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At 6:40pm Saturday evening, air and sea based strikes hit the port city of Kismayo, a stronghold of the al-Shabaab militant group in Somalia's Lower Juba region, killing three civilians. Residents believe the strikes were carried out by Kenyan naval and air forces which are preparing to seize the city from the Islamic militants with the help of forces from the Somalia government, African Union, and the pro-government Ras Kamboni militia.
Airplanes have been spotted flying low level over the city for the last week, likely conducting reconnaissance missions for this evening's attack. Residents also believed today's attack was a test of the city's defenses in preparation for the upcoming battle for control of Kismayo. Today's operation started from warships and then followed by fighter jets which targeted known military and residential sites for al-Shabaab fighters, according to residents....
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In a move likely to bring additional hardship to communities still suffering from the effects of drought and famine, al-Shabaab has over the last week declared that it will block the transportation of goods and foodstuffs from the port of Kismayo to areas no longer under its control in the Gedo, Lower Juba and Bay regions of Somalia. The reason provided by al-Shabaab is that this economic embargo will have a devastating effect on the logistics of the TFG and its African Union allies.
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Puntland Students Celebrating Anniversary
Somalia’s semi-autonomous region of Puntland today celebrated its 14th anniversary as a state, which was established in Garowe, the administrative capital, on August 1, 1998.
Although almost every city in Puntland celebrated, Garowe was the hub of anniversary celebrations which were presided over by Puntland President Abduhaman Farole. Hundreds of people from different parts of the state as well as officials, students, and Puntland forces marched through the streets, carrying the Puntland flag.
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3 Al-Shabaab Suspects Caught with Explosvies Near Mosque
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Dr. Mohamed Abdi Gabose Resigns to Form New Political Party
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Former Finance Director and Orphanage Director Guilty of Stealing Funds
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Youth and Women Among Those Apprehended
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Militants Might Copy Taliban Tactic of Hiding in Mountains
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2 Killed on 13 Year Anniversary of Puntland
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Puntland President 'Fed Up' with Clan Rilvary
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Atam's Brother Released as Part of Peace Agreement
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Local Police, Mayor Arrested For Allegedly Helping Gunmen
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Preliminary Ceasefire Reached, Talks to Resume Next Month
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Crew Escapes Unhurt, Cargo Disappears
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Atam's Militia Linked To Al-Shabaab
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MP Mohamed Ahmed Dhakool Accused of Orchestrating Assassinations
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Military Court Sentences Soldiers for Rape, Robbery, Murder, Looting
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Governor Blames Somaliland For Mischief
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Smuggled Firearms Fueling Conflict
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Puntland President Calls the Act "Cowardly"
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Treaty on Thin Ice as SSC Militias Ignore Treaty and Attack Somaliland Bases
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4 Elders Might Miss UN Sponsored Meeting in Uganda
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Drive for Independence Creates Two Decades of Tension
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Both Sides Claim Ownership of Sool and Sanaag Region
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Puntland Caught Between SSC and Somaliland Clashes in Gambara
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Elders Gather to Discuss Mysterious Incursion
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20 Years of Breakaway Status Bring Some Gains
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Puntland Blames Somaliland for Insecurity, Supporting Terrorism
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The Breakaway Region Calls for More Recognition
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Regions Work Together Against Pirates, Criminals To Improve Security
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Is the New Region Really Just a Proxy for Kenya?
Voices
Exclusive
Contested Galmudug Presidential Election to be Held on August 1st
After the autonomous state of Galmudug's new parliament was sworn in and selected a new speaker and two deputies on Monday, the electoral commission...
