Somalia
Aktuelle Einsätze
EUTM
EU Military Mission to Contribute to the Training of Somali Security Forces (EU)
Beginn: 05/10
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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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Humanitarian situation "worst in 18 years" (25.08.2009)
(Quelle:Irinnews / International)
Somalia is facing the worst humanitarian crisis of the past 18 years, with an estimated 3.76 million people - half the population - needing aid as security deteriorates, officials say.
Somalia's Government to soon sign state of emergency law (21.08.2009)
(Quelle:Reliefweb / International)
Somali President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed is expected to soon sign into law a state of emergency approved by parliament. … The state of emergency, approved Wednesday, gives President Ahmed special powers to make decisions without consulting the legislature. It will last for the next three months as the government struggles to wrestle control from the Islamic hard liners, including al-Shabab.
Pro-government militia seizes second Somali town (19.08.2009)
(Quelle:Reuters Alertnet / International)
Pro-government militiamen in southern Somalia have seized a second town from rebels as President Sheikh Sharif Ahmed's fragile administration seeks to crush the insurgents. … Residents in Gedo region, which borders Kenya and Ethiopia, said heavily armed militiamen including the Ahlu Sunna Waljamaca group swept into Luuq town after seizing Bulahawa on Monday.
UN guards repel Somalia attack (17.08.2009)
(Quelle:BBC / UK)
Militants have attacked a UN base in Somalia, but were repelled by security guards who fought back and killed three of the gunmen, the UN says. … The Wajid compound is used for storing humanitarian supplies, and UN officials said they were not sure what the purpose of the attack was.
Djibouti to deploy troops in Somalia (14.08.2009)
(Quelle:allAfrica / International)
Djibouti soldiers will soon join their Ugandan and Burundian counterparts on the African Union peacekeeping mission in Somalia. Djibouti's foreign affairs minister Mahomoud Ali Youssouf was in Kampala this week to discuss the arrangements with his Ugandan counterpart, Sam Kutesa.
AMISOM gets new commander (14.08.2009)
(Quelle:allAfrica / International)
A new Force Commander for the African Union peacekeeping mission in Somalia has assumed office. Maj. Gen. Nathan Mugisha took over from Maj. Gen. Francis Okello. Mugisha takes over command at a time when the troops are facing increasing attacks from Islamic insurgents.
Islamist hardliners' approach to social order stuns Somalis (10.08.2009)
(Quelle:allAfrica / International)
Al Shabaab, an Islamist guerrilla group which the West accuses of having links to Al Qaeda, controls many regions and districts in south-central Somalia and is a dangerous presence on Mogadishu's streets. In the coastal town of Marka, Al Shabaab members reportedly removed the golden tooth of a local resident, according to a Reuters report. Al Shabaab commanders have issued strict orders affecting the social life for the first time in Mogadishu, where the TFG and a 5,000-strong African Union peacekeeping force are facing off a relentless insurgency that has raged nonstop since early 2007.
Eritrea rebuffs 'smear campaign' (10.08.2009)
(Quelle:BBC / UK)
Eritrea has strongly denied allegations that it supports Islamist insurgents in neighbouring Somalia. Salih Omar Abdu, its ambassador to Kenya, says the accusations, repeatedly made by the US and the African Union, are a "smear campaign". He says Eritrea is in favour of a united Somalia whose government represents all of its people.
AMISOM, insurgents trade accusations over Bakara shelling (09.08.2009)
(Quelle:allAfrica / International)
At least 10 people were killed Saturday after shells hit businesses inside Bakara, witnesses said, while 22 others were wounded. Somali insurgents accused AMISOM peacekeepers of shelling the market, but AMISOM spokesman Maj. Bahoku Barigye said the insurgents launched mortars at the international airport, where AMISOM troops stand guard.
New regime still under siege (07.08.2009)
(Quelle:allAfrica / International)
Eighteen years since the collapse of the last semblance of a serious administration in Somalia, not much has been achieved in trying to wrest the country from the grip of gunmen who control its capital Mogadishu. Although Somalia's President Sheikh Sharif Ahmed has been received well by the international community since he took over in February, he has little to show in terms of restoring order to the troubled country.
