Somalia: Somali gunmen shot dead a peace activist and kidnapped a senior United Nations official, while a roadside bomb killed three policemen in the anarchic Horn of Africa country, witnesses said on Sunday.
Somalia: A key opposition figure in Somalia has rejected the recent peace agreement signed between the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) of Somalia and the opposition coalition - the Alliance for the Re-liberation of Somalia (ARS).
Somalia: At least 15 people were killed in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, when Islamist insurgents and government soldiers aided by Ethiopian troops exchanged mortar and machinegun fire, eyewitnesses said.
Somalia: Somalia's transitional President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed has come under insurgent attacks, as he arrived in Mogadishu after a visit to Kenya on Wednesday.
Somalia: The attacks against the Ethiopian and Somali government forces by insurgent fighters will not affect the peace deal signed last week between the Somali transitional government and opposition leaders in Djibouti, Somali presidential spokesman said Tuesday.
Tripoli: Somali immigrant headed to Libyan from Sudan have been badly tortured and robed by armed militias laid checkpoints between the two African countries Shabelle reporter in Tripoli said.
Somalia: An official of Care International who works in Ceel Dheer District of Galgadud Region, central Somalia, is reported to have been kidnapped on Saturday night.
Somalia: Somali opposition leaders are opposed to the UN Security Council authorization last week for foreign navies to tackle piracy off the Somali coast, a senior opposition official told local media Sunday.
Somalia: Armed Islamic courts fighters attacked the Ethiopian troops based at ex-pasta industry where an hour last battle happened later on sunday, shortly after mortar attacks were aimed at Ethiopian troops based at Heila Barise Ethiopian military camp close to the Pasta factory in Mogadishu according to the residents.
United States: The United States Treasury Department froze the assets of a Kuwait-based charity for allegedly supporting and funding Al-Qaeda, the government said in a statement.