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NAIROBI Monday, October 19, 2009 (IRIN) - Flash floods have rendered homeless thousands of internally displaced persons (IDPs) living in camps in and around Mogadishu, the Somali capital, locals say. (irinnews.org)

Islamists in southern Somalia have stoned a man to death for adultery but spared his pregnant girlfriend until she gives birth.

A defense official in Somalia says a roadside bomb in the country's semiautonomous northern region has killed two people, including an infantry division commander.

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Aid agencies operating in Somalia say they need more money but that some donors are holding back, concerned at where resources might end up in areas too dangerous for international staff. (AllAfrica)

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 Osman Ali (Dhagahtur). (AllAfrica)

At least one passenger has been killed and 10 others have been wounded in a truck accident occurred near Run Nirgod village in Middle Shabelle region in southern Somalia, witnesses told Shabelle radio on Friday. (AllAfrica)

Unidentified gunmen have attacked one of the Islamist officials of Hisbul Islam in out of the Somali capital Mogadishu killing 1, injuring the assaulted official in south of the country, officials told Shabelle radio on Friday. (AllAfrica)

The Islamist fighters of Harakat Al-shabab mujihedeen in Jubba regions have conducted operations at villages around Jamame district near Kismayu town in Lower Jubba region and destroyed several graves there in southern Somalia, officials told Shabelle radio on Friday. (AllAfrica)

A Somali businessman has been shot and killed by unidentified gunmen overnight in the port town of Bosaso in the semi-autonomous region of Puntland, witnesses told Shabelle radio on Friday. (AllAfrica)

Somali's Hizbul Islam rebel leader Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys has on Thursday held talks with businessmen in the capital Mogadishu to push for the support of the war against the Somali government and the foreign peacekeeping forces. (AllAfrica)

At least 3 people were killed and nine others wounded in a battle among Somali government forces in the capital Mogadishu, Radio Garowe reports on Thursday. (AllAfrica)

NAIROBI Friday, November 06, 2009 (IRIN) - Aid agencies operating in Somalia say they need more money but that some donors are holding back, concerned at where resources might end up in areas too dangerous for international staff. (irinnews.org)

NAIROBI Wednesday, November 04, 2009 (IRIN) - Encouraging the use of traditional African herbal medicines could prevent some of the one million malarial deaths on the continent, according to specialists attending a conference www.mimalaria.org/pamc in Nairobi. Many poor communities, especially in rural settings, cannot afford modern malarial drugs and many people die due to inaccessibility of treatment. (irinnews.org)

On Thursday Somalia's main Sufi movement, Ahlu Sunna wal Jamaa, wrapped up an unprecedented conference in Nairobi to strategise its response to the rise and radicalisation of the Shebab group.

At least two people have been killed and three others have been wounded in Mogadishu after clash between police soldiers and gunmen dressing soldiers' uniform started at Zobe intersection in the capital, witnesses told Shabelle radio on Thursday. (AllAfrica)

At least 5 people have been killed and 4 others have been wounded in a truck accident that occurred in out of Wanlalweyn town 90 kilometers south of the Somali capital Mogadishu, witnesses told Shabelle radio on Thursday. (AllAfrica)

The Islamist officials of Hizbul Islam have imposed a curfew to Beledweyn town overnight, just after heavy fighting between the Islamist forces and transitional government troops which left more on Wednesday in out of the town. witnesses told Shabelle radio on Thursday. (AllAfrica)

Somali courtship was different in Hassan Aden's day. When he was a teenager, you gave the girl's parents 11 camels and an AK-47 assault rifle as bride price and then waited respectfully.

MOGADISHU: Unidentified gunmen in northeastern Somalia unsuccessfully tried to hijack a local commercial plane with two German journalists on board, officials said on Tuesday.

Rival pirate groups have reportedly fought over the custody of old British couple who were kidnapped nearly two weeks ago off the coast of East Africa and currently held near a Somali coastal town. (AllAfrica)

Sheik Muse Abdi Arale, the security secretary of defense of Hizbul Islam organization has Wednesday claimed victory over the fighting in Beledweyn town in Hiran region, just after heavy clashes between Islamists and TFG soldiers that left 5 injuring 8 others. (AllAfrica)

Hundreds of port workers in the Somalia's restive capital have staged demonstrations against closure of the port activities over dispute between Somali government and the business community, workers and officials said. (AllAfrica)

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. (AllAfrica)

The president of Somalia's Puntland State government met with clan elders who were involved in peace talks to end inter-clan clashes in the region. (AllAfrica)

All Ugandan peacekeepers injured in the September 17 attack on African Union Mission in Somalia, have been discharged from Nairobi International Hospital. (AllAfrica)

At least seven people have been killed while eleven others sustained injuries on Wednesday in a fresh fighting between Somali government forces and Hizbul Islam rebel fighters in Beledweyn town, the capital of Hiiran Region, approximately 206 miles (332 km) north of the capital Mogadishu, witnesses and officials said. (AllAfrica)

The National Union of Somali Journalists has strongly condemned a wave of arrests of journalists and media house raids across Southern Somali regions last week. (AllAfrica)

Fresh fighting between forces loyal the Islamist fighters of Hizbul Islam and the transitional government soldiers has broken out in out of Beledweyn town in Hiran region, witnesses and officials told Shabelle radio on Wednesday. (AllAfrica)

The newly appointed Somaliland electoral commission has named a new chairman to lead the seven member team that will oversee the much-delayed elections. (AllAfrica)

Somalia's hardline al Shabaab insurgents have closed down five humanitarian organisations in Somali southern border town of Balad Hawa, a rebel leader said. (AllAfrica)