07/31/2012
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Maxamuud Seyyid Adan, Parliamentarian From Gedo, Says Discussions Underway
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Interview with Sheikh Abu Abdu Nassir, al-Shabaab Army Officer in Lower Juba
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Insurgent Leader's Predictions And Intentions At Odds With Past Retreats
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Interview with New Jubbaland President Dr. Ahmed Farah Dualeh
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Somalia's HIV Positive Population
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Mohamed Ahmed, Milling Grinder Operator
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Abidhassan Mohamed, TFG Soldier
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Fatima Hassan Nor Galle, TFG Soldier
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Janelle Ali Warsame, Cook
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Moalin Adualle Ali, Chairman of Dharkinley District
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Abdul Mohamed, Financial Analyst
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Isha Mohammed Adan and Fartun Hassan Ibrahim, IDPs
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Mohammad Mohmud Ali, TFG Soldier
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Medina Ali Tohow, Aid Worker
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Major Abdi Abdullahi, Security Officer
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Hussein Moalim Mahadi, Porter
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Fatima Abukara Abdi, Internally Displaced Child
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Hussein Jiinow Afrah, Policeman
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Fatima Mohamud Mohammed, Mill Worker
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Accomplishments and Challenges for ASWJ
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SR Interviews Dr. Hawa Dhiblawe
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Al-Shabaab Insists They Will Hold Onto Kismayo, Abu Mansur Not Threatened
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SR Talks to Four Women in Dadaab About What Women's Day Means to Them
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Widow Struggles to Raise Her Children
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Somalia Report Speaks to TFG Major General Yusuf Hussein Osman (Dhuumaal)
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Farmer Severely Traumatized After Shabaab Set Him On Fire For Refusing His Farm
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Locals Worry About Piracy, Electricity, Militias, PMCs
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Parents of Children Killed by Explosives Hidden Call For Their Eradication
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Hussein Sheikh Abdi Ismael and Mohamed Abdi Kalil Both Claim Title
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Ahmed Haji Ali Adami Discusses Khatumo State, London Conference, Pirates
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Somalia Report Interview with Aqil Fasial Abdillahi Fatah (Faisal Dhere)
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Somalia Report Interviews One Family That Lost Two Children to Militant Group
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Somalia Report Interviews TFG Speaker Madobe Nunow Mohamed
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Somalia Report Interviews Zakia Hussen, Secretary General of Hanoolaato Party
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Somalia Report Interview with TFG Spokesman Colonel Warfa Sheikh Adan
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Somali Journalists Speak About the Dangers They Face
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Somalia Report Interview with Khatumo President Ahmed Ali Osman Karaash
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Interview: Sheikh Abdullahi Zubeir, al-Shabaab's Deputy Governor of Gedo
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Mogadishu Minibus Drivers Face Growing Extortion
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Somalia Report Correspondent Goes Behind Enemy Lines in Elasha Biyaha
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Somalia Report Interviews ASWJ Spokesman Mohamed Hussein (Awliyo)
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Somalia Report Interviews ASWJ's Sheikh Omar Sheikh Abdikadir Aden
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Somalia Report Interviews TFG Defense Minister Hussein Arab Isse
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Once Successful, Many Somalis Left to Beg
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Somalia Report Interviews Sheikh Adam Mohamed Barre (Sheikh Adan Nooh)
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Residents Support Kenyan Incursions, but Many Question the Motives
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Travel, Communication Banned by Al-Shabaab
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Gender No Barrier to Carrying an AK-47
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Godane Says Many Top Leaders Dead, Others are Spies
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Grandmother Bringing Up 6 Kids After Mortar Killed Mother, Father Fled
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Somalia World’s Top Failed State for Fourth Year Running
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Teenage Fighter Fled Mogadishu Mission in which Friends Died
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Al-Shabaab Advances to Retake Positions from Raskamboni in Dhobley
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Locals Protest Political Squabbling and Upcoming UN Conference
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Families Claim Forced Marriages Give Girls Better Lives
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An Exclusive Interview with Ugandan Lt Colonel
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Somalia Report Correspondent Seized By Militia at Gunpoint in Hobyo
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Sheik Mukhtar Abdriahim Abu Zuber Released New Audio Message
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Group Calls For UN Not To Move To Mogadishu
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Interview with ASWJ Coordinator In Benadir Region
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An Interview With President Of Somali Olympic Committee
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Women Speak Out Against Al Shabaab Abuses
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Somalia Report Interviews Presidential Candidate Prof Warfa
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Mogadishu Residents Hold Anti Al Shabaab Demonstrations
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Somalia Is "Turning Out To Be A Monster Against Its People"
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Hundreds March In Nairobi Against Somali Militants
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Somalia's Lost Generation
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A Woman's Organization Empowers Women, Improves Lives Despite War
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Infighting, Financial Woes and Lack of Public Support Hurting the Islamists
Society
Somalia Sends Two Runners to London Olympics
When she hits the track to run for her beloved country of Somalia in the London 2012 Olympic Games this summer, Zamzam Mohamed hopes that her run will symbolize a course for unity in her war torn country.