President hails meeting with US secretary of state (07.08.2009)
(Quelle:allAfrica / International)
President Sheikh Sharif Ahmed said the meeting with Secretary Clinton was "successful" while underscoring that the U.S. government made commitments to assist in funding and training TFG security forces. Secretary Clinton told a Thursday press conference in Nairobi that U.S. President Barack Obama wants to "expand and extend support" for the TFG. Further, she warned Eritrea to stop interfering in Somali affairs or face consequences.
Clinton to hold key Somalia talks (06.08.2009)
(Quelle:BBC / UK)
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is due to hold talks with Somali President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed in Kenya's capital, Nairobi. She is expected to endorse Somalia's beleaguered transitional government amid fears the country is becoming a haven for Islamist militants.
Somalia: Ein fataler Zufluchtsort (Somalia - Al-Qaeda's new safe haven?) (05.08.2009)
(Quelle:FAZ / Germany)
Islamisten mit Verbindungen zu Al Qaida kontrollieren weite Teile Somalias. Dort besteht ein idealer Rückzugsraum für Terroristen. Es ist an der Zeit, dem Land mehr Aufmerksamkeit zu schenken.
Al Shabaab re-open key airport in Kismayo (04.08.2009)
(Quelle:allAfrica / International)
Sheikh Ahmed Hassan Tartib, the Al Shabaab head at Kismayo airport, announced to reporters and the public that the "airport is now open and can be used by commercial and aid planes." ... Kismayo's international airport has been shut down since mid-2008, when Al Shabaab gunmen fired bullets at a small plane carrying khat, a leafy narcotic drug popular in Somalia.
Eritrea: country to face US wrath if it continues arming Somali terrorists (03.08.2009)
(Quelle:allAfrica / International)
Two senior Obama administration officials have warned that Eritrea could face severe punishment if it does not halt its alleged arms shipments to an Islamist terrorist group in Somalia. Susan Rice, the US ambassador to the United Nations, said last week that the Obama team is “deeply concerned and very frustrated” with Eritrea’s support for Al Shabaab fighters who are trying to overthrow the Somali government. … Her comments were echoed a day later by Johnnie Carson, the State Department’s top Africa official.
Al-Qaeda and Mujahidin youth movement collaborating (02.08.2009)
(Quelle:Asharq Al-Awsat / UK)
A security official in the Transitional Government of Somalia has reported that prominent Al-Qaeda organization leaders are in direct contact with the hard-line Mujahidin Youth movement which is opposed to President Sheikh Sharif and the presence of foreign forces in the country.
Former Somali officers attend UN-backed meeting to help beef up security (01.08.2009)
(Quelle:UN News / International)
A United Nations-backed meeting of former high-ranking officials from Somalia's military, police, prison system and intelligence services kicked off today in the latest bid at bolstering the war-wracked country's security institutions.
Burundi sends troop reinforcements to Somalia (01.08.2009)
(Quelle:Yahoo News / International)
Burundi has deployed a third battalion of 850 soldiers to Mogadishu to reinforce the African Union peacekeeping mission in the Somali capital, Burundi's army said Saturday. With the new troops, more than 5,000 soldiers from Burundi and Uganda are now taking part in the AU Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), which began in March 2007 and has cost the lives of 17 Burundian soldiers.
Somalia’s new religious war (31.07.2009)
(Quelle:ISN Security Watch / Switzerland)
For the first time ever, Sufi groups under attack are taking up arms and are effectively fighting Al-Shabaab with popular support on the rural plains of central Somalia. This new axis of conflict, where Islamist fighters are battling one another along religious lines, has the potential of changing the conflict dynamics in the long run.
UN calls for ‘green zone’ in strife-torn country (30.07.2009)
(Quelle:allAfrica / International)
Somalia, a perpetually violence-prone country described as one of the world’s failed states, may go the way of Iraq. Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah, the U.N. special representative for Somalia, has proposed the creation of a “green zone” in the capital of Mogadishu, modeled on the lines of the highly protected U.S. safety cocoon in Baghdad. “It is time for the United Nations to return to Mogadishu,” he told reporters Wednesday.
