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Aid Against the Odds
As aid agencies attempt to scale up assistance to thousands of people in south-central Somalia, controlled by Al-Shabab militia, IRIN asked the Somali Red Crescent Society, which has been active in the region for the past four decades, how it operates.
Joint Ethiopian-Somali Government Forces Capture Western Town From Militants
Joint Ethiopian-Somali government forces have recaptured El-Barde a small western Somali town near the border with Ethiopia a day after militants seized the town from the Somali government. Mad Nur Aliyow, an elder in the city who was reached for comment...
Militants in Western Somalia Detain Rights Activist
Al Qaeda-linked Somali militants of the Al Shabab have arrested a high profile human rights activist in the city of Baidoa, about 247 kilometers north-west of the capital Mogadishu, human rights defenders networks confirmed Saturday. The Somali Human...
Islamist Militants Seize Control of United Nations Compound in Southern Somalia
The Al Qaeda-allied Al Shabaab militants in Somalia have taken over the United Nations compound in the city of Waajid in south-western Somalia, residents confirmed. Residents say heavily armed militants belonging to the Al Shabaab movement earlier on...
Somali Rebels Silence Radio Stations in Baidoa
The Somali Islamist rebel group Al-Shabab has shut down two independent radio stations in the city of Baidoa, about 247 kilometers north-west of the capital Mogadishu. In a communiqué the Al-Shabab administration in Baidoa ordered the closure of the...
Somalia’s National Unity Parliament Unanimously Agrees on the Implementation of Sharia Law
The national unity parliament of Somalia has unanimously agreed on the implementation of Islamic sharia law through out the country. Somali parliament deputy speaker Osman Elmi Boqore who is now serving as acting speaker announced at the end parliament...
Somali Militants Discover 13 Bodies in Former Ethiopian Army Base
Al Shabab hardliners who control most of southern Somali have discovered the bodies of 13 civilians from a compound outside Baidoa which formerly housed hundreds of Ethiopian soldiers before leaving Somalia in mid January this year. Ali yusuf Ahmed a...
Islamic Militants Claim to have Seized Control of Baidoa, Seat of the Somali Parliament
Heavily armed Islamist militias belonging to the extremist group Al Shabab have claimed to have seized Baidoa the seat of the Somali Transitional Federal Parliament, about 247 kilometers north-west of the Somali capital Mogadishu after a heavy gun battle...