The 20 year old may not be a favourite to win gold in the games but the fact she would represent Somalia at all is a major accomplishment for a country that has been at war for over two decades.
“I am happy that I will represent my home country Somalia in the London Olympics. It is an honour that I will always cherish. After all they have been...
07/21/2012
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Are the Elders Qualified to Consult on the Draft Constitution?
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Constant Attacks by Al-Shabaab Unnerve Residents, Erode Traditions
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Local Officials from Hosingow Request Emergency Aid
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Father Laments Daughter’s Marriage to Al-Shabaab Fighter
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Afgoye Schools Largely Closed, Parents Worry Over Fate of Children
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Somali Religious Leaders Condemn Shabaab's Harsh Interpretation of Islamic Law
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FGM Lives On, Despite Calls to Ban It
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Two-Day Conference Concludes in Garowe
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3 Months of Back-Salary Paid After Fierce Fighting Wins El-Adde & Fafadun
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Jealous Wives Kill Husbands in Increasing Numbers
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Dadaab Refugee Camp Rampant with Abuse
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Ethiopian Troops Reach Luq District
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Move Aimed at Restoring Peace and Order in Mogadishu
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Widows Hold Families Together, Changing Gender Roles
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Fees Demanded from Laborers, Over 15 Year Olds, and New Parents
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Relative Security of City Hailed
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The Somali Leader Rarely Mingles with City Worshippers
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The Militant Group Allegedly Demanded a Bribe
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Security Move Angers Muslim Women
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It Remains Unclear Why The Militant Group Issued The Order
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Assassinations Targeting Officials Cause Alarm
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Shooting Heightens Security concerns in The Region
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Source Says Mediation is Going on
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They Gather in Small Secret House to Pray
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Traffic Accidents are Commonplace Due to Reckless Driving and Poor Road Networks
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Group accused ASWJ of Poor Leadership
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Suspects Accused of Murder and Rape
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Girls Forced to Marry al-Shabaab's Foreign Fighters in Somalia
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Massive Clean Up Project Underway to Boost City's Image
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Medics Warn Many In Grip Of Death
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Police Chief Cites Phone Hacking As A Major Problem
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Drive Aimed At Combating Measles in Puntland, Somalia
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Victims Were Playing With Explosive Device
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Minster Asks Parliament to Pass Bill Outlawing FGM, Begin Awareness Campaign
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Security Ministers are Key Targets
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Country Marks 51st Annivesary
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New Poll Shows Rape, Violence and Poor Healthcare
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Women Arrested for Dancing, Boys for Playing Football
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An Interview with Veteran Musician Mohamed Qarbosh
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Move Follows on From Order Forbidding Viewing of Foreign Games
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Bantus, Midgans Hit by Persecution Amid Conflict
Opinion
Exclusive
Defectors, Analysts Claim Shabaab Splintering For Variety of Reasons
Al-Shabaab Top Officials Sheikh Robow and Sheikh Dhere
As the allied forces of Somalia, the African Union peacekeepers (AMISOM) and various pro-government militias push the al-Shabaab militant group from key areas in Somalia towards their stronghold in Kismayo, the al-Qaeda aligned organization is rapidly splintering along clan lines and defections are on the rise, according to analysts and defectors who spoke to Somalia Report.
