Somalia, Iraq most dangerous for minorities: NGO (AFP via Yahoo! News)

Somalia remains the world's most dangerous country for minority groups, followed by Iraq, Sudan, Afghanistan and Myanmar, a leading human rights group said.

Somalia most dangerous state for minorities (The Daily Star Lebanon)

Somalia remains the world's most dangerous country for minority groups, followed by Iraq, Sudan, Afghanistan and Myanmar, a leading human-rights group said Thursday. The five were in unchanged positions from last year's Minority Rights Group International's (MRG) list of countries where groups or peoples are most at risk of genocide.

Somalia fighting kills 25 in 2 days, witnesses say; insurgents seek to topple government (The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News)

MOGADISHU, Somalia - Fighting in the Somali capital has killed 25 people over two days, leaving corpses in the streets of a city where a bloody insurgency is intensifying, doctors and witnesses said Thursday.

Somalia: Ethiopian Troops Reach Near Beledweyn Town (AllAfrica.com)

Beledweyn — More Ethiopian troops with armed vehicles have reached near Beledweyn town in central Somalia as Ethiopia said that it does not plan to send troops into Somalia, witnesses told Shabelle radio on Thursday.

Ethiopia will stay out of Somalia despite threat (AFP via Yahoo! News)

Ethiopia on Wednesday said it will not send troops to Somalia, though a hardline Islamist militia fighting to topple the Somali government recently threatened to invade the neighbouring country.

Africa: Continent Needs to Help Somalia (AllAfrica.com)

Kampala — Few seem to notice but what is happening in Somalia could jeopardise the stability and security of the whole region. Al Shabaab, an Islamist youth group, have overrun most of southern Somalia and are just a few blocks away from taking the capital Mogadishu.

Somalia: Puntland VP Opens New Ministry of Planning Building (AllAfrica.com)

Garowe, Somalia — Gen. Abdisamad Ali Shire, the Puntland Vice President, said he is very happy to open the new Ministry building.

African troops - 'fig-leaf' for Somalia? (BBC News)

An African Union summit opens amid calls for more African troops to be sent to deal with the crisis in Somalia, but can they solve the Horn of Africa nation's problems?

Ethiopia Won't Send Troops To Somalia Despite Islamist Threat (Nasdaq)

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AFP)--Ethiopia Wednesday said it won't send troops to Somalia, though a hardline Islamist militia fighting to topple the Somali government recently threatened to invade the neighboring country.

Fighting rages in Somalia, government troops boxed in (TVNZ)

Heavy fighting has killed at least 20 people as government forces try to drive hardline Islamists out of their Mogadishu bases