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FIGHTING IN CENTRAL SOMALIA KILLS 68 SINCE FRIDAY

FIGHTING IN CENTRAL SOMALIA KILLS 68 SINCE FRIDAY

MOGADISHU, May 17 (Reuters)

Clashes between moderate Islamists and the hardliner al Shabaab have killed 68 people in central Somalia and sent 3,300 others fleeing, pro-government forces and a rights group said on Sunday.

MILITANTS TAKE KEY SOMALI TOWN, WARLORD DEFECTS

MILITANTS TAKE KEY SOMALI TOWN, WARLORD DEFECTS

By Abdi Sheikh and Ibrahim Mohamed
MOGADISHU, May 17 (Reuters) - Militant Islamist fighters captured a strategic town north of Mogadishu on Sunday, leaving government forces isolated in pockets of the anarchic country's capital and central region after two weeks of heavy clashes.

UN SEES NOT YET TIME FOR SOMALIA BLUE-HELMET FORCE

UN SEES NOT YET TIME FOR SOMALIA BLUE-HELMET FORCE

By Patrick Worsnip
ADDIS ABABA, May 16 (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council does not think conditions are yet right to send a peacekeeping force to Somalia but will step up support for African Union (AU) troops there, a senior Western envoy said on Saturday.

MORE THAN 100 DIE IN SOMALIA CLASHES

MORE THAN 100 DIE IN SOMALIA CLASHES

Mogadishu May 16, 2009 (CNN) -- Clashes between Somalia's transitional government and the Al-Shabab militia left 103 people dead and 420 others wounded, Somali officials said Friday. The fighting in Mogadishu between the rebel group and the government has raged for nine days, said Farhan Ali Mohamud, information minister of the Somali government.

Boat capsizes off som

BOAT CAPSIZES OFF SOMALIA, 15 DEAD

Fri May 15, 2009

KISMAYU, Somalia, May 15 (Reuters) - At least 15 people drowned and ten were missing after a boat capsized off Somalia's southern coast in bad weather, witnesses said on Friday.

300 forigners fighting in som

ABOUT 300 FOREIGNERS FIGHTING SOMALI GOVERNMENT-UN

By Frank Nyakairu
NAIROBI, May 15 (Reuters) - Hundreds of foreigners from Africa and outside the continent are battling Somalia's western-backed government in the worst clashes for months, the U.N. special envoy to the Horn of Africa nation said on Friday.

Eight killed in fresh clashes S. Som.

EIGHT KILLED IN FRESH CLASHES SOUTHERN SOMALIA

MOGADISHU (AFP) May 13, 2009

At least eight people were killed overnight in clashes between pro-government forces and insurgents in central Somalia, residents and officials said Wednesday.

Cargo firms delivering aid also involved

CARGO FIRMS DELIVERING AID ALSO

INVOLVED IN ARMS TRAFFICKING, SAYS REPORT

Richard Norton-Taylor

Guardian, Tuesday 12 May 2009

Use in peacekeeping missions of air carriers that have supplied arms and drugs is 'dirty secret of the humanitarian aid world' Air cargo companies involved in illicit arms and drug trafficking have been repeatedly contracted by the UN and other aid agencies to deliver humanitarian aid, a leading thinktank reveals today.

Somalis flee Mog

SOMALIS FLEE MOGADISHU VIOLENCE

Al Jazeera, May 11,2009

Thousands of people have fled the Somali capital after scores of people were killed over the weekend. People left Mogadishu in taxis, cars and lorries piled with mattresses, suitcases and furniture on Monday, witnesses said.

factbox-islamist groups clash in Mo

FACTBOX-ISLAMIST GROUPS CLASH IN MOGADISHU

May 11, 2009 (Reuters) - Clashes between rival Islamist groups have killed at least 65 people and wounded more than 190 in three days of battles in Somalia's capital over the weekend. Here are some details about the conflict:

somalia president says

SOMALI PRESIDENT SAYS REBELS

WORK FOR FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS

By Abdi Sheikh
MOGADISHU, May 11 (Reuters) - Somalia's president accused Islamist insurgents on Monday of working for foreign governments trying to destabilize his Horn of Africa nation after four days of fighting killed at least 70 people.