The United Nations is expected to announced Monday that the famine in Somalia has spread to a sixth region in the drought-stricken country. A U.N. official has told VOA the famine now includes the Bay region in south Somalia. Bay is a major food-producing region of Somalia and the official said food production there has […]
UN to Announce Somalia Famine Has Spread
Posted September 2nd, 2011 at 11:45 am (UTC-5)
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2 Somalis Get Life in Prison for US Yacht Hijacking
Posted August 22nd, 2011 at 5:25 pm (UTC-5)
A U.S. court has sentenced two Somali pirates to life in prison for killing four American hostages after hijacking their yacht off the coast of Oman earlier this year. Officials in Norfolk, Virginia announced the sentences Monday in the case of 30-year-old Ali Abdi Mohamed and 31-year-old Burhan Abdirahman Yusuf. The two Somalis had pled […]
Somalia Executes Soldier, Defense Worker
Posted August 22nd, 2011 at 1:45 pm (UTC-5)
Somalia’s government has executed a soldier and a defense ministry worker who were sentenced to death by a military tribunal in separate murder cases. A firing squad shot the men on Monday behind police headquarters in Mogadishu, where the duo had been blindfolded and tied to a post. A government official tells VOA the soldier […]
Suspected Drone Crashes in Somali Capital
Posted August 19th, 2011 at 3:00 pm (UTC-5)
Security officials in Somalia say a drone crashed in the capital, Mogadishu, on Friday, but they did not provide details about who was operating the unmanned aircraft. Officials told VOA (Somali Service) the drone crashed into a house near the Libyan Embassy on Friday. The site is located in the city’s southwestern Hodan district. Authorities, […]
Turkey to Reopen Embassy in Famine-Hit Somalia
Posted August 19th, 2011 at 11:55 am (UTC-5)
Turkey’s prime minister says his country will reopen its embassy in Somalia and provide critical help to the famine-hit country. Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan visited refugee camps and a hospital in the capital, Mogadishu, during a one-day trip on Friday. During a news conference, Mr. Erdogan also promised Turkey would construct a road from […]
Turkish Prime Minister Visits Refugees in Famine-Hit Somalia
Posted August 19th, 2011 at 9:10 am (UTC-5)
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan visited refugees in the Somali capital of Mogadishu on Friday, bringing aid and international attention to the famine-stricken country. Mr. Erdogan arrived Friday with family members and Cabinet ministers for the one-day trip to witness the devastation caused by the Horn of Africa’s worst drought in six decades. The […]
Turkish Prime Minister Arrives in Somalia With Aid
Posted August 19th, 2011 at 3:25 am (UTC-5)
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrived in Somalia Friday, bringing more aid and drawing international attention to the famine gripping the Horn of Africa country. Mr.Erdogan’s wife and a host of government officials also made the one day trip to Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu. They plan to visit refugee camps and hospitals and deliver aid […]
Muslim Nations Meeting on Somalia Famine
Posted August 17th, 2011 at 4:45 am (UTC-5)
Foreign ministers of the 57-member Organization of Islamic Cooperation are meeting in Turkey Wednesday to discuss how to combat the famine in Somalia. The representatives will talk about boosting assistance to drought-stricken Somalia and the wider Horn of Africa region. Turkey’s prime minister and foreign minister are set to travel to Somalia on Thursday. The […]
Somali Terror Suspect Appears in US Court
Posted August 15th, 2011 at 5:45 pm (UTC-5)
A Somali man extradited from the Netherlands this week appeared in U.S. federal court Monday on charges of supporting al-Shabab terrorists. The court in Minneapolis, Minnesota indicted Mahamud Said Omar in 2009 for allegedly backing a foreign terrorist group and conspiring to kill, kidnap and injure people overseas. The indictment alleges that Omar gave money […]
Somali Gov’t Declares State of Emergency in Former al-Shabab Areas
Posted August 14th, 2011 at 8:00 am (UTC-5)
Somalia’s government has declared a state of emergency in parts of the capital formerly controlled by the Islamist insurgent group, al-Shabab. A decree from Somali President Sheik Sharif Sheikh Ahmed says clan militias are banned from what he called the “liberated” areas of Mogadishu. The government is trying to exert authority in the former al-Shabab […]
