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Somali president accuses world of balking at aid

YoopyaJun 28, 20120

By Mahmoud Habboush (Reuters) – Somalia’s president on Wednesday accused the international community of refusing to fund the creation of local security forces capable of

Somali piracy death toll rises as violence worsens

YoopyaJun 22, 20120

By Peter Apps, Political Risk Correspondent LONDON (Reuters) – Somali pirates seizing Indian Ocean ships were responsible for at least 35 hostage deaths in 2011,

Suspected militant pleads guilty to aiding Somalia’s al Shabaab

YoopyaJun 14, 20120

By Basil Katz NEW YORK (Reuters) – An Eritrean man pleaded guilty in federal court on Wednesday to illegally giving funds and receiving military training

EU says hits pirate targets on Somali coast by air

YoopyaMay 15, 20120

NAIROBI (Reuters) – The European Union’s anti-piracy naval force said on Tuesday it had attacked pirate installations on the Somali coastline by air, the first

S.African security officer killed in Somalia

YoopyaApr 30, 20120

By Feisal Omar MOGADISHU (Reuters) – A South African security trainer has been killed in Somalia by unknown gunmen during a government-approved mission against pirates,

Ethiopian troops set to leave Somalia by end April: AU

YoopyaMar 10, 20120

By Aaron Maasho ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Ethiopia, which has deployed hundreds of troops inside Somalia to rout Islamist insurgents, is set to withdraw from