Colonel Ali Igal gave up his stronghold after eight hours of heavy fighting in which many civilians lost their lives. Mr. Igal, a renegade colonel who challenged his own faction for the control of the city admitted defeat on a telephone interview with Shabelle Radio in Mogadishu.
He said the ret
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(SomaliNet) In a bid to mould sustained peace and unity in Somalia, President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed and the speaker of the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia Sharif Hassan Sheikh have agreed to work. Together. Reports KBC.
This was reached at on Tuesday at State House N
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(SomaliNet) An extreme drought has left 1.75 million people in need of food assistance an agency responsible for monitoring the availability of food in Somalia declared.
The Food Security Analysis Unit Somalia, issued an advisory stating that Somalis are facing an "acute fo
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(SomaliNet) A smugglers' boat carrying Ethiopians and Somalis capsized off the coast of Yemen, leaving a total of 22 people dead and 28 missing. This is the second accident of that kind in a week.
UNHCR, the United Nations refugee agency said the boat foundered on Saturday
<|hornafrik_courts.gif||left|>(SomaliNet) Can you imagine what it is like to deal with dozens of opposing warlords, strict religious leaders who disapprove public services like advertising safe-sex practices, clan chiefs, and thousands of armed thugs on daily basis? Mogadishu TV and radio broadcaste
(SomaliNet) A group of armed men executed well coordinated attack on Daru-shifta Hospital in Waberi district of Mogadishu killing three guards.
Unconfirmed reports say the assailants were former employees of the hospital.
Daru-shifta Hospital is one of the best hospitals in Mogadishu. Its emp
(SomaliNet) Mogadishu Howlwadag Islamic court will hear a case against STN (Somali Television Network) satellite TV tomorrow. STN’s equipment that was confiscated three weeks ago after its employees sued it for unpaid salaries may go on auction if the company doesn't come up with other means
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(SomaliNet) Despite the US navy's seizure in Somalia last week of a suspected pirate vessel , Pirates have again hijacked yet another merchant ship off the coast of lawless Somalia.Maritime officials said on Wednesday.
Somali waters may experience a lasting catastrophe, boat
<|pirate.jpg| |left|>Somalia waters have been known as the most dangers of all seas for sometime now and American apprehension of ten pirates over the weekend might have made the situation more dangerous. In a rare interview with Mogadishu radio station Shabelle, the commander of a central Somaliaâ
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(SomaliNet) A fight between two Somali sub-clans over control of land where trees are burnt for charcoal for export left five people dead on Sunday 29th.
The latest fight in a series of clashes that have killed dozens in Somalia is one in north of Somalia's port city of Kismay
