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.US. conducts second air strike in Somalia: reportWASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. Air Force AC-130 gunship attacked suspected al Qaeda operatives in southern Somalia on Monday, the Washington Post reported on Wednesday, citing unidentified U.S. officials. Full Article25 U.S. troops die in 1 day BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Attacks in Iraq and the crash of a Black Hawk helicopter brought to 25 the number of American troops killed in Iraq on Saturday, making it one of the deadliest days for the U.S. military since the war began almost four years agoFighting
erupts in Mogadishu Mortar
attacks and heavy gunfire have been reported in Mogadishu, the Somali capital.
Ethiopian troops have often been the target of attacks [Source: Al Jazeera]
The UN envoy to Somalia urges the country not to
waste "the best opportunity for peace for 16 years".
The main broadcasters in Somalia's capital are
shut down, as the president set up a new team to end "chaos".
The US air strikes in Somalia failed to kill the
three al-Qaeda suspects targeted, a top US official says.
KENYA-SOMALIA: Fleeing families stuck near closed border
CBS:
U.S. Strikes Al Qaeda In Somalia To Watch video click here
A government military commander said on
Monday that Ras Kamboni was taken after a two-day campaign using ground
forces and air support.Source Al
Jazeera
Fresh clashes erupt in SomaliaArmed men have attacked Ethiopian soldiers in Somalia's capital Mogadishu, earlier crowds had hurled stones and burnt tyres to demonstrate against the forces that ousted the Islamic courts. In the second day of violence in Mogadishu, Somali fighters opened fire on Ethiopian forces backing the interim government. Source Al Jazeera
Diplomatic efforts to put an end to years of
turmoil in Somalia are taking place in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi.
Ethiopian and government forces battle a group of
600 Islamist fighters battle near Somalia's border with Kenya Source BBC
KENYA-SOMALIA: Kenya halts Somali asylum seekers
Somalia's interim government appeals to Kenya to
seal its border to stop fleeing Islamists from crossing.
Ethiopian and Somali government troops begin fighting
Somali Islamists near their last major stronghold.Source: BBC
Somali
government to retake capital A
joint force of Ethiopian
and Somali government troops have advanced to positions 30km north and
northeast of
Ethiopian troops and Somali government forces advance
towards Mogadishu, after seizing a key town.
Ethiopian jets strike Somalia's international airport
in Mogadishu, as fighting continues with Islamist forces BBC
SOMALIA:
Dozens killed as fighting continues in the south
Artillery exchanges take place in Somalia
between Islamist militia and government fighters for a fourth day.BBC
The leader of Somalia's Islamists says his
movement is at war with Ethiopia as clashes intensify.
Somalia's interim government and rival Islamists
agree to resume peace talks and cease hostilities, an EU envoy says.
Ciidamada Golaha Maxaakimta oo ku guuleystay in Ciidamada Tikreega ay ka saaraan 2-fariisin oo Idaale ay ku lahaayeen. Source: Qaadisiya.com
Somalia's powerful Islamist group dismisses US
comments its leadership is dominated by al-Qaeda, as war fears grow.
Somalia’s
Islamist fighters grab a fresh settlement.13,dec,06 Ethiopia deadline to quit Somalia Somalia's powerful Islamist group give Ethiopian troops a week to leave the country or face a "major attack".
Ethiopia's former Marxist ruler Mengistu Haile Mariam
is found guilty in absentia of genocide after a 12-year trial.
Fighting continues in Somalia Fighters from Somalia's Islamic Courts and pro-government soldiers have clashed in a second day of fighting.
UN
backs peace force for Somalia The UN
Security Council authorizes a regional force to support Somalia's weak
transitional government.
Ethiopian soldiers 'defect' to Eritrea Eight Ethiopian soldiers have defected to Eritrea over the issue of Somalia, Eritrea's government says
Police in Kenya fire tear gas to disperse hundreds
of supporters of ex-opposition leader Uhuru Kenyatta.
