Somalia
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AMISOM
African Union Mission in Somalia (Sonstige)
Beginn: 01/07
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UNPOS
United Nations Political Office for Somalia (UN-Peacebuilding)
Beginn: 04/95
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Puntland leader “plans war” with Somaliland ahead of elections (28.10.2008)
(AllAfrica) The president of Somalia's semiautonomous state of Puntland, Gen. Adde Muse, has reportedly authorized government officials to "prepare" security forces for an upcoming war with Somaliland, a neighboring region that aspires for independence.
Top UN envoy to Somalia welcomes peace deal between warring parties (26.10.2008)
(UN News) The senior United Nations envoy to Somalia has welcomed the agreement between the country's transitional government and Islamist rebels on a ceasefire to end their deadly conflict, the establishment of a unity government and military forces and the withdrawal of Ethiopian troops. The Transitional Federal Government (TFG) and the opposition Alliance for the Re-Liberation of Somalia (ARS) signed two accords today in neighbouring Djibouti after three days of talks backed by the UN and the wider international community.
Gunmen kill UNICEF worker in Somalia (20.10.2008)
(Quelle: Reliefweb) Gunmen killed a Somali working for the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) on Sunday, just two days after another local U.N. worker was assassinated in the anarchic Horn of Africa nation, witnesses said.
Senior local WFP staffer killed in southern Somali town (18.10.2008)
(Quelle: Reliefweb) A senior local official of the United Nations' food agency was shot dead Friday in the southern Somali town of Marka, the latest in series of attacks against aid workers in Somalia, witnesses said.
Heavy fighting engulfs Mogadishu (17.10.2008)
(Quelle: BBC) Heavy fighting has left at least 20 people dead and dozens more injured in clashes across the Somali capital, Mogadishu, officials and witnesses say. Islamist insurgents have been engaged in fierce battles with government troops and their Ethiopian allies, and both sides suffered casualties.
Ongoing violence uproots another 5,500 people from Somali capital, says UN (17.10.2008)
(Quelle: UN News) An additional 5,500 people have been displaced this week from the capital of strife-torn Somalia, the United Nations reported today, bringing the total number of those uprooted by fighting between Government forces and Islamic insurgents since 21 September to over 61,000.
Somalia: A new war-on-terror chapter (15.10.2008)
(Quelle: ISN) Both the government and the opposition remain strongly divided, with dispute centered on which approach - that of President Yusuf or that of Prime Minister Nur Hassan Hussein - the government should take to end the conflict. The opposition diverges over tactics of war and on whether talks with the government should be on the agenda.
Somali group threatens to attack Kenya (15.10.2008)
(Quelle: Reliefweb) A Somali Islamist group on Wednesday said it would attack Kenya if the country does not rescind its decision to train Somali government forces. Sheik Muqtar Robow Abu Mansuur, spokesman for the Islamist Al- Shabaab group, threatened that the group would carry out attacks inside Kenya if the southwestern neighbor does not stop 'interfering in Somalia.'
Security Council and Ban call for naval and air action against Somali pirates (07.10.2008)
(Quelle: UN News) The Security Council and Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called today for more international air and naval forces off the pirate-ridden coast of Somalia to ensure that United Nations food aid gets through to more than 3 million people threatened with starvation.
"Ceasefire Not Implemented Yet" - Islamist Leader (07.10.2008)
(Quelle: allAfrica) A top opposition leader in Somalia has declared that an expected ceasefire between the Somali interim government and the armed opposition has not gone into effect yet. Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed is the chairman of the Alliance for the Re-liberation of Somalia, a now-fractured opposition coalition.
Somalia is "most ignored tragedy" (06.10.2008)
(Quelle: news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7653928.stm) The world should be shocked at the systematic destruction of Somalia's capital Mogadishu and its residents, says lobby group Human Rights Watch. … It said if such a situation was happening anywhere else in the world, like Georgia or Lebanon for example, it would be considered a travesty.
Somali Islamists warn Western aid agencies (04.10.2008)
(Quelle: Reliefweb) Islamist insurgents controlling swathes of southern Somalia have warned Western charities working there not to meddle in their affairs, stoking fears of increasingly hardline rule. As when they ruled south Somalia for six months in 2006, residents say the Islamists are again providing much-needed security but also imposing fundamentalist practices in areas they have re-taken this year.
