President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed

Pirates today fired rocket-propelled grenades and automatic weapons at a 330-metre long oil tanker sailing 1,000 miles from the Somali coast. The European Union's naval force patrolling shipping lanes around Somalia said it was the longest-range ...  

They were seized by a group of 10 masked men from a shop in Mogadishu's main Bakara market, controlled by the Islamist al-Shabab militia. Two Somalis seized at the same time late on Sunday have since been freed. Aid workers and foreigners are ...  

At least 8 people were killed and more than 17 others injured in Heavy fighting between Somali government forces and insurgents in south and northern Somali capital Mogadishu, witnesses said. The clashes broke out late on Saturday, when the two sides ...  

Undisclosed reliable report confirm that there is an agreement signed between Somali legislator Barre Hirale and Sheikh Ahmed Madobe, which the government of Addis Ababa has played a crucial role in bringing together the two Somali officials who were ...  

Somalia Al-Shabaab group has accused Kenyan lawmakers particularly those from Somali-inhabited region for backing the secret recruiting of fighters from among young Kenyan Somalis to help the Somalia’s weak government fight the Islamist threat ...  

Militias and Insurgency in SomaliaCounterterrorism Blog (blog)In January 2009, the first TFG president, Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed, was replaced by Sheikh Sharif -- a more moderate Islamist leader of the ICU -- in a move to ...and more »  

Somalia’s livestock-based economy has received a major boost as its major market, Saudi Arabia lifts its 11 year ban on imported livestock from Somalia. The lift comes after many Somali farmers suffered from the severe east African droughts that ...  

Mogadishu — The transitional government officials have held ceremony for appointing new administration for Banadir region in Mogadishu on Friday and appointed new governor for the region replacing the former mayor of the Somali capital Mr.Mohamed ...  

Addis Ababa , November 6 (WIC) - China on Friday opened a two-day international conference on efforts to protect shipping in the Gulf of Aden from Somali pirates, the defence ministry said. The meeting would be attended by representatives from ...  

BOSASSO, Somalia – Gunmen snuck on to a commercial flight between Somalia and Djibouti and briefly hijacked the plane in a bid to kidnap two German journalists among the passengers, officials said Tuesday. The plane’s pilot outwitted the ...  

Residents of central Somali village of Bahdo in Galgudud, some 125-miles northeast of the notorious pirate haven of Haradheere, have reportedly clashed with Somali pirates holding a UK couple. The residents were angered by the pirates’ decision to ...  

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — A Somali airline official says two men have failed in an attempt to hijack an airplane. Diallo Airlines marketing manager Ahmed Yare says the men drew guns on Monday's flight. He says some of the 30 passengers thwarted the ...  

October 29, 2009: The Transitional Government admitted that it had recruited 1,500 ethnic Somalis in northeastern Kenya (where there are several hundred thousand Kenyans who are ethnic Somalis and 300,000 Somali refugees) and training them to be ...  

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) â Somali pirates who are demanding $7 million in ransom for a British sailing couple say boats from other countries are "looting" Somalia's fish-rich waters. Ahmed Gadaf, who says he's a spokesman for the pirates, says ...  

Somalia: Puntland reconciles Rival Clans in Bosasso (RBC NEWS)Raxanreeb OnlineClan leaders Ali Farah and Sultan Abdullahi Farah Jeni'ad of the two clans who signed the draft treaty have welcomed the efforts made to end the war. ...and more »