MOGADISHU, Nov. 17, 2008 (Reuters) — Rival Islamist militia have fought in a town just outside Somalia's capital Mogadishu, illustrating splits in the forces ranged against the government and its Ethiopian military backers. ... > full story
MOGADHISHU, Nov. 6, 2008 (Reuters) — Somalis expressed hope on Thursday that Barack Obama's election to the U.S. presidency would help end anarchy in the Horn of Africa nation which Washington views as an important front in its 'war on terror'. ... > full story
MOGADISHU, Nov. 1, 2008 (Reuters) — The Islamist leader of Somalia's moderate opposition faction returned to the Horn of Africa nation Saturday for the first time in nearly two years to brief local elders on a peace deal with the government. ... > full story
HARGEISA, Somalia, Oct. 29, 2008 (Reuters) — A wave of suicide bombings killed at least 28 people across northern Somalia on Wednesday in five attacks that snatched attention from political crisis talks taking place in neighboring Kenya. ... > full story
KISMAYU, Somalia, Oct. 28, 2008 (Reuters) — Somali Islamists have stoned to death a woman accused of adultery, witnesses said, the first such public killing by the militants for about two years. ... > full story
MOGADISHU, Oct. 27, 2008 (Reuters) — A powerful Somali Islamist group that boycotted U.N.-brokered peace talks said Monday it would not respect a ceasefire reached over the weekend until all Ethiopian troops backing the government had left the country. ... > full story
ADDIS ABABA, Oct. 27, 2008 (Reuters) — Ethiopia said on Monday it will respect a U.N.-brokered peace deal for Somalia requiring the gradual withdrawal of its troops whose presence is the main bone of contention for opposition groups. ... > full story
NAIROBI, Oct. 26, 2008 (Reuters) — Somalia's government signed a ceasefire agreement with some opposition figures Sunday, meeting an opposition demand by giving a date for the withdrawal of Ethiopian forces backing the interim administration. ... > full story
UNITED NATIONS, Oct. 24, 2008 (Reuters) — The U.N. Security Council is considering stepping up the pressure on Eritrea to avoid a renewal of fighting in the Horn of Africa between Asmara and its neighbor Djibouti, diplomats said on Friday. ... > full story
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More Burundi troops deploy in Mogadishu: witnesses Oct. 11, 2008 (Boston Globe) — Two African Union military planes landed in Mogadishu on Saturday carrying 400 Burundian reinforcements for an embattled peacekeeping force ...
Pakistani Oil Worker Released In Somalia - Minister Oct. 8, 2008 (Morningstar) — A Pakistani oil worker kidnapped earlier Wednesday in Somalia's northern breakaway region of Puntland was freed during a raid by the exploration ...
Ethiopian Opposition Seeks Troop Withdrawal From Somalia Oct. 2, 2008 (GlobalSecurity.org) — Addis Ababa. . . . Ethiopia's fractious political opposition is planning a unified parliamentary campaign to demand a complete withdrawal of ...
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