News: Somalia

We have started to collect the most important news related to Somalia in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.

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Somalia: news

Ethiopia action in Somalia backed

Tuesday, December 26th 2006, 7:48
related countries: Ethiopia

Ethiopia has the right to intervene in Somalia as it feels threatened by an Islamic militia, the African Union says.
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Ethiopia attacks Somalia airports

Monday, December 25th 2006, 17:26

Ethiopian jets strike two of Somalia's airports in a widening operation against Islamist forces.
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Ethiopia PM admits Somalia action

Monday, December 25th 2006, 4:44
related countries: Ethiopia

Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi gives a televised address in which he admits sending troops into Somalia.
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Ethiopia admits Somalia offensive

Sunday, December 24th 2006, 11:17

Ethiopia says for the first time its forces are battling Islamist militiamen in Somalia, as violence intensifies.
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Ethiopia dismisses Somali threat

Sunday, December 24th 2006, 6:47
related countries: Ethiopia
related places: Addis Ababa

Ethiopia brushes aside warnings by Somalia's Islamist militia that it might attack Addis Ababa.
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Somalia Islamists call for help

Saturday, December 23rd 2006, 13:43
related countries: Ethiopia

Somalia's Islamist militia says the world must help it combat Ethiopia, which it accuses of invading the country.
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UN urges end to Somalia fighting

Saturday, December 23rd 2006, 10:25

The UN says Islamist militias in Somalia and fighters loyal to the transitional government must return to peace talks.
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Ethiopia warns Somali Islamists

Friday, December 22nd 2006, 20:11

Ethiopia warns Islamist militias who control most of southern Somalia that its patience is running out.
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Somali fighters in fresh battles

Friday, December 22nd 2006, 10:10

Artillery exchanges take place in Somalia between Islamist militia and government fighters for a fourth day.
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Somalis 'at war' with Ethiopia

Thursday, December 21st 2006, 13:18

The leader of Somalia's Islamists says his movement is at war with Ethiopia as clashes intensify.
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Somalia rivals 'to resume talks'

Wednesday, December 20th 2006, 22:32

Somalia's interim government and rival Islamists agree to resume peace talks and cease hostilities, an EU envoy says.
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Somali suspect fled UK 'in veil'

Wednesday, December 20th 2006, 16:56
related countries: United Kingdom

A suspect in a UK police murder case may have fled to Somalia dressed as a veiled Muslim woman.
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EU envoy in Somalia amid fighting

Wednesday, December 20th 2006, 14:06

Fighting erupts between Islamist forces and the weak Somali government despite an EU peace mission.
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Somali suspect fled UK 'in veil'

Wednesday, December 20th 2006, 12:14
related countries: United Kingdom

A suspect in a UK police murder case may have fled to Somalia dressed as a veiled Muslim woman.
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Fears of attack recede in Somalia

Monday, December 18th 2006, 18:53

Both sides in the Somali conflict play down the significance of a deadline by Islamists for an attack.
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Somali peace 'no longer possible'

Friday, December 15th 2006, 17:33

Somalia's weak interim president rules out any further peace talks with the powerful Islamist group.
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Somali group denies terror link

Friday, December 15th 2006, 10:03
related countries: United States

Somalia's powerful Islamist group dismisses US comments its leadership is dominated by al-Qaeda, as war fears grow.
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Ethiopia plays down Somali threat

Wednesday, December 13th 2006, 12:32
related countries: Ethiopia

Ethiopia's PM brushes off a deadline given by Somalia's powerful Islamist group for his troops to leave.
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Ethiopia deadline to quit Somalia

Tuesday, December 12th 2006, 11:07
related countries: Ethiopia

Somalia's powerful Islamist group give Ethiopian troops a week to leave the country or face a "major attack".
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Second day of clashes in Somalia

Saturday, December 9th 2006, 15:43
related countries: Ethiopia

Government forces backed by Ethiopian troops reportedly clash with Islamists for a second day in Somalia.
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Aid drops target Somali refugees

Saturday, December 9th 2006, 14:47
related countries: Kenya

Air drops are under way to deliver supplies to 100,000 Somali refugees in camps cut off by flooding in Kenya.
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'Heavy fighting' in Somali town

Friday, December 8th 2006, 15:41
related countries: Ethiopia

An Islamist leader calls on all Somalis to fight Ethiopia, saying its troops have attacked Islamist positions.
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Somali peace force 'not invaders'

