French commandos from the frigate Premier Maitre L'Her approach an unidentified boat in the Gulf of Aden as part of a European Union effort to suppress piracy in the region. Corey Flintoff/NPRSomalia Facing 'Hidden Genocide' -- The BBC
The UN envoy to Somalia, Ahmedou Ould Abdallah, has said there is a "hidden genocide" taking place in the country.
Mr Abdallah spoke as the African Union's peace and security council held urgent talks on how to boost the peacekeeping force there.
Ethiopia says its 3,000 troops will withdraw by the end of the year, which some fear will lead to a power vacuum.
The AU force already in Mogadishu is too small to resist resurgent Islamist and nationalist fighters.
UN head Ban Ki-moon last week rejected calls for UN peacekeepers to be sent.
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More News On Somalia And Its Piracy Problem
German Navy predicts success of Somalia anti-piracy task -- M&C
War on piracy -- Gulf Daily News
U.S. Takes Backseat in Battle Against Somali Pirates -- FOX News
Combating The Threat Of Somali Piracy -- NPR
Kenyan Navy to Pirates: Bring It On! -- The Danger Room
Despite Wave of Piracy, Filipinos Crave Work as Sailors -- New York Times
Pirates, By-Product Of Somalia's Internal Conflict -- NPR
Al Shabaab on the rise as Ethiopia withdraws from Somalia -- The National
Somalia troop withdrawal to go ahead - Ethiopia -- Alertnet
Ethiopia to withdraw troops from Somalia by the end of December -- The Telegraph
African Union holding talks on Somalia chaos -- Yahoo News/AP
African ministers hold conflict talks -- AFP
Nigeria 'to join AU Somalia force' -- Al Jazeera
Ethiopian troops kill 36 Somali insurgents -- Sudan Tribune
Somalis' Choice: Join Islamists or Flee -- Washington Post
Christian Churches Destroyed in Somalia -- London Daily News
Somalia Revisited -- The Atlantic
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