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Pirates holding the Ukrainian ship carrying arms cargo are reported to have rejected mediated talks. (AllAfrica)

An African Union peacekeeper from Uganda has injured in an attack in the Somali capital, Mogadishu on Monday- the second to be inflicted in as many days. (AllAfrica)

Reports from Kenya say that up to 40 Somali refugees including women and children who fled fighting between the Ethiopia-backed transitional government and now- Islamists have been arrested near the common border. (AllAfrica)

Islamist fighters in Somalia's southern port city of Kismayo used excessive force to kill a well-known clan militia commander Sunday night, local sources told Garowe Online. (AllAfrica)

Security forces in Somalia's Puntland regional government raided a ship held by pirates in the Indian Ocean, Radio Garowe reported Sunday. (AllAfrica)

Political infighting within the Islamic Courts movement deepened on Sunday when the Eritrea-based faction announced the election of a new chairman, Radio Garowe reported. (AllAfrica)

The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) welcomed official speeches from Puntland authorities to boost up protection of journalists and improve current media environment in Puntland regions. (AllAfrica)

Several members of the Somali parliament led by the speaker Sheikh Aden Mohamed Nor flew out to Nairobi where IGAD asked the government ministers to arrive in for consultation talks. (AllAfrica)

A tribal militia's commander associated to be member of the ousted militias from the city's commander has been shot dead by armed Islamist fighters, according to eyewitnesses. (AllAfrica)

The commander of Ugandan AMISOM troops general Francess Okello has described Mogadishu's insecurity talks in the main Bakara market as "step forward" (AllAfrica)

The spokesman of Hawiye elders Ahmed Dirie Ali has announced that he held talks with Alshabab officials over death threats against him that was announced by Alshabab officer in the last week. (AllAfrica)

An explosion occurred near Mogadishu has struck an Ethiopian troops army vehicles at Arbiska area outside Somali capital on Sunday morning eyewitnesses said. (AllAfrica)

The recent hijacking of a Kenya-bound arms-carrying ship by Somali pirates should not have come as a surprise. The fruits of piracy are immense. (AllAfrica)

It is gratifying to note that as we enter the last half of our fifth decade of independence, Uganda has something to be truly proud about. (AllAfrica)

Somali pirates holding a Ukrainian ship for the last 16 days have threatened to blow up the MV Faina in the next 36 hours if ransom is not paid. (AllAfrica)

The reported threat by Somali pirates to blow up the Ukrainian ship carrying weapons allegedly belonging to the Kenyan military -- killing themselves and the crew -- is testament to the fact that the pirates have imbibed the militancy of some of the terrorist groups operating out of their country. (AllAfrica)

A parliamentary committee investigating the hijacked Ukrainian ship has received reports showing similar consignments of arms destined for Southern Sudan were imported in the ministry of Defence's name. (AllAfrica)

A delegation composed of government officials and opposition representatives from Somalia arrived in South Africa, Radio Garowe reported Sunday. (AllAfrica)

The African Union dispatched more peacekeepers to Somalia on Saturday, but the peacekeeping force remains understaffed in the face of a violent insurgency. (AllAfrica)

Dozens of soldiers in Somalia's army have been arrested and will face criminal charges in court, a military official said Saturday. (AllAfrica)

Mortar rounds slammed into a market in Somalia's capital yesterday, killing at least 17 people, after a failed insurgent attack on the presidential palace.

Somali forces raided one of the many ships hijacked off the country's coast Sunday as a deadline loomed in a standoff aboard another, arms-laden vessel, officials said.

Troops in northern Somalia's semiautonomous Puntland region unsuccessfully tried to take back a ship that was taken over by pirates on Thursday, said Ali Abdi Aware, Puntland's foreign minister. He said two pirates were killed.

The vessel, which carrying cement, is believed to have Syrian and Somali crew on board.

'Our forces are chasing the ship and we hope to rescue it,' Aware said in a telephone interview from Puntland, a hotbed of piracy.

A group of newly deployed African Union peacekeepers from Burundi patrolling the streets of Mogadishu yesterday MOGADISHU: More Burundian troops deployed in Mogadishu yesterday to bolster an African Union peace ...

A Pakistani oil worker was abducted in northern Somalia on Wednesday, but security forces have the men surrounded, a government minister said.

Somali pirates holding a Ukrainian ship for the last 16 days have threatened to blow up the MV Faina in the next 36 hours if ransom is not paid. (AllAfrica)

What is it that makes Pirates different from other brigands; why do dacoits of the sea excite the imagination where the land-bound highwayman invokes fear and loathing? To explain, we cite the curious case of the Pirates of Puntland. (AllAfrica)

Fighting erupted Sunday between a group of pirates holding Somali ship and soldiers loyal to Somalia's semiautonomous state of Puntland between the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean, according to eyewitnesses. (AllAfrica)

ARBISKA (MOGADISHU) Tuesday, September 16, 2008 (IRIN) - In July, Nuurto Aweys, 30, fled fighting between Ethiopian-backed government troops and insurgents in Mogadishu and sought shelter in a camp for the displaced in Arbiska area, 20km south of the capital. The area hosts hundreds of thousands of internally displaced persons (IDPs). (irinnews.org)

NAIROBI Friday, September 12, 2008 (IRIN) - Ban Ki-moon, the UN Secretary-General, warns in a new report that the gains made in reducing extreme poverty are under threat from the rise in global food and fuel prices and global economic slowdown. (irinnews.org)

Two Western aid workers kidnapped by Somali gunmen on the Ethiopian border are in good health and ransom negotiations are underway for their release, local residents said on Tuesday.

NAIROBI * Pirates holding a Ukrainian ship carrying tanks and military hardware with 21-member crew off the coast of Somalia said yesterday that a deal could be reached in a day for the vessel's release.