BAIDOA, Somalia (AFP) — Somalia’s President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed resigned Monday after a bitter power struggle in the country’s embattled transitional government.
"I had promised to return the power if I could not bring peace, stability and democracy where people can elect their leader," Yusuf (...) >continue
Forty others lost their lives in different districts of north and south Mogadishu. The fighting started when the presidential palace and Somali government bases were attacked. Hundreds of people were injured in the clashes. >continue
Islamist insurgents launched an attack on the Ugandan contingent of the African Union peacekeepers in K4 area in the south of Mogadishu, the capital. An exchange of heavy artillery fire between the two sides continued for nearly an hour. >continue
An Ethiopian commander has committed suicide in Somalia after finding out about the UIC fighters’ destroying a long-awaited food convoy.
The commander, who used to serve in the Somali military in the central region of Hiiran, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound after he learned that the (...) >continue
Dr. Muhammad Shamsaddin Megalommatis
At a press conference in Djibouti, Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, Chairman of the Alliance for the Re-liberation of Somalia (ARS), hinted at problems originating from Eritrea´s involvement in the ARS; the foreign involvement is said to have turned some of the (...) >continue
“Meles’ latest statement poses a threat to the talks. It will harden positions,” said one analyst, who asked not to be named. “One of the main contentious issues at the talks was the withdrawal of the Ethiopians ... This is not good.” >continue