The Telegraph (Free subscription) | yesterday
The West has "completely failed" the people of Somalia and must refocus efforts to give humanitarian workers safer access to desperate civilians 52 aid agencies said in a statement.
PM (Free subscription) | yesterday
We've got a fascinating report tonight from Mark Doyle in Somalia It's dangerous, war-torn, hasn't had a government for two decades and Mark's been investigating the difficulties of getting aid through to the people there.
BBC News (Free subscription) | yesterday
The world should be shocked at the systematic destruction of Mogadishu and its residents, says lobby group Human Rights Watch.
BBC News (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
The BBC's Mark Doyle has been granted rare access to the Somali capital, Mogdishu.
The Daily Vidette (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - The crew on a hijacked Ukrainian cargo ship laden with tanks and heavy weaponry appear to be in good health, a U.S. Navy spokeswoman said Monday. Lt. Stephanie Murdock, a 5th Fleet spokeswoman in Bahrain, said American officials are in regular contact with the master of the MV Faina, which was seized by pirates off the coast of Somalia late last month with 21 crew on board.
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | yesterday
A U.S. Navy spokeswoman says the crew on a hijacked Ukrainian cargo ship laden with tanks and heavy weaponry are, by all indications, in good health. Lt. Stephanie Murdock, a 5th Fleet spokeswoman in Bahrain, said Monday that American officials are in contact...
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
Armed pirates aboard fast-moving skiffs have increasingly turned the shipping lanes off Somalia into a lucrative hunting grounds: commandeering...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 42 minutes ago
PRESIDENT Yoweri Museveni has urged the international community to assist the interim-government of Somalia to build a strong army.
People Daily (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
A major Somali Islamist group reiterated on Monday that international aid agencies can operate in central Somalia where they control, a senior Islamist official said. Sheik Dahir Addow said that aid agencies can safely work in central Somali regions where Islamic Courts Union (ICU), an insurgent movement that has ruled much of southern and central Somalia since 2006, is in its control. Speaking to...
War News Updates (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
(Click To Enlarge) Inside Somalia's Danger Zone -- BBC News Somalia, on the north east coast of Africa, is perhaps the ultimate 'failed state'. Civil wars, fuelled by outside intervention, have been raging almost constantly for the past 20 years - and during most of that time there hasn't been a functioning central government. It is one of the most dangerous places in the world, with killings, kidnappings...
Relief Web (Free subscription) | yesterday
Date: 06 Oct 2008 Source: Save the Children
US News (Free subscription) | yesterday
Today's selection of timely reports
Relief Web (Free subscription) | yesterday
Date: 06 Oct 2008 Source: Reuters
All Africa (Free subscription) | yesterday
Last month, Lehmans Brothers and Merrill Lynch, the world's foremost investment banks, went bankrupt and we witnessed the financial chaos in the western capitals.
CNN (Free subscription) | yesterday
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