Suge, a Somali political analyst, argues that a number of factors are causing the split and defections: the disorganized administration of the regions they control, disputes over the role of the foreigners in the group, the lack of country-wide operations of the militia, the increased killings of innocent people, clan based politics, lack of funds and supplies, and their pledged allegiance to Al-Qaeda.
More than 1,500 previously loyal soldiers of al-Shabaab have deserted the group, according to Ahmed Carale, a former al-Shabaab fighter who spoke to Somalia Report. Somalia's Transitional Federal Government (TFG) officials have claimed that more than 500 youths have deserted, however, the official number remains unknown as some...
07/13/2012
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Over the Horizon View of a Stable Somalia
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Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys' Mixed Messages Over Cache
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Professor Baadiyow Discusses How the Garowe Agreement Will Work
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Al-Shabaab Accused of Assassinating Dr. Ahmed Haji Abdirahman
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Life in Capital Slowly Returning to Normal, Despite Lack of Security
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Foreign Intervention Does Save Lives Despite Popular Myth of Failure
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Meaner, Leaner Shabaab, but Fatter, Even More Dysfunctional TFG in the Making
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Op Ed: Extending Parliament Is Best Option
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Exploring 3 Options For The Militants
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Errors and Contradictions in ICG Report on Somalia
Government
SR Looks at the Candidates for Presidency
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Somali Lawmakers (File Photo)
As part of our series on the upcoming elections, Part One presented an overview of Somalia's political parties while today's Part Two introduces the candidates running for president.
The streets of Mogadishu, the capital city of Somalia, have grown increasingly more secure ever since the Islamist militia al-Shabaab group was evicted from the city in August of the last year by the African Union peacekeeping forces (AMISOM) and Transitional Federal Government (TFG) soldiers. This new found security has, in turn, brought droves of Diaspora back to the country to run for the presidency and heightened the interest of others who remained...
07/10/2012
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Militants Calls "Independence Day" as "Occupation Day"
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ASWJ Wants Role in Administrations After Fighting for TFG
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TFG Corruption: No Good Alternative to the Shabab?
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Somalia Report Investigates Somalia's Police Forces
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Former PM Says Draft Constitution Will Create "New Political Crisis"
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Letter to UN, US, UK Says Draft is "Not Suitable" for Somalia
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Abduallhi Jamaa Analyses the Debate Over the Draft Constitution
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Abdulahi Mohamed Shirwac Pressured by President and PM
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Al-Shabaab Seen to Adopt Guerilla Tactics and Political Subversion in Somaliland
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Minister Osman Awad Ali Dies From Chronic Kidney Failure
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Communique Released to Speed Up Constitutional Draft, Alter Numbers for Assembly
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Pirates, Clans, Militias Creating Insecurity in Region
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Parliament Speaker's Interview with Somalia Report
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Somaliland Aggressively Countering Corruption Charges
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Former Prime Minister Speaks to SR About Mahiga and Plans for the Future
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Six Different Denominations Printed to Replace Existing 1,000 Shilling Note
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Banadir Administration Rejects new Ex-Banadir State
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New Party Seeks to Participate in August Elections
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Minister Tells SR Ethiopia Was Invited, Navy Soon Active
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Somali Women Challenge Men Who Have Led Somalia Into Conflict
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Locals Hopeful For Return of Aid, Shabaab Base Manas Seized
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Part II: Of Budgets and Briefcase Ministries
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SR Interviews Spokesman Yariisow After Conference
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269 MPs Want Presidential Elections Four Months Early
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SR Interviews Citizens Across the Country, Mixed Reactions Abound
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Somalia Report Speaks to ASWJ Chairman About Recent Rifts
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Part I: The Cash Kleptocracy
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African Union Approves More Troops
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Constitutional Fast Track May Also Include Farole Running For President
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Galmudug Officials and National Constitutional Committee Upset at Proceedings
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MPs Say UN/TFG Ignore Them and Support (Former) Speaker Hassan Instead
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3 Parties Unite to Form Daljir, Plan to Participate in August Elections