Friday, December 8th 2006, 9:49

African nations sending peacekeepers to Somalia should convince Islamists it is not an "invasion force", the UN chief says.
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Islamist warning for Somali force

Thursday, December 7th 2006, 9:57

The powerful Islamists in Somalia warn they will fight peacekeepers, after the UN backs a peace force.
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UN backs peace force for Somalia

Thursday, December 7th 2006, 9:12

The UN Security Council authorises a regional force to support Somalia's weak transitional government.
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Ethiopian soldiers 'defect'

Thursday, December 7th 2006, 7:58
related countries: Eritrea, Ethiopia

Eight Ethiopian soldiers have defected to Eritrea over the issue of Somalia, Eritrea's government says.
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Somali car ban 'to stop bombers'

Monday, December 4th 2006, 13:02
related places: Mogadishu

Somalia's weak government bans cars travelling from Islamist-held Mogadishu after two car bombings.
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Ethiopians meet Somali Islamists

Sunday, December 3rd 2006, 18:33

Ethiopia has held direct talks with Somalia's Union of Islamic Courts, despite appearing on the verge of war.
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Islamists deny Somali bomb claims

Friday, December 1st 2006, 14:48

Somalia's Islamists reject accusations that they were behind the car bomb on the government base.
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Car bomb blast rocks Somali town

Thursday, November 30th 2006, 17:49
related places: Baidoa

A car bomb explodes in Baidoa, where Somalia's interim government is based, leaving at least six dead.
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Islamists 'ambush' Ethiopia truck

Thursday, November 30th 2006, 10:45
related countries: Ethiopia

An Ethiopian military convoy in Somalia is reportedly ambushed by Islamist fighters who say 20 were killed.
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Ethiopian 'clash' with Islamists

Tuesday, November 28th 2006, 13:05
related countries: Ethiopia

Ethiopian troops fired rockets at a strategic town north of Somalia's capital, Islamist officials tell a rally.
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Fears over Somalia flood relief

Friday, November 24th 2006, 19:28

Growing fears of war in Somalia are hampering flood relief efforts for thousands of people, the UN warns.
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Ethiopia warning draws Somali ire

Friday, November 24th 2006, 8:06
related countries: Ethiopia

The body that controls much of Somalia reacts angrily to comments by Ethiopia that it is prepared for an attack.
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Ethiopia 'ready for Islamist war'

Thursday, November 23rd 2006, 10:22
related countries: Ethiopia

Ethiopia makes preparations for a conflict with Somalia's Islamist group, the prime minister says.
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Somalia flood waters still rising

Wednesday, November 22nd 2006, 12:52

Flood waters in southern Somalia continue to rise and cholera has broken out, an aid worker tells the BBC.
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UN airlifts after African floods

Monday, November 20th 2006, 18:11
related countries: Kenya

The UN launches a series of airlifts and food drops for more than 1m people hit by floods in Somalia and Kenya.
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Somali Islamists ban popular drug

Friday, November 17th 2006, 16:05

The Islamist group which controls much of southern Somalia bans the popular stimulant khat.
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Somali khat protester shot dead

Thursday, November 16th 2006, 19:43
related places: Mogadishu

Somali Islamists fire on people in Mogadishu protesting about a khat shortage, killing one, say eyewitnesses.
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Powers 'stoking Somali conflict'

Wednesday, November 15th 2006, 11:03
related countries: Iran, Syria

Ten countries, including Syria and Iran, are violating an arms embargo on Somalia, a UN report says.
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Refugees cut off by Kenya floods

Tuesday, November 14th 2006, 18:06
related countries: Kenya

Camps housing Somali refugees in eastern Kenya are cut off after severe flooding.
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Kenya bans all flights to Somalia

Monday, November 13th 2006, 9:52
related countries: Kenya

Flights, including those for the drug khat, to lawless Somalia from Kenya are banned, amid security fears.
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Islamists 'take key Somali town'

Sunday, November 12th 2006, 16:39

The Islamic Courts militia takes the town of Bandiradley from a pro-government warlord, reports say.
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Somalia peace deal 'irrelevant'

Saturday, November 11th 2006, 15:50

Somalia's transitional government dismisses a peace deal with Islamists, saying it did not approve any talks.
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Somali Islamists 'in peace deal'

Saturday, November 11th 2006, 3:06

Somalia's Islamist leaders say they have agreed a deal to avoid hostilities with the transitional government.
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Row over new Somali passport

Thursday, November 9th 2006, 12:24

Plans for a new Somali passport worsen relations between the government and the Islamic courts.
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