muslims around the world said Monday that police cannot protect him from attackers who act spontaneously.

Kurt Westergaard said in an interview with Reports: Somali man who allegedly attacked Danish cartoonist previously arrested in Kenya

The Somali man who attacked an artist who depicted the Prophet Muhammad in a controversial cartoon has previously been arrested in Kenya, Danish media reported Sunday.

The Danish intelligence agency PET knew that the 28-...

Somali charged in attack on Danish cartoonist

2010-04-16T07:57:36Z

An ax-wielding Somali man with suspected al-Qaida links has been charged with two counts of attempted murder after breaking into the home of a Danish artist whose Prophet Muhammad cartoon outraged the Muslim world three years ago.

The suspect, who was shot twice by a police officer responding to the scene, was rolled into a Da...

Somali charged with attempt to kill Danish cartoonist

2010-04-16T07:57:48Z

A Somali man was on Saturday charged with the attempted murder of a Danish cartoonist whose caricatures of the Muslim prophet Mohammed sparked riots and protests around the world.

The axe-wielding 28-year-old broke into Kurt Westergaard's home late Friday, screaming for "revenge" and "blood." The cartoonist hid in a panic room with a five-year-old granddaughter and called t...

Somalia Islamist hardliners order men to grow beards

2010-04-16T08:15:48Z

Al Qaeda-linked Islamist authorities in southern Somalia have ordered men to grow beards and shave off moustaches, officials and witnesses said Saturday.

"In order to ensure the complete implementation of the Islamic sharia law in the region, we call upon all men to grow their beard and shave their moustache," Sheik Ibrahim from the Shebab group told reporters in Kismaio.

"Anybody fo...

Rebels ban musical ringtones on phones

2010-04-16T09:26:11Z

NAIROBI (Reuters) - Sacdiyo Sheeq used to love listening to Bollywood movie songs on her mobile telephone.

But since hardline al Shabaab insurgents seized the southern Somali port of Kismayu, the 25-year-old's life has changed...

Islamic Extremists in Somalia Trap, Kill Church Leader

2010-10-24T09:55:01Z

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Somalia: Militants Kill Elderly Christian for Carrying Bibles

2010-10-24T09:54:53Z

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Convert Languishing in Jail in Ethiopia for Handing Out Bibles

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Somali Islamists chop off hands of Mogadishu 'thieves'

2010-04-16T10:25:58Z

Somali Islamists publicly chopped off the right hands of two men in Mogadishu on Wednesday, a sign the hardline Shebab militia is imposing Sharia law in areas of the capital under its control.

"The Sharia court found the two men guilty of breaking into houses and stealing property. They admitted to the charges against them," said Somalia's central town of Galkayo and shot dead five Pakistani Muslim clerics after dawn prayers, officials and witnesses said.

They dragged the preachers out of the mosque and opened fire on them, said a police official in the town straddling Somalia's self-declared state of Puntland and Somalia proper.<...

Pakistani preachers shot dead in Somalia's Puntland

2010-04-16T10:52:39Z

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Masked gunmen killed seven Pakistani preachers at a mosque in Somalia's Puntland region on Wednesday, residents and local officials said.

Western security agencies say Somalia is a haven for insurgents plotting attacks in the region and beyond. Puntland ...

Convert from Islam Shot Dead in Somalia

2010-10-24T09:54:11Z

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French agents face sharia trial in Somalia: rebels

2010-04-16T11:17:01Z

Two French agents held by rebels in Somalia will be tried soon under Islam's Sharia law, an official of the radical Islamic Shebab rebel group told AFP.

"The men were caught assisting the apostate government and their spies, so that they will soon be tried and punished under the Islamic Sharia law, they will face the justice court for spying and entering Somalia to assist the enemy of Allah," a senior Shebab officer told AFP on conditio...

French agents held in Somalia to be tried: rebel official

2010-04-16T11:17:01Z

Two French agents held by rebels in Somalia will be tried soon under Koranic Sharia law, an official of the radical Islamic Shebab rebel group told AFP.

"The men were caught assisting the apostate government and their spies, so that they will soon be tried and punished under Sharia law," the senior Shebab official said on condition of anonymity.

"They will face the court ...

Somali Islamist insurgents behead 7 people

2010-04-16T11:24:52Z

Somali Islamist insurgents behead 7 accused of espionage and abandoning their religion

Somali Islamist fighters on Friday beheaded seven prisoners accused of abandoning the Muslim faith and spying for the government in the largest mass execution since the Islamists were pushed from power two and a half years ago.

The public killings in the southwestern town of Baidoa fo...

Somalia's Shebab turn wrath on food traders

2010-04-16T11:35:21Z

Somalia's hardline Islamist group Shebab on Monday raided Mogadishu's main market to hunt for traders stocking expired food, warning that offenders would face trial for "un-Islamic behaviour".

