Insurgents 'take key port' in Somalia

by World_Groove | August 23, 2008 at 04:25 am
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Without a functioning government since 1991, Somalia slides further into a Humanitarian crisis.


Islamist insurgents in Somalia say they have taken control of the southern port of Kismayo amid fighting that has left dozens of people dead.

A spokesman for al-Shabab, Mukhtar Robow, told the BBC his militia had wrested the city from a local clan militia during a third day of clashes.

A UN official said about 100 people had been killed and up to 25,000 displaced.

Pirates are pillaging ships off the coast of Somalia, gangs of thugs roam the streets.

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Rhonda J Mangus
Rhonda J Mangus
flagged this story as Good Stuff

at 04:40 on August 23rd, 2008

World_Groove, I like this story. It's good stuff.

Barry ORegan
Barry ORegan
flagged this story as Good Stuff

at 10:58 on August 23rd, 2008

World_Groove, I like this story. It's good stuff. Time to show em, how to make their sandy deserts into glass.

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