Bolton to resign Facing opposition from key senators, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton will leave office in a matter of days, the White House announced on Monday. Full ArticleIslamists 'ambush' Ethiopia truck An Ethiopian military convoy in Somalia is reportedly ambushed by Islamist fighters who say 20 were killed. Judge strikes down part of Bush anti-terror orderLOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A federal judge in Los Angeles, who previously struck down sections of the Patriot Act, has ruled that provisions of an anti-terrorism order issued by President George W. Bush after September 11 are unconstitutional. Full ArticleSOMALIA: People flee as military movements create fear
U.S. tries broader approach to Iraq conflictWASHINGTON (Reuters) - With Iraq near all-out civil war, the Bush administration is renewing efforts to break the cycle of violence there by enlisting the help of moderate Arab nations while also seeking to tackle the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Full ArticleAnger and sorrow at Iraq funerals for 160BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The people of Sadr City bore away their dead on Friday, marching behind coffins through the Baghdad dawn and chanting in anger and sorrow for the 160 victims of the bloodiest attack in Iraq since the U.S. invasion. Full Article
Aid workers are seriously concerned for 80,000 Somali refugees in eastern
Kenya, which has been hit by floods.
Qatar criticises West over Hamas The emir of Qatar, Sheik Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, has criticised the West for boycotting the Hamas government, saying Palestinians were wrongly being punished for practising democracy. Mass kidnap in Iraq Gunmen in Iraqi police uniforms rounded up as many as 100 men at a government building in central Baghdad, in what may be the biggest mass kidnap seen in a city becoming used to such violence. Full Article
Bush woos Democrats despite divisions on UN postWASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Bush courted leaders of the Senate's new Democratic majority on Friday while pressing ahead with a divisive bid to get John Bolton confirmed as U.N. envoy before power changes hands in Congress. Full Article |
Somalia's Islamist leaders agree to hold new peace
talks with the interim government to avert all-out war.ByBBC
News brief from Central & Western Gharri Region November 03, 2006 by Gur Gharri GSG News Contributor One Kenyan officer has died and one woman was seriously injured in a car accident. A vehicle carrying a Gharri delegate returning home from Moyale, to El Wak was over turned near Takabaand, Mr. Abdi Maliq was appointed as “wasiirka udduudka"-----
Peace talks between Somalia's interim government and
Islamists are deadlocked, as both sides prepare for battle.
Moyale: Gastroenteritis has claimed seven lives in a mater of twenty-four hours and one hundred nineteen others are in critical condition. According to information received from Moyale, Gharri Region, it is believed that....Thursday October 26, 2006 By Gur Gharri GSG News Contributor
Both government troops and Islamist fighters
mass around Burhakaba town, forcing residents to flee.
Baghdad: Mortars destroy US ammo dump A blaze that destroyed an ammunition dump at a US military base in Baghdad was caused by a mortar attack, a US spokesman has said.
Somali Islamists accuse Ethiopian troops of
attacking a key town and vow revenge through "holy war".
Ethiopian troops are seen driving around the Somali town of
Baidoa, where the fragile government is based.
17
killed in Marsabit attack U.S. says Iraq Qaeda leader still alive The U.S. military said on Thursday the leader of al Qaeda in Iraq, Abu Ayyub al-Masri, was still very much alive, denying reports by some Iraqi politicians that he had been tracked down and killed. Full ArticlePressure builds on RepublicansWASHINGTON (Reuters) - House of Representatives Republican leaders faced growing pressure over a congressional sex scandal on Tuesday, with Speaker Dennis Hastert rejecting calls to step down amid Republican fears about the potential fallout in November's fight for control of Congress. Full Article
Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa is to be sworn in
for a second term, after his disputed election victory.
FBI looking into congressman FoleyWASHINGTON (Reuters) - A scandal over a U.S. Republican congressman sending sexually explicit e-mails to underage boys ratcheted up on Sunday with the FBI and a congressional ethics committee looking into the accusations. Full ArticleCorporate criminals Ebbers, Fastow pay stiff price Wed 27 Sep 2006 NEW YORK (Reuters) - Two men at the heart of corporate greed scandals in America paid the price on Tuesday, as a judge sentenced former Enron Corp. executive Andrew Fastow to prison and Bernard Ebbers, once the chief executive of highflying WorldCom Inc. began serving a 25-year sentence. Full Article
Somalia's Islamic Courts militia says it will defend
the country against what it calls Ethiopian violations of its territory.
Somali port 'falls' to Islamists Monday, 25 September 2006 The last port in southern Somalia outside the control of the Islamic Courts (UIC) movement has reportedly fallen to the militants. Gun found at Baltimore airport shuts 2 terminalsWASHINGTON (Reuters) - A gun found in a carry-on bag at a security checkpoint at Baltimore-Washington International Airport prompted authorities to shut two terminals on Friday, a security official said. Full Article There have been reports of selected terrorism going on in El Wak, Gharri District, Kenya, and Adan............ Sept. 20, 2006 By Gharri District correspondent, Mandera Click here for full report SOMALIA: Security tightened in Baidoa town
An explosion outside Somalia's interim parliament
kills 11 people but misses the president.