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Al-Shabaab/Al-Qaeda Union Prompts Swift Action
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Celebrations Come Amid Scourge of Piracy and Illegal Fishing
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Mr Abdifatah Ibrahim Rashid Elected as Speaker by 128 Votes
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British Foreign Secretary, Mr. William Hague, Meets TFG Officials
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TFG Demands Resignation Amid Corruption Charges
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UK to Host London Conference on Somalia in February
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TFG Approves $3M Water Project for Somaliland
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Sharif Hassan Urges Madobe to Resign in Exchange for Cash
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New Speaker Madobe Calls for Unity, Fistfights Occur - NSC Opposes Election
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Women and Minority Clans Not Fully Represented Despite Parliamentary Reform
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Fistfights Break Out, Overshadowing UN-backed Reconciliation Conference
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UN Conference May Reveal New Winners and Losers In 2012 Somalia
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Governor of Dhusamreeb Discusses Strategy Against Al-Shabaab
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Political Rivalry Intensifies over Ouster of the House Speaker
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285 MPs Attended, 280 Supported New Speaker, 3 Rejected
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Pledges to Wipe Out Al-Shabaab; Condemns Al-Shabaab Incitement
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PM Discusses UN Roadmap, Visit to Qatar and Kuwait
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Somalia's Latest Breakaway Region Elects a President
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Hawiye Clan Seen as Establishing Bulwark, Security First Concern
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No-Confidence Vote Expected in a Few Days
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Rift With President Over Bravery Awards
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TFG and UN Discuss Somalia's Child Soldiers in Mogadishu Meeting
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First Official Visit to Semi Autonomous Region by US Ambassador Swan
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Dubai Based 'Just Solution' Created Fake Passports After Contract Cancelled
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Street Lights Work, but Fighting Still Rages in the Capital
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Some Soldiers Get Paid for August and September but Not October
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MPs Say Mahiga Wants to Carve Somalia into Mini-States
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Wage Shortage Leads to Robbing of Civilians
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MSF Blames Kenya for Killing Civilians
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After Back and Forth Finger Wagging, Somalia and Kenya Present a United Front
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Plea for Help Comes Amid Rising Insecurity
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Kenya Denies Troops in Somalia but Pledges Support
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Waddani Party is the Fourth in the Breakaway State
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But Somaliland President Rubbishes Calls To Reunite
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Speaker Faces Protesters in Minnesota
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3,000 More Troops Expected From Djibouti and Sierra Leone
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Old Document To Be Replaced with Electronic Passport
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Premiers Discuss Security and Humanitarian Crisis
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Both Sides Agree to Stop Fighting in Garsoor District
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Dr. Hirsi Aw Mohamed Elected as Chairman
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Former Al-Shabaab Base Scene of Jubilation
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Order for Mogadishu Begins Immediately, Lasts for 3 Months
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Visit Aims To Lure Chinese Investors
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UN-TFG Tries to Hammer Out Plans for Consultative Conference
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Maps Used as a 'Weapon of Political Propaganda'
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Week-Long Meeting to Resolve Clan Disputes, Elect New Leaders
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Move Comes After Former Nominee Rejected Job Due to Al-Shabaab Threat
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Gal-Mudug Says PM Abdiweli Should Have Consulted Regional Administrations
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New Team In Line With Kampala Accord
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Al-Shabaab Takes Minister for Women From Jowhar
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PM Threatens to Resign as Kampala Accord at Risk
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Agreement That Saw PM Farmajo Forced Out Now Law
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Exclusive Interview with ASWJ Chairman Sheikh Mohamed Yusuf Hefow
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Call for AMISOM Boost, Blockade of Insurgent Ports
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Deal To Fight Terrorism and Promote Trade
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Ethiopia Trying to Remain Relevant in Somali Power Games
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Complaints Latest Sign of Mini-State Concerns
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Speaker Fears Losing Control of Parliament
