Somali Insurgents

Somalia: Islamists Yank Gold Teeth Of 'Sinners'

Huffington Post | Posted 09.10.2009 | World


The notorious Somali Islamist group al Shabaab is yanking gold and silver teeth from the mouths of people in southern Somalia for transgressing from I...

Somalia, Al Qaeda Haven, To Be Obama's New Afghanistan: CSM

Christian Science Monitor | Posted 09.07.2009 | World


The Horn of Africa is a hotbed of pirates, Islamic radicals, warlords, refugees, and, lately, foreign armies trying to influence this killing field. T...

Clinton On Somalia: Vows US Support For Weak Govt

AP | MATTHEW LEE | Posted 09.06.2009 | World


NAIROBI, Kenya — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Thursday pledged to expand American support for Somalia's weak interim govern...

Somali Terrorists Linked To Al Qaeda Recruiting For Jihad

McClatchy | Shashank Bengali | Posted 09.04.2009 | World


NAIROBI, Kenya -- Late last year, 17-year-old Aliow Ali Hassan vanished from his adopted home in Kenya, leaving behind a teenage wife, three children ...

Kenya-Somalia Border To Be Secured

BBC News | Posted 08.22.2009 | World


Kenya has promised to reinforce its border with Somalia after several abductions near the frontier....

Somalia: Islamist Groups Divvy Up French Hostages

BBC News | Posted 08.16.2009 | World


Two French security advisers seized in Somalia this week have been split up and are now being held by two different hardline groups, reports say....

Somali Islamist Insurgents Behead 7 People

AP | KATHARINE HOURELD | Posted 08.10.2009 | World


NAIROBI, Kenya — Somali Islamist fighters on Friday beheaded seven prisoners accused of abandoning the Muslim faith and spying for the governmen...

Somalia Refugees Flee Mogadishu By The Thousands

Al Jazeera English | Posted 07.25.2009 | World


Thousands of people have fled the Somali capital Mogadishu amid escalating fighting between government forces and opposition fighters....

Ethiopian Troops Back In Somalia

Christian Science Monitor | Posted 07.23.2009 | World


With or without an international mandate, Ethiopian forces have entered Somali territory to back up a fast-failing Somali government....

Somalia State Of Emergency Declared By President

AP | Posted 07.23.2009 | World


MOGADISHU, Somalia — A court run by an extremist Islamic group sentenced four Somali men on Monday to each have a hand and a leg cut off for all...

Somali MP Gunned Down, Third Attack In As Many Days

BBC | Posted 07.20.2009 | World


A Somali politician has been killed by gunmen in the capital, Mogadishu, the government has confirmed....

Somali Refugees Number 100,000 In Past Month: UN

allAfrica | Posted 07.06.2009 | World


Since fighting broke out last month between Government forces and armed opposition groups, almost 100,000 people have been driven from their homes in ...

Somalia Fighting Escalates In Capital Mogadishu

AP | MOHAMED OLAD HASSAN | Posted 06.22.2009 | World


MOGADISHU, Somalia — Hundreds of government soldiers attacked Islamic insurgents across the Somali capital amid heavy artillery shelling Friday,...

Somali Militants Capture Strategic Town, Setback To Unstable Government

BBC | Posted 06.18.2009 | World


Hardline Islamist militants have captured a strategically important town north of the Somali capital, Mogadishu, eyewitnesses say....

Somalia Violence Explodes; Thousands Flee Capital

AP | ELIZABETH A. KENNEDY | Posted 06.15.2009 | World


NAIROBI, Kenya — After months of hopeful glimmers in one of the most explosive countries in the world, violence again is roiling Somalia as mort...

Somali Insurgents Vow To Topple Government

AP | MOHAMED SHEIKH NOR | Posted 06.13.2009 | World


MOGADISHU, Somalia — Pro-government militias and Islamic insurgents battled in Somalia's capital Wednesday for a fourth day, as an insurgent lea...

Somali Rebel Violence The Work Of Foreign States: Somali President

Reuters | Posted 06.11.2009 | World


Somalia's president accused Islamist insurgents on Monday of working for foreign governments trying to destabilise his Horn of Africa nation after fou...

Somali Pirates Face Growing Domestic Islamist Pushback

New York Times | Posted 06.08.2009 | World


Abshir Boyah, a towering, notorious Somali pirate boss who admits to hijacking more than 25 ships and to being a member of a secretive pirate council ...

Somali American Youth Who Joined Jihadists: FBI Deserves Blame (WardheerNews Editorial)

WardheerNews | Faisal A. Roble | Posted 03.02.2009 | World


The LA Times (January 18, 2009 - "Young men vanish into Somalia") and Newsweek (January 24, 2009- Recruited for Jihad)ran articles on the vanishing yo...

Somali, Abdirahman Ahmed, Executed For 'Apostasy'

BBC NEWS | Posted 02.16.2009 | World


An Islamist militia has executed a Somali politician who they accused of betraying his religion by working with non-Muslim Ethiopian forces. An Isl...

Somalia's Presidential Palace Attacked By Insurgents

AP | MOHAMED OLAD HASSAN | Posted 02.14.2009 | World


MOGADISHU, Somalia — Islamic insurgents attacked Somalia's presidential palace and five civilians were killed Wednesday, underscoring fears the ...

Ethiopian Troops Start Pulling Out Of Somalia

IRIN Africa | Posted 02.13.2009 | World


Ethiopian troops for the first time quit some of their bases in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, on 13 January, locals told IRIN. Muse Nur Amin, the ...

Somali Insurgents Take Over Police Stations As Ethiopian Troops Pull Out

AP | MOHAMED OLAD HASSAN | Posted 02.03.2009 | World


MOGADISHU, Somalia — Islamic insurgents appeared to be scrambling for power Saturday, taking over several police stations in the capital as Ethi...

Somali Insurgents Vow To Keep Fighting Until Islamic Law Rules

AP | MOHAMED OLAD HASSAN | Posted 01.31.2009 | World


MOGADISHU, Somalia — A powerful insurgent group poised to take over Somalia said Wednesday it will fight until the country is ruled by Islamic l...

Somali Americans Possibly Recruited To Fight Jihad

CNN | Chris Welch and Kelli Arena CNN | Posted 01.12.2009 | World


MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota (CNN) -- Last month, 17-year-old Burhan Hassan told his family he was catching a ride to school with a friend. He then vanished...