September 13, 2006 by Gur Gharri GSG News contributor Two fugitive criminals have turned themselves in on Tuesday September 12, 2006.The two former Kunaye’s field lieutenants and most vicious criminals, Mohamed Dhere and Qayanne resurfaced in Moyale, while the City Administrators were.....
Somali
rivals agree on joint army Kenyan
Court Sentences OLF members up to 31 years
Beesha
Garre oo Maxkamad Islaami ah ka furatay Magaalada Muqdisho, kuna biirtay
Golaha Maxkamadaha Islaamka Soomaaliyeed Khamiis, August 24,2006 (HOL) Source:
Hiiraan Online Oromo
fighters in court
August
22, 2006 Security
at the Moyale Law Courts was beefed up as 32 suspected Oromo Liberation Front
members arrested in an ongoing military operation were arraigned in court.
SOURCE:
Standard a
fugitive ali Mohamed kunaye has been located in Kenya. LEBANON:
Leftover Israeli cluster bombs kill civilians
NABATIYEH, 21
August (IRIN) - On the morning of the ceasefire between Lebanese
Hezbollah militias and the Israeli military, 11 year-old Hadi Hatab
stepped out to play in the street for the first time in more than a
month. Seconds later a cluster bomb exploded.Full
report Security
officers arrest 43 Oromo militiamen August
17, 2006 By Evelyne Ogutu (STANDARD)
Security forces have arrested 43 people
suspected to be Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) militiamen in Moyale and Marsabit
districts.
Tuesday
August
15,
2006 by
Gur Gharri GSG
News contributor
Ali
Mohammed
Kunaye,
speaker of the Somali regional parliament is a most wanted fugitive today. Also,
two of his lieutenants Mr. Mohamed Dhere and Mr. Qayane who are confessed to
their crimes have escaped to.....
Moyale
DO and policeman killed in accident
Monday August 14, 2006 By
Standard Team A
District Officer and an Administration Police Officer were killed in a road
accident along the Isiolo-Embu road on Sunday.
Thursday
August
10,
2006 by
Gur Gharri GSG
News contributor
The
wicked dictator and tyrant thieves have been removed from power and the Liban
Zone Citizens are celebrating all over. Ali Mohamed Kunaye and....... LATEST
NEWS UPDATE FROM WESTERN GHARRI REGION Wednesday
August 09, 2006 by
GurGharriGSG
News contributor
The selections of the
MoyaleCity administration have been completed and
The Kilil5 congress is deliberating and
reviewing the allegations of official misconduct, theft of public funds,
corruptions and
Breaking
News From Western Gharri Region
Tuesday
July 25, 2006 by
Gur Gharri GSG
News contributor Two
Gharri mothers are bleeding Hundreds
flee Mogadishu fighting Hundreds
flee Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, as heavy fighting between Islamists
and warlords continues. SOMALIA:
Twelve killed in heavy fighting in Mogadishu NAIROBI, 22
March (IRIN) - Heavy fighting between rival militia groups broke
out on Wednesday in the Somali capital of Mogadishu, killing at
least 12 people and wounding 70 others, local hospital sources
said. Full
report The
Gharri people’s pray, patience, and perseverance has been answered March
02, 2006 by Gur Gharri GSG
News contributor News
Brief From Western Gharri Region, Ethiopia February
01, 2006 By Gur Gharri GSG
News Contributor The Ethiopia Somali state
speaker of the house of people’s representative Mr. Ali Mohamed
Kunaye held a community town hall meeting for a selected few. He made
what people believed to be his last public address on January 30, 2006.
In the aftermath, the meeting participants said that they went there to
hear him deliver words of hope and promise, rather, Mr. Kunaye delivered
the most.... People
have spoken January
18, 2006
by Gur Gharri GSG
News Contributor
There
are lots of events taking place in Moyale District, Ethiopia.
According to information received from Moyale, while the
government and the international communities are working hard to feed
the famine victims ( pastoralist) in the country, the Moyale
administrators are selling the food rations that was intended for the
voiceless poor...... |
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