Somalia embraces foreign assistance against pirates (02.10.2008)
(Quelle: Washington Post) With U.S. warships offshore and a Russian missile frigate on the way, Somalia's president, Abdullahi Yusuf, said Wednesday that he welcomed international intervention against Somali pirates roaming a main East-West shipping route. The hijacking last Thursday of a Ukrainian-operated vessel carrying T-72 tanks and other weapons has galvanized the world's leading navies after more than 60 other pirate attacks this year on ships off Somalia and in the nearby Gulf of Aden.
Paris propose à l'ONU un dispositif de lutte contre la piraterie au large de la Somalie (01.10.2008)
(Quelle: Le Monde) L 'affaire du Faina confirme la dangerosité des eaux somaliennes, où 24 actes de piraterie maritime se sont déroulés depuis le début de l'année. La France a été directement concernée, avec la prise d'otages à bord des voiliers de croisière Le Ponant et Carré-d'as, dont les équipages ont pu être libérés à la suite d'opérations menées par les forces spéciales françaises. Paris doit déposer dans les prochains jours un projet de résolution au Conseil de sécurité des Nations unies qui vise à mobiliser les contributions internationales afin de mettre en place un dispositif pour sécuriser les routes maritimes situées au large de la Somalie.
Fighting forces 18,500 to flee Mogadishu (29.09.2008)
(Quelle: Irinnews) Fighting between insurgents and Somali government forces backed by Ethiopian troops and AU peacekeepers has sparked another exodus of civilians from Mogadishu, a local human rights group said. 'From 20 September, our figures show that 18,500 people have fled their homes due to the fighting and shelling,' Ali Sheikh Yassin, acting chairman of the Mogadishu-based Elman Human Rights Organisation, told IRIN.
Blue helmets should be deployed in Somalia, General Assembly told (26.09.2008)
(Quelle: UN News) Somalia urgently needs a fully-fledged United Nations peacekeeping force to restore peace and stability in the war-torn country, the Foreign Minister of its Transitional Federal Government (TFG) told the General Assembly tonight. Addressing the high-level segment of the General Assembly, Ali Ahmad Jama Jengeli said the deployment of a force of UN blue helmets would also help “create a secure environment for institution-building and socio-economic development.”
Battles and looting in Mogadishu (26.09.2008)
(Quelle: BBC) At least nine people have been killed during fighting in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, where hungry crowds have looted trucks carrying food aid. The unrest came as Somali pirates seized a Ukrainian ship reported to be carrying about 30 T-72 tanks. In the capital, insurgents launched a surprise attack on Somali army posts and fighting took place near the palace of President Abdullahi Yusuf.
Peacekeepers targeted in Somalia (24.09.2008)
(Quelle: BBC) Renewed fighting has broken out in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, with African Union peacekeepers coming under attack from Islamist insurgents. At least seven civilians are reported to have been killed since the clashes erupted late on Tuesday. Insurgents attacked Ugandan peacekeepers, who responded with tank and artillery fire. On Monday about 30 people were killed and dozens wounded in some of the worst violence Mogadishu has seen in months.
Latest talks to further Somali peace deal wrap up in Djibouti (21.09.2008)
(Quelle: UN News) Two key committees set up as a part of a United Nations-brokered accord aiming to bring peace to war-torn Somalia have wrapped up their second meeting in neighbouring Djibouti, during which they discussed practical ways to carry out the June agreement.
AU plane sparks Mogadishu battle (19.09.2008)
(Quelle: BBC) A peacekeeping plane has landed in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, defying Islamist threats that have kept the airport closed for four days. Militants responded by launching mortars, provoking a return of fire from government and Ethiopian troops. The al-Shabab militants who issued the threat that has blocked the arrival of medical and other supplies are not part of peace negotiations in Djibouti. A ceasefire due to be signed on Friday in Djibouti has been postponed.
