Christian Science Monitor September 2, 2010 Scott Baldauf The best hope for stability in Somalia may lie in African Union troops, but they can’t take the offensive against the terrorist group Al Shabab. An Al Qaeda-linked Al Shabab militant wrapped a belt of ammunition around his waist in Mogadishu, Somalia, in late August. Western governments [...]
Category Archives: Somalia
Uganda ready to send 10,000 troops to Somalia: army
September 2, 2010 – 9:34 pm
AFP September 2, 2010 KAMPALA — Uganda said Thursday it can provide up to 10,000 troops for deployment to Somalia where it already has soldiers in the African Union mission protecting the country’s embattled government. “We have the capacity, as the army leadership has indicated, to raise up to 10,000 soldiers to fill up the [...]
African Union peacekeepers killed in Somalia
September 2, 2010 – 9:09 pm
BBC August 30, 2010 Four African Union peacekeepers were killed when a mortar hit Somalia’s presidential palace, officials say. It is not clear if any Somalis were hit by the shells, fired as Islamist insurgents continue to battle government forces. Those killed were from Uganda, one of just two countries to have sent troops to [...]
Somali Government Appeals for Help as Islamists Advance
September 2, 2010 – 9:07 pm
VOA August 30, 2010 Photo: AP Somali government forces walk outside the Muna Hotel which was stormed by a suicide bomber and a gunman in Mogadishu, Somalia, 24 Aug 2010 Somalia’s government is urgently appealing for more help as insurgents threaten to seize full control of the capital, Mogadishu. The appeal Monday came on the [...]
Ethiopia troops in Somalia to battle radicals
August 29, 2010 – 11:48 pm
Daily Nation, Kenya August 29, 2010 Abdulkadir Khalif Mogadishu – A large number of Ethiopian troops in military vehicles on Sunday reached Somali villages after crossing its borders with Hiran region in Central Somalia. The Ethiopians, according to residents in the Beledweyne town, 335 kilometres north of Mogadishu, seem more serious than before to tackle [...]
Somalia: Al Shabaab Launches Mogadishu Attacks
August 29, 2010 – 11:46 pm
http://www.stratfor.com/analysis/20100824_somalia_al_shabaab_launches_mogadishu_attacks Stratfor, US private strategic analysis group August 24, 2010 One day after Somali jihadist group al Shabaab announced the start of a “massive war” against foreign forces in Mogadishu, al Shabaab carried out multiple attacks in the capital beginning late Aug. 23. The violence culminated in a suicide attack carried out in government-held territory [...]
Somalia has a role model for success on its doorstep
August 29, 2010 – 11:44 pm
Guardian August 26, 2010 Torn between violent extremists and a puppet government, Somalia could look to Somaliland for a lesson in nation building Photograph: Farah Abdi Warsameh/AP A young boy leads al-Shabab fighters on military exercise in Suqaholaha neighborhood in northern Mogadishu, Somalia. The escalating war for control of what is left of Somalia, between [...]
Somali official: Reports of Ethiopian troops in area ‘mere rumors’
August 29, 2010 – 1:36 pm
CNN August 28, 2010 A Somali official denied reports that Ethiopian troops had crossed into the country to help battle Islamist rebels trying to take control of the nation’s capital. “I can confirm to you that no Ethiopian soldier has come to this town of Dolo,” said Gov. Abdifatah Gesey of the Bay region in [...]
Somalia’s Government Expects `Major’ Surge in Violence in Mogadishu Today
August 28, 2010 – 11:38 am
Bloomberg August 27, 2010 Sarah McGregor Somalia’s government expects a “major” surge in violence today as the rebel al-Shabaab militia steps up an offensive over the Ramadan period, the Information Ministry said. The militants are expected to target civilian, government and African Union-peacekeeper bases in the capital, Mogadishu, in their bid to oust the government, [...]
Breaking News: Ethiopian Troops Enter Somalia
August 28, 2010 – 11:37 am
Addis Neger online, US/UK August 27, 2010 Ethiopian troops crossed the border and entered Somalia. “Around 1,000 soldiers are heading in the direction of Beledehawa and Elwak,” a source in Dolo told Addis Neger online. Beledehawa and Elwak are towns along the Kenya-Somalia border. According to the source, nearly 6,000 soldiers are also deployed on [...]
