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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Somali premier calls for U.N. troops without delay (07.07.2008)
(Quelle: Reliefweb) The international community must deploy U.N. peacekeepers in Somalia without delay or risk worsening insecurity in the Horn of Africa, the country's prime minister warned on Monday during a visit to Ethiopia. Prime Minister Nur Hassan Hussein said the U.N. troops were needed to replace Ethiopian forces under the terms of a peace deal reached last month at U.N.-led talks in Djibouti.
Ethiopia, Somali forces kill 71 militants (05.07.2008)
(Quelle: Sudan Tribune) Joint forces of Ethiopia and the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia(TFG) in a military raid in Meteban and Gura’el areas over the past few days killed 71 militants that belong to Al-Shebab and Islamic courts Union, spokesperson for state Ministry of defense said. … According to the spokesperson, the 'terrorist' operatives were destroyed after they attempt to launch a large-scale offensives against joint forces.
Clashes in Somalia kill 47, dozens wounded (02.07.2008)
(Quelle: Reliefweb) At least 47 people were killed in Somalia when Islamist insurgents clashed with Ethiopian troops and Ugandan peacekeepers in separate battles, a human rights group said on Wednesday. The latest flare-up in the 18-month-old insurgency came a week before a U.N.-mediated ceasefire between an Islamist faction and the interim Somali government is to take effect. The interim government and Ethiopia both declined comment on the clashes or any casualties.
AU extends Somalia mission but asks UN to take over (02.07.2008)
(Quelle: The Daily Star (Lebanon)) The African Union announced on Tuesday that it was extending the mandate of its force in Somalia for another six months but urged the United Nations to take over the peacekeeping mission. The bloc's 15-member Peace and Security Council underlined the new opportunities for peace in the Horn of Africa country created by a June 9 agreement signed in Djibouti by the transitional government and the main opposition coalition.
Somali activist assassinated, U.N. boss kidnapped (22.06.2008)
(Quelle: Reliefweb) Somali gunmen shot dead a peace activist and kidnapped a senior United Nations official, while a roadside bomb killed three policemen in the anarchic Horn of Africa country, witnesses said on Sunday.
Somalia: business as usual (19.06.2008)
(Quelle: ISN Security Watch) After 10 days of UN-sponsored talks in Djibouti, the Somali government and a faction from the opposition last week signed an 11-point peace deal intended to end the armed conflict within 30 days. The Somali government and the opposition faction agreed to 'the termination of all acts of armed confrontation,' which 'shall come into force thirty (30) days from the signing of this agreement throughout the national territory' and 'is approved for an initial period of ninety (90) days, renewable.'
Support for Somali peace accord focus of meeting hosted by UN envoy (17.06.2008)
(Quelle: UN News) The top United Nations envoy for Somalia met today with the country’s international partners to discuss how best to support the war-torn nation in carrying out the peace deal reached last week in neighbouring Djibouti. Under the Djibouti Agreement, the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) and the opposition Alliance for the Re-Liberation of Somalia agreed to end their conflict and called on the UN to deploy an international stabilization force to the troubled Horn of Africa country.
Somali crisis 'worse than Darfur' (16.06.2008)
(Quelle: BBC) The number of people in Somalia in need of emergency food aid is likely to rise to about 3.5m in the coming months, the United Nations has warned. Mark Bowden, the UN's humanitarian co-ordinator for the region, says the food crisis is dramatically worsening. Somalia faces a worse situation than Darfur, Mr Bowden says.
Comprehensive elections agreement signed in Somaliland (11.06.2008)
(Quelle: allAfrica) The ruling political party and two opposition parties in Somalia's breakaway republic of Somaliland have signed a comprehensive agreement on the elections timetable, ending a months-long feud among party chiefs.
