Tag: Somalia

Police gather at the scene of an attack after two suicide bombers blew themselves up in a restaurant in Mogadishu’s Hamarweyne district AFP PHOTO / ABDURASHID ABDULLE ABIKAR

Human Rights Watch urges Somali government to protect journalists

Somalia one of most dangerous countries worldwide for journalists

September 24, 2012

A screengrab taken from a video released on YouTube shows Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau AFP PHOTO / YOUTUBE

Islamist militants kill Nigerian district attorney general

Boko Haram’s latest killing follows unconfirmed reports of their spokesperson’s death

Rana Muhammad Taha

September 18, 2012

Burundi African Union forces arrive in Marka on 14 September, 73 Km East of Mogadishu AFP PHOTO / SIMON MAINA

Ninth journalist killed in Somalia

Journalists continue to die as government stands by

September 18, 2012

Somalia policemen gather at the area of a bomb blast at the Jazeera hotel compound where the newly elected Somali president Hasan Sheikh Mahmud was staying, in Mogadishu AFP PHOTO/SIMON MAINA

New Somali President survives assassination attempt as first test of office

Hassan Sheikh Mohamed targeted by Al-Shabab suicide bombers

September 12, 2012

Man wearing a t-shirt with a picture of newly elected Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud on it, waves a Somali flag as he celebrates in southern Mogadishu AFP PHOTO / ABDURASHID ABDULLE ABIKAR

Somalia selects new president

Hassan Sheikh Mohamed faces massive obstacles as Somalia’s new president

September 11, 2012

Ahead of elections, African Union peace keeping forces and Transitional Federal Government soldiers participate in operations to take over the former Eel Ma’an seaport, 30Kms north east of Mogadishu, on 4 September AFP PHOTO / MOHAMED ABDIWAHAB

Return of the king?

Somalis around the world await the naming of their next president

September 9, 2012

Badge on the uniform of a German marine reads "EU NAVFOR Somalia", an Italian naval helicopter serving as a part of the mission drew small arms fire off the Somali coast AFP PHOTO / INGO WAGNER

Pirates fire at anti-piracy force

Italian helicopter pilot injured

September 8, 2012

Photo received on 1 September shows Somalia's Al-Qaeda-linked Shebab militants displaying the bodies of four "enemy" soldiers killed in combat in their stronghold of Kismayo, in southern Somalia. AFP PHOTO/HO

Kenya attacks Al-Shabab port town of Kismayo

AMISOM disrupts delivery of recruits and logistics on Somalian coast

Daily News Egypt

September 24, 2012

Police officers stand guard in the coastal city of Mombasa on 29 August following two days of deadly rioting AFP PHOTO / SIMON MAINA

Ongoing violence in Mombasa, death toll of four

Death toll expected to rise if violence continues

August 29, 2012

Veteran Somali politician Mohamed Osman Jawari in Mogadishu on 26 August AFP PHOTO / Mohamed Abdiwahab

Somali Parliament elects speaker

Political progress comes as UN worker is killed

August 29, 2012