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Somalia: Somali pirates allowed Muslim hostages to fast, pray
Mon. October 06, 2008 01:20 pm. - (SomaliNet) News reports said on Sunday that Somali pirates pointed guns habitually at Malaysian and Filipino tanker crew members held captive for weeks, but allowed Muslim hostages to fast and pray t Read More...

Somalia: Somali Islamist insurgents demand weapons aboard hijacked Ukrainian ship
Mon. October 06, 2008 01:17 pm. - (SomaliNet) Islamist insurgents had demanded to be given some of the weapons aboard a hijacked Ukrainian ship carrying 33 tanks - but the pirates holding it had refused, a local official said on Sunda Read More...

Kenya: Gov’t pledges to work with IGAD to restore peace in Somalia
Mon. October 06, 2008 01:14 pm. - (SomaliNet) The Kenyan Vice President Kalonzo Musyoka said the Kenyan government will work with the seven-member regional mediation body, the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD), to bri Read More...

Somalia: Pirates show no signs of surrendering hijacked ship
Fri. October 03, 2008 01:18 pm. - (SomaliNet) As six U.S. warships circled the vessel Friday with clearance from the Somali government to attack it, and a Russian frigate headed toward the standoff, pirates holding a hijacked ship off Read More...

Somalia: 80 civilians killed, over 100 others injured in violence in Mogadishu
Fri. October 03, 2008 12:02 pm. - (SomaliNet) In the last week of September, at least 80 civilians were killed and more than 100 others injured in violence in the Somalian capital Mogadishu, the United Nations said on Friday. Spo Read More...

Islamist warn aid agencies in Somalia to desist from “the anti-Islamic activities”
Fri. October 03, 2008 11:47 am. - (SomaliNet) The Islamist insurgent group fighting in Somalia, Alshabab, warned of reprisals some of the international aid organisations operating in Somalia if they do not desist from “the anti-Islami Read More...

Somalia: Islamists impose Sharia law on Somalia town of Celwaq
Fri. October 03, 2008 09:22 am. - (SomaliNet) In line with their vow to bring back Islamic theocracy to areas where they were ousted two years ago, Islamists in a town in southern Somalia have imposed Sharia law, a spokesman said Frid Read More...

Draft U.N. resolution urges countries to send forces to fight piracy off coast of Somalia
Fri. October 03, 2008 06:17 am. - (SomaliNet) According to a draft obtained Thursday by The Associated Press, a proposed U.N. resolution calls on all countries with a stake in maritime safety to send military ships and aircraft to fig Read More...

Somalia: Piracy in Gulf of Aden cost shippers $ 18-30 mln in 2008- British think-tank
Fri. October 03, 2008 06:02 am. - (SomaliNet) British think-tank Chatham House said on Thursday that piracy in the Gulf of Aden has cost shippers between $18-30 million so far this year in ransoms and is threatening global business. Read More...

Somali Pirates stick to $20-million ransom demand
Fri. October 03, 2008 08:45 pm. - (SomaliNet) After a seven-day standoff in the Indian Ocean, Somali pirates who hijacked a ship laden with tanks and heavy weapons stared down US warships and helicopters again Wednesday, making no mov Read More...

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