Thursday, July 28, 2011

War In Somalia Continues As Famine Spreads



Somalia Takes The Fight To Militant Group -- CNN

Nairobi, Kenya (CNN) -- Somali government forces launched an offensive on Islamist strongholds in Mogadishu Thursday morning, killing 15 members of the al Qaeda-inspired group Al-Shabaab, a military commander said.

Speaking to state radio, Col. Abdullahi Ali Anod, commander of the presidential palace, said the president ordered the offensive in northern Mogadishu.

Fighting has intensified this summer as Somali government forces -- backed by troops from the African Union -- have battled insurgents from the militant Al-Shabaab.

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More News On Somalia

Somali famine: Fighting in Mogadishu after aid delivery -- BBC
African Union Peacekeepers Capture Three Sites in Mogadishu -- Bloomberg Businessweek
Somalia: Goverment Forces Seize More Parts of Mogadishu After Heavy Battle -- AllAfrica
6 Killed in Battle to Keep Somali Aid Flowing -- Voice of America

Exclusive - Somalia rebels main block to aid - U.N. report -- Reuters
UN Begins Food Airlifts to Somalia -- Voice of America
Somalia famine: WFP begins aid airlift to Mogadishu -- BBC

Catastrophe in the Horn: Causes and responses -- CNN
Famine in Somalia: How Do You Feed Four Million Hungry People? -- Time
Why can't we end famine in Somalia? -- Maryan Qasim, The Guardian
Q+A: The headaches of getting aid to famine-stricken Somalia -- Reuters

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