Somalis held in Rotterdam on suspicion of terror links

"Twelve Somalis have been arrested in the Netherlands on suspicion of involvement in terrorism. The men were arrested in the port city of Rotterdam, and were thought to be planning an attack within the Netherlands, Dutch prosecutors said. In a statement,...

UN: Somalis agree Ethiopian deadline

UN claims the resurrection of a peace deal agreed in July between Somalia and Ethiopia. However, not all conflicting forces were represented in the negotiations. "Other groups - including Islamist militias -...

Somali tourists demand refugee status in Nepal

About 35 Somalis, including children and women, on Wednesday afternoon demanded the refugee status from the Nepal government. They sat-in nearby the Kathmandu District Administration with some placards on which they wrote their demand for refugee status as well as waive-off...

Mogadishu Turns Toward Chaos

Ethiopia invaded Somalia last December  to rid the land of the Islamic Courts Union, a group accused of harboring al-Qaeda  The Ethiopians thought they would be out in two weeks, replaced by an African...

Airstrike Rekindles Somalis’ Anger at the U.S.

"MOGADISHU, Somalia, Jan. 9 — Somali officials said Tuesday that dozens of people were killed in an American airstrike on Sunday, most of them Islamist fighters fleeing in armed pickup trucks across a remote, muddy stretch of the KenyaSomalia border."

Somalis vow holy war on Ethiopia

"Somalia's Islamists have accused Ethiopian troops of attacking a town and have vowed a "holy war" in revenge."

2 Somalis Killed for Watching World Cup

"MOGADISHU, Somalia - Radical Islamic militia fighters in Somalia shot and killed two people who were watching a banned World Cup soccer broadcast, a radio station reported Wednesday."

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