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Somali Government Withdraws Airline Licenses for Failure to Use Mogadishu Airport
The Somali transitional federal government has taken away the licenses of all commercial airlines after their representatives disobeyed the government’s order to disregard the threats issued by the Alshahab and to continue using Mogadishu airport,...Prominent Somali Peace Activist Gunned Down Sunday Night
A prominent Somali peace activist and the head of the Centre for Research and Dialogue (CRD) in the Somali central regions was gunned down on Sunday night at Balad Weyne, 350kms north of Mogadishu, by unidentified gunmen armed with pistols in the latest...Heavy Gun Battle Kills 10 Civilians, Injures Many in Somali Capital
A heavy gun battle between Islamist insurgents and government soldiers aided by Ethiopian troops rocked the north of Mogadishu on Thursday afternoon, killing 10 civilians and wounding 20 others, residents and officials told APA.Somali Truce Agreement Offers Lean Hope to Peace Process
While United Nations-sponsored peace talks between the Somali government and the opposition alliance based in Asmara has been concluded with an agreement to end the ongoing insurgency in the beleaguered Horn of Africa country, but it looks likely to offer...Insurgents Gun Down Senior Adviser to Somali Parliamentary Speaker
A senior adviser to the Somali parliamentary speaker was gunned down amid a confrontation between the speaker’s bodyguards and insurgents in Baidoa, 250kms south of Mogadishu, on Sunday night, residents told APA.Somalia Mobile Phone Services Disrupted Following Shelling on Transmission Device
The open air artillery barrages of the joint Somali-Ethiopian forces in the Mogadishu market of Bakara have destroyed one of the largest telecommunications networks in Somalia, leaving all cell phone services idle on Sunday morning.15 Killed, 64 Injured in Fresh Fighting in Somali Capital
Fighting between the joint Somali-Ethiopian forces and Islamist insurgents early Sunday morning killed 15 and injured 64 civilians in Mogadishu the capital, witnesses and medical officials told APA.Gunmen Kill BBC Contributor in Southern Somalia
A BBC reporter in Kismayo, 500km south of Mogadishu, Nasteh Dahir Farah was killed in Kismayo on Saturday evening by unknown gunmen, residents told APA.