International support for Somalia more crucial than ever before – UN envoy (29.07.2009)
(Quelle:UN News / International)
The top United Nations envoy for Somalia today called on the Security Council to take “concrete” steps to help bring stability to the strife-torn nation, stressing that the support of the international community is more important now than ever. “I believe that today we are at a turning point,” Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah, the Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Somalia, said as he briefed the Security Council.
Somali refugees flee to Yemen (29.07.2009)
(Quelle:Al Jazeera / Qatar)
Thousands of Somalis are preparing to cross the perilous waters of the Gulf of Aden to Yemen to escape the heavy fighting in Mogadishu, the Somali capital, the UN refugee agency has said. About 12,000 civilians have taken shelter in the northern Somali town of Bossasso since early May as they prepare to make the crossing, Ron Redmond, a UNHCR spokesman, said on Tuesday.
UN envoy welcomes latest meeting of initiative to bolster security (27.07.2009)
(Quelle:UN News / International)
The senior United Nations envoy to Somalia today welcomed the first meeting in Mogadishu of a joint committee set up to boost safety and security across the war-wracked country. Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah, the Secretary-General’s Special Representative, said the meeting of the Joint Security Committee in the Somali capital was “an important step towards reforming and improving security.” The committee, which comprises representatives of the UN Political Office for Somalia (UNPOS), the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) and the international community, met on Saturday to discuss the latest developments in the Horn of Africa nation.
Somali government forces take over key town (26.07.2009)
(Quelle:Reliefweb / International)
Somali government forces have taken full control of a strategic town where a Cabinet minister was killed by rebels last month. Government officials and residents say hundreds of soldiers entered western parts of Beledwenye early Sunday after exchanging gunfire with militants who withdrew. … Beledweyne, the capital of Hiran province, lies near Somalia's border with Ethiopia, about 300 kilometers north of Mogadishu.
'Ethiopian troops return' to key road in central Somalia (25.07.2009)
(Quelle:allAfrica / International)
Witnesses and local sources reported that the Ethiopian army convoy crossed the common border and arrived at Kala-Beyr junction in the central Hiran region on Saturday morning. Kala-Beyr is a strategic crossroads that connects the central regions and the northern of Somalia and provides access to the Somali-inhabited region of eastern Ethiopia.
Somali Islamists ban UN agencies (21.07.2009)
(Quelle:BBC / UK)
Somali militants accused of links to al-Qaeda have banned three United Nations agencies from operating in two southern towns they control. Members of al-Shabab also raided the offices of the UN Political Office for Somalia, the Development Programme and the Department of Safety and Security. Al-Shabab, who are fighting the UN-backed interim government, accused the agencies of being enemies of Islam. A UN official said the raids had halted vital humanitarian work in the country.
Kenya boosts Somali border force (21.07.2009)
(Quelle:BBC / UK)
Kenya has promised to reinforce its border with Somalia after several abductions near the frontier. Officials have been discussing how to stop incursions since the weekend, when militants snatched three foreign aid workers from the town of Mandera.
Heavy fighting and shelling wounds 13 people in Mogadishu (20.07.2009)
(Quelle:allAfrica / International)
At least 13 have been injured after heavy fighting and shelling between the transitional government soldiers and Islamist forces started in parts Hodan district in the Somali capital Mogadishu, witnesses and officials told Shabelle radio on Sunday.
Traditional elders say they sent mediating committee to the warring sides in Beledweyn town (19.07.2009)
(Quelle:allAfrica / International)
The traditional elders in Hiran region have said they had sent mediating committees to the warring sides in Beldweyn town in central Somalia, officials told Shabelle radio on Sunday.
Seizures show Somalia rebels need money (18.07.2009)
(Quelle:New York Times / USA)
The Shabab, Somalia’s most fearsome Islamist group, the one leading a guerrilla war against the weak transitional government, may be running into a problem with its cash flow. In the past week, Shabab rebels have seized two French security advisers originally captured by a different band of Somalian gunmen, and now they are widely suspected of another kidnapping on Saturday morning along the Kenya-Somalia border.