Dozens of fighters from the armed group -- which controls much of the capital as part of a deadly insurgency against the government -- swept Bakara market for food goods past their sell-by date.

Somali Islamists cut off hands, feet of thieves

2010-04-16T11:38:27Z

In a brazen show of power in Somalia's capital, Islamist rebels punished four men convicted of stealing cell phones and other items by cutting off a hand and a foot each before hundreds of onlookers who gathered for the bloody spectacle.

The punishments were the latest sign that insurgents wield the real power in the lawless African nation, where the embattled, Western-backed government is struggling to survive. Thursday's amputations w...

Islamists vow to fight any foreign troops in Somalia

2010-04-16T11:42:23Z

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somalia's hardline al Shaabab Islamists will fight any foreign troops that come to the aid of the Horn of African government, a spokesman for the insurgent group said on Sunday.

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Somali lawmakers endorse use of Islamic law

2010-04-16T15:09:42Z

Somali parliament endorses implementation of Islamic law, will amend constitution

Somali parliamentarians unanimously endorsed a proposal to implement Islamic law in the Horn of Africa nation.

Lawmakers say they hope the vote Saturday will help drain support from Islamist insurgents battling the U.N...

Islamists order Somali women to wear full veils

2010-04-16T15:33:58Z

Hardline Islamists in the southern Somali town of Baidoa have ordered women to wear full body veils and businesses to close for prayers, a spokesman said Wednesday.

"We are giving a three-day deadline to all women living in the region to cover their body with thick veils," Sheikh Abdiasis, a local spokesman for the Shebab group, said at a press conference.

"If they fail to comply with th...

Somali president denounces Bin Laden overthrow call

2010-04-16T16:01:25Z

Somalia's President Sharif Aheikh Ahmed on Saturday denounced calls by Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden for radical Islamists to overthrow him.

"The calls by bin Laden to continue violence in Somalia are so disappointing..." Ahmed told reporters.

"It is n...

Somali president defends plans for Islamic law

2010-04-16T16:04:37Z

Somalia's President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed on Friday defended plans to implement Islamic law in his war-wracked country, saying it was aimed at appeasing militants opposed to his government.

"The purpose of this decision is to ensure that he who claims that he is fighting to have sharia no longer has a reason to fight," he told reporters in the ...

Somali Cabinet votes to implement Islamic law

2010-04-16T16:08:37Z

Somali Cabinet votes to implement Islamic law, parliament to vote this week

The Somali Cabinet voted to make Islam the basis of the country's legal system on Tuesday in a bid to undercut an increasingly fractured Islamic insurgency.

The move was an attempt to isolate more extreme elements of the insurgency by agreeing to a demand supported by more modera...

Somalia president agrees to sharia, truce plan

2010-04-16T17:02:43Z

Somalia's President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed said Saturday he accepted a proposal by local and foreign religious leaders for a truce with hardline Islamists and the implementation of sharia, or Islamic law.

The religious leaders are trying to mediate between the government and its foes who have ramped up their onslaught against the new president, elected on January 31.

"I met w...

Italy: 2 abducted Italian nuns freed in Somalia

2010-04-16T17:08:22Z

Italy: 2 kidnapped Italian nuns who worked with poor in Africa are freed in Somalia

Two Italian nuns who were kidnapped in Kenya in November and taken into lawless Somalia were freed on Thursday, Premier Silvio Berlusconi said.<...

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25 killed in fighting in Somalia between rival Islamist groups

2010-04-16T15:23:16Z

Fighting between rival Islamist groups in central Somalia left at least 25 people dead and more than 50 wounded Sunday, said local elders and witnesses.

Clashes broke out between fighters of the hardline Shebab militia and members of a more moderate religious group, the Ahlu Sunna Wal-jama'ah in Guriel, about 500 kilometres (310 miles) northeast of Mogadishu.

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Somali rival forces on collision course again

2010-04-16T14:26:30Z

Somalia's Islamist and pro-government forces were on collision course again Thursday, as police vowed to send troops to wrest back control of several towns from fast-advancing Shebab fighters.

A day after capturing the key port of Merka, only 100 kilometres (60 miles) south of the capital Mogadishu, the Shebab imposed Sharia law on the town but national police spokesman Somalia's Islamist Shebab fighters on Thursday imposed Sharia law in a port south of the capital Mogadishu which they seized from local clan militia a day earlier.

Hours after taking over Merka town, some 100 kilometres (60 miles) south of Mogadishu early Wednesday, Shebab commander Mohamed Sheikh Abdi Muse ordered traders to close busine...