Somali Islamist head rejects U.N.-sponsored pact (10.06.2008)
(Quelle: Washington Post) Hardline Islamist leaders rejected a U.N.-brokered peace pact signed by the Somali government and some opposition figures, and vowed on Tuesday that war would continue. 'We don't see that as a peace deal, we see it as a trap,' Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys told Reuters by phone from Eritrea. 'We encourage the insurgents and the Somali people not to be tired of combating the enemy.'
Somali factions sign deal in Djibouti (10.06.2008)
(Quelle: Reliefweb) Somalia's interim government and some opposition figures signed a peace deal on Monday that called for the rapid deployment of a robust U.N. stabilization force in the Horn of Africa nation. It was the latest in a string of such agreements. Opposition hardliners in exile and insurgents inside Somalia had dismissed the U.N.-led talks in Djibouti so it was unclear what effect it might have on the ground.
20 dead as heavy fighting unsettles Somalia’s capital (09.06.2008)
(Quelle: New York Times) More than 20 people were killed and 80 wounded Sunday in especially heavy fighting in Mogadishu, Somalia’s war-ravaged capital, where government troops face a deepening insurgency.
Somali side wants Ethiopian pullout (03.06.2008)
(Quelle: Al Jazeera) Somalia's Muslim opposition representatives taking part in peace talks in Djibouti have said that a timetable for Ethiopian troop withdrawal is a condition for direct government talks. However, Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed, the president of the transitional Somali government, says such a pullout requires a UN deployment.
Visiting Security Council team meets Somali leaders during stop in Djibouti (02.06.2008)
(Quelle: UN News) Members of a Security Council delegation currently touring Africa met today with Somali leaders in Djibouti, where talks are being held between representatives of the Government and the opposition in the neighbouring strife-torn nation under the auspices of the United Nations. Djibouti is the first stop for the delegation which is on a 10-day mission that will also take Council members to Sudan, Chad, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Côte d'Ivoire.
President escapes unharmed in Mogadishu attack as he flies to Djibouti (02.06.2008)
(Quelle: allAfrica) Armed islamist groups have attacked a convoy vehicles escorted by the president of the transitional government Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed at Maka Almukarramah road as he wanted to take to the air to Djibouti to participate the peace talks between the TFG and the opposition groups spokesman said.
Somalia talks resume in Djibouti (31.05.2008)
(Quelle: Mail and Guardian) Negotiations sponsored by the United Nations and aimed at bringing the Somali government and its main political foes into direct dialogue were due to resume on Saturday in Djibouti. The first round of discussions ended on May 16 and although the rivals did not engage in direct talks, the move was seen as a breakthrough in efforts to end a conflict which, according to international rights groups and aid agencies, has seen at least 6 000 civilians die in fighting over the past year.
Ethiopia's Ambassador signals policy change (30.05.2008)
(Quelle: allAfrica) The Ethiopian ambassador in Mogadishu, Somalia's capital, has indicated that the government of Ethiopia is initiating policy changes to help improve security. Ambassador Fisaha Shawel told journalists Thursday that the Ethiopian army will stop search operations across Somalia.
At least 13 dead as violence flares in Mogadishu (27.05.2008)
(Quelle: The Daily Star (Lebanon)) Islamist insurgents attacked African Union peacekeepers in Mogadishu on Monday, sparking fierce clashes that killed at least 13 Somalis, most of them civilians, officials and witnesses said. Insurgents attacked a base housing a Ugandan troop contingent from the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), a spokesman said.
No solution but war, says Somali Islamist leader (26.05.2008)
(Quelle: Mail and Guardian) There is 'no solution but war' to solve Somalia's problems, and Somali Islamists must re-arm and fight, a long-time hard-line Islamist leader linked to al-Qaeda said on Monday. In a rare interview, Sheikh Hassan Abdullah Hersi al-Turki urged the United Nations not to send soldiers to shore up an African Union peacekeeping force and Ethiopian soldiers who are backing the interim government's fight against a 17-month-old insurgency.
Somalia reconciliation talks break down (23.05.2008)
(Quelle: Reliefweb) U.N.-sponsored talks in Djibouti aimed at starting a reconciliation process between Somalia's secular government and Islamist-led rivals ended last week without a breakthrough.