UN-led group discusses how to implement recent Somali peace deal (17.09.2008)
(Quelle: UN News) A United Nations-chaired international group of countries and organizations supporting the consolidation of peace in conflict-wracked Somalia has met in neighbouring Djibouti to discuss how to put a recent reconciliation agreement by the Horn of Africa nation’s warring political groups into practice.
Nearly 9,500 Somalis die in insurgency - group (16.09.2008)
(Quelle: Reliefweb) Fighting in Somalia has killed 838 people since June, local rights activists said on Tuesday, bringing the total to have died in an insurgency that began early last year to 9,474.
Gunmen attack AU troops in Mogadishu (08.09.2008)
(Quelle: allAfrica) Residents of Hodon, Waberi and Madina districts in Mogadishu heard heavy gunfire being exchanged by Somali insurgents and forces serving the African Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) early this morning. The battle occurred at the strategic Km 4 Area where AU peacekeepers keep a unit from Uganda.
Malaysia deploys navy to Somalia (05.09.2008)
(Quelle: BBC) Malaysia is sending three navy ships to the coast of Somalia to protect merchant vessels from piracy. The ships, carrying troops and helicopters, are expected to begin patrolling in the Gulf of Aden in the next few days.
UN ready to send troops to Somalia at 'appropriate time' (05.09.2008)
(Quelle: The Daily Star (Lebanon)) The Security Council on Thursday hailed a recent UN-brokered intra-Somali peace deal and restated its readiness to consider deploying UN peacekeepers in the lawless Horn of African country. The council unanimously adopted a nonbinding statement that reaffirmed its willingness to deploy 'at an appropriate time' a peacekeeping operation to take over from the African Union mission to Somalia, AMISOM, 'subject to progress in the political process and improvement in the security situation on the ground.'
The prospect of a UN Peace Support Mission in Somalia (03.09.2008)
(Quelle: Reliefweb) Finally some good news about the conflict in Somalia. At a UN-brokered meeting held in Djibouti on 18 August 2008, the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) of Somalia and an opposition alliance called the Re-Liberation of Somalia (ARS) signed a peace agreement, following negotiations that started in June of this year. This latest deal addresses different aspects of the peace process. Among others, it calls upon the United Nations (UN) 'to authorize and deploy an international stabilization force from countries that are friends of Somalia, excluding neighboring countries.'
Southern town tense after clashes (02.09.2008)
(Quelle: Irinnews) Tension is high in the strategic town of Jowhar, 90km north of Mogadishu, two days after factions of opposition militia clashed in the area, locals told IRIN. The weekend clashes pitted militias of the Union of Islamic Courts (UIC), which support the Djibouti agreement with the Transitional Federal Government, against a faction of the opposition Alliance for the Reliberation of Somalia. In June the TFG and a faction of the Eritrea-based alliance signed an agreement in Djibouti on the cessation of hostilities.
Somali Prime Minister survives no-confidence vote (01.09.2008)
(Quelle: Mail & Guardian) Somalia's Prime Minister, Nur Hassan Hussein, survived a no-confidence vote on Monday after he received a majority backing from lawmakers. Only seven of the 200 MPs present in Parliament voted to oust Hussein, who had been accused by some lawmakers of embezzling state funds, Parliament speaker Aden Mohamed Nur announced.
Somalia fighters 'making comeback' (01.09.2008)
(Quelle: Al Jazeera) Opposition fighters in Somalia appear to have made a major comeback after being ousted by Somali government troops backed up by Ethiopian forces last year. The fighters and remnants of the Islamic Courts Union first took the key port city of Kismayo and now they say they are making headway across southern Somalia, slowly wresting back from the government control of towns such as Dhoble, near the Kenyan border. But a Somali government adviser says the opposition is exaggerating the extent of its alleged comeback.
Ethiopia hints at leaving Somalia (29.08.2008)
(Quelle: BBC) Ethiopia is prepared to withdraw troops from Somalia even if the interim government is not stable, Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi has said. Ethiopia invaded its neighbour in 2006 to oust an Islamist militia and re-install the transitional government. He told the UK's Financial Times paper that financial pressures had to be taken into account and said the commitment was not open ended. The withdrawal of Ethiopians is a key demand of the Islamist insurgents.