Four killed in Somalia khat fight

2010-04-16T14:31:11Z

At least four Somalis were killed in clashes between radical Shebab fighters and a local militia which took up arms to protest a ban on khat, a widely consumed narcotic leaf, witnesses said on Tuesday.

The militia attacked the Shebab late Monday in Eldher town, some 350 kilometres (220 miles) north of Mogadishu. They killed two of them, sparking a retaliatory attack in which two of their...

The bad and the ugly

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Mogadishu

We have ten heavily armed bodyguards in Mogadishu, where a bloke called Robin and I are covering the Islamic revolution. Our escort protects us from assassins, disperses mobs of pesky children with sticks and provides that 'bristling with menace' effect one requires in a convoy of vehicles zooming around a failed state. They are known as Shabab, storm troopers of the Islamic courts army introducing the first system of

Islamist rebels flog two Somali men for torture: official

2010-04-16T14:58:27Z

Somali Islamists on Tuesday flogged two men convicted of torturing a family of three, and killing of one of them in the process, in the capital Mogadishu, officials and witnesses said Tuesday.

The pair were among six people convicted in October by an Islamist Sharia tribunal for dragging a mother and her two sons from their Mogadishu home and torturing them.

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Somalia: Aid Worker Killed for Converting from Islam

2010-10-23T19:08:48Z

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Islamic law comes to the Phoenix Airport

2010-04-16T13:03:25Z

Score another victory for the stealth jihad: At Phoenix's Sky Harbor International Airport, the janitorial firm GCA Services recently instituted a new uniform that featured pants. But 30 Somali Muslim women who work for GSA Services protested: Up to that point they ha...

Mystified Somali journalist released on bail

2010-04-16T16:53:19Z

A Somali radio journalist arrested after covering a mortar attack on the home of Somalia's parliamentary speaker said Monday he has been released on bail.

"(The police) released me late Sunday (on) bail and they told me that investigations against me will be going on for seven days," Ali Ilyas Abdullahi told AFP.

"They took my mobile phone saying they need to investigate all messages and numbers inside the memory, but I don't k...

Islamists slap Sharia law on Somalia town

2010-04-16T16:57:34Z

Islamists in a town in southern Somalia have imposed Sharia law in line with their vow to bring back Islamic theocracy to areas where they were ousted two years ago, a spokesman said Friday.

The Mujahideens of Southern Somalia, a group allied to the radical Shebab movement on Thursday named a 23-member board to enforce the law in Celwaq, about 650 kilometres (400 miles) southwest of Mogadish...

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Heavy Mogadishu fighting kills at least seven

2010-04-16T13:17:42Z

Heavy fighting between Somali insurgents and African Union forces erupted late Tuesday in southern Mogadishu, leaving at least seven civilians dead, witnesses said.

"Heavy artillery shells hit a house and killed four civilians. Several others were wounded here in Taleh (district)," said Abdullahi Mohamed, a residen...

Somali insurgents vow more attacks during Ramadan

2010-04-16T13:31:56Z

Somali insurgents vow to intensify attacks during holy month of Ramadan

Mortar shells slammed into Somalia's capital on Wednesday as insurgents vowed to intensify attacks during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.

Somalia already sees near-daily explosions of bloodshed, and thousands of Somalis — most of them civilians — have been killed since Islamic fighters began an Iraq-s...

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Census Somalis

2010-12-14T16:01:35Z

Hashi Shafi, executive director of the Somali Action Alliance talks about the challenges of taking an accurate census in the Somali community at his office in Minneapolis, Minn., Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2010. Nearly one in three people with Somali ancestry in the United States live in Minnesota, ...

WikiLeaks Piracy

2010-12-10T06:31:23Z

FILE - This is a Thursday, Feb. 12, 2009, file photo of the the arms-laden Ukrainian ship MV Faina as it arrives in the Kenyan port of Mombasa, after an airdropped ransom of millions was paid. The U.S. considered taking military action against the Ukrainian ship MV Fainan that was carrying tanks and an...

Somalia Refugee Rapes

2010-12-07T06:32:29Z

In this Thursday Dec. 2, 2010 photo, The U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, Antonio Guterres,right, listening to the problems of the internally displaced people in a camp outside Galkayo, Somalia. Aid workers in Somalia ...

Portland Car Bomb Plot

2010-12-06T13:02:11Z

This recent, undated photo taken from a cell phone video obtained and aired by Portland, Ore., televsion station KPTV, shows 19-year-old Somali-born Mohamed Osman Mohamud. In the video, which the station says was recorded May 22, 2010 in an

Somalia Fighting

2010-12-06T07:02:03Z

Somali government soldiers take positions during clashes with Islamist insurgents in southern Mogadishu's Wardhigley neighborhood , Monday Dec. 6, 2010. Fighting erupted after Somali government forces advanced into the Islamist controlled barracks in the area. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)