Peacekeepers sell arms to Somalis (23.05.2008)
(Quelle: BBC) Ugandan peacekeepers in Somalia have been selling arms to insurgents, a United Nations report says. The report, by the UN monitoring group on the Somali arms embargo, says Ethiopia, Eritrea and Yemen are also breaking the embargo. It cites one incident in which a group of Ugandan soldiers allegedly received $80,000 for a transaction.
UN committed to helping Somalia draw up new constitution (23.05.2008)
(Quelle: UN News) After a call from the Somali Prime Minister for help in drawing up a new constitution, a United Nations official today said the world body is committed to providing assistance for the process. At the start of talks on constitution-making yesterday in Baidoa, in southern Somalia, Prime Minister Nur Hassan Hussein urged the Horn of Africa nation’s politicians to “do their utmost” with the support of the UN.
Resolution urges UN Somalia force (16.05.2008)
(Quelle: Al Jazeera) The UN Security Council has unanimously approved a resolution calling for a UN political presence in Somalia for the first time in years. The resolution, passed on Thursday, urged the UN to move its Somalia political office from Kenya to the Horn of Africa nation and set conditions for the deployment of UN peacekeepers.
Somali talks end with no meeting (16.05.2008)
(Quelle: BBC) Peace talks on Somalia have broken up without any face-to-face discussions between the government and the main opposition alliance. After four days meeting UN diplomats in Djibouti, the two sides agreed to attend further talks in two weeks time.
Somaliland's election commission to mediate among party leaders (14.05.2008)
(Quelle: allAfrica) After weeks of political wrangling, a key decision has been reached among major political parties in negotiations organized by the election commission in Somaliland, a separatist region in northern Somalia, an elections official said. … According to the elections official, all three Somaliland political parities - UDUB, UCID and Kulmiye - have agreed to hold a second meeting; to immediately stop the exchange of inflammatory language through the local media; and for the media to uphold the tri-partite decision, which the election commission will monitor.
Somali sides urged to find peace (13.05.2008)
(Quelle: BBC) A UN-backed peace conference on resolving Somalia's crisis has opened in neighbouring Djibouti. Representatives from the government and Islamist opposition are attending but are refusing to talk directly. 'I call on them to think of the terrible political, security and humanitarian crisis in their country,' UN envoy Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah urged.
Ethiopia, Somali Puntland seal "secret" deal to deliver rebels - ONLF (06.05.2008)
(Quelle: Sudan Tribune) Ogaden rebels accused the Somali Puntland regional administration of sealing a secret deal with the Ethiopian government to handover Oganden people and rebels to Addis Ababa.
Somali President asks French for troops, naval help (06.05.2008)
(Quelle: Reliefweb) Somali President Abdullahi Yusuf asked France on Monday for military help to calm the chaos that has reigned in his country for almost two decades. French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said Paris would offer logistical and maritime support as part of international efforts to combat piracy along the Horn of Africa, but ruled out sending any ground troops.
Somalia forces 'out of control' (06.05.2008)
(Quelle: BBC) Civilians are completely at the mercy of armed groups in Somalia, says human rights group Amnesty International. It says the situation is 'dire' in the centre and the south with government troops, their Ethiopian allies and Islamist insurgents 'out of control'. They carry out killings, torture, rape, beatings, arbitrary detention and forced disappearances, a report says.
Opposition group to pursue peace talks despite U.S. air strike (05.05.2008)
(Quelle: allAfrica) A key opposition leader in Somalia has said the opposition will continue to pursue peace talks with the country's Ethiopian-backed transitional government despite a deadly U.S. air strike last week. Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, chairman of the Eritrea-based Alliance for the Re-liberation of Somalia (ARS), told Al-Jazeera TV that the opposition will participate at UN-sponsored peace talks with the Somali government that are scheduled to begin in Djibouti later this month.