Somalia's buffer statelets want more bucks for their bang

Central Somalia pleading for international support to save youth from falling into piracy.

Somalia's capital quiet after 10 days of fighting

The streets of Mogadishu, Somalia's besieged capital, were finally quiet Wednesday after 10 days of heavy fighting that claimed more than 100 lives.

In Somalia, foreign intervention won't resolve Al Shabab threat

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.

Somalia showing signs of progress — UN

Reuters. NAIROBI. The twin-pronged political and peacekeeping approach to ending almost two decades of civil war in Somalia is beginning to pay dividends, a senior United Nations official said yesterday.

Somalia showing signs of progress: UN official

Agencies/Nairobi The twin-pronged political and peacekeeping approach to ending almost two decades of civil war in Somalia is beginning to pay dividends, a senior UN official said yesterday.

Somalia unrest claims 19 more lives

At least 19 people have been killed in fresh fighting between forces loyal to the Western-backed government of Somalia and al-Shabab fighters in Mogadishu.

Somalia: Third Journalist Slain This Year

A Somali reporter was viciously stabbed to death in the Galkayo district of Puntland, a semi-autonomous region of Somalia, on 31 August, report the National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ), Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ).

Somalia: Journalist is Stabbed to Death in Puntland

Reporters Without Borders today voiced its deep distress at the murder yesterday of Abdullahi Omar Gedi, aged 25, a journalist on Radio Daljir in Galkayo, capital of the semi-autonomous Puntland region of Somalia.

Somalia: Journalist Murdered in Puntland

A Somali radio journalist died on Wednesday after being stabbed to death on his way home from work. Abdulahi Omar Gedi, 25, worked for the privately-owned Daljir Radio in Somalia's semi-autonomous Puntland region.

Somalia: Radio Reporter is Killed

The reporter, Abdullahi Omar Geddi, 25, was the second journalist killed in the eight days in Somalia.