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New Man Now to Form Cabinet
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Reportedly Unhappy With Government Cooperation as Security Worsens
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New Premier Will Need to Adapt to Survive Two Sharifs Squabble
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Move to Assure Community Over Criminality, Piracy
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Nominated to Take Over from Farmajo
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Next Round of Battles Begins Over Acting Premier
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Resignation Paves Way For New Cabinet, Election Delay
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Accused of Nepotism and Corruption
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Farmajo Defies President, Speaker Agreement
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President Vows to Defeat Terrorist and Warns Protesters
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Demonstrators Killed, Hotels and Cars Attacked Over Premier Resignation
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Kampala Accord Less Likely to Resolve Standoff
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Farmajo Asked to Resign as Part of Deal to Postpone Polls
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Speaker Offers to Withdraw Election Opposition for Power Sharing Deal
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Power Sharing Mooted to End Political Crisis
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Blasts Lawmakers Who Spend All Their Time Abroad
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TFG Leaders Ordered to Remain in Uganda Until Election Rift Settled
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Political Sqabbling Between Speaker and President Continues
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Uganda President Threatens to Withdraw Troops if TFG Leaders Keep Bickering
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Lack of Invitation, Safety, Relevance are Cited as Major Reasons
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One TFG Soldier Killed for Refusing to Obey Orders to Stop and Surrender Weapon
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AG Barre Accused of Supporting Speaker Over President, Accomplishing Little
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Finance and Information Ministers Deny AP Allegations of Misuse of Gov't Funds
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Peace, Security, and Rifts Dominate Somalia-UN Conference in Nairobi
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President Farole Beginning Major Reshuffle to Clean up Government
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Sheikh Yusuf Criticized State's 20th Anniversary Celebrations
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Controversy Over August Elections Remains
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Source Says UN-Sponsored Talks Due in Nairobi
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Licenses, Plates Needed for City's Untrained Drivers
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Speaker Hassan Criticizes NSC Decision to Prevent MPs from Traveling to Nairobi
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MPs Report They Were Beaten, Harassed in Attempt to Attend Meeting in Nairobi
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Says State Underperforming
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MPs Accuse President and PM of Working with Al-Shabaab, Misusing Funds
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TFG Spokesman Says TFG Wants to Resolve Crisis
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Official Says Separation Demand Imminent
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Gun Battle First Sign of Conflict Over New State
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International Community Needs To Provide Urgent Aid
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Crisis Prompts Fears of Latest Failed Government
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Two Regions Claim Same Territory
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Hassan Gearing up for Presidential Bid
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Parliament Still Opposed to 2012 Polls
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An Interview with Sheikh Aden Madobe
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Buying Weapons from al-Shabaab and TFG to Fight al-Shabaab
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Speaker Hassan Making Waves, Calls For Elections
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Calls Rogue Speaker Hassan “A New Regime”
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UN Peace Meeting Gets Underway Amid Fears of ASWJ, TFG Splits
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Despite Boycott, Speaker Attends UN Sponsored Conference in Nairobi
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Group Wants To Hold Own Peace Meeting
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Beating In Context of Disputed SSC Region
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Marchers Say UN Conference Should Be Held In Mogadishu
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Says Regional States Won't Lead To More Conflict
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Prime Minister Farmajo Asks UN To Move From Nairobi Within 90 Days
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Government Is Somalia's Best Yet, Says Farah
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Analysts Fear Fracturing Could Stoke Conflict
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Kenya-Backed Move Seen As Key To Border Security
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New Marine Force Provides Security and Vehicles For Drought Relief
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Government Calls For Education Programmes
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Somaliland Foreign Minister Talks to Somalia Report
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Ambassador Mahiga Visits Puntland To Discuss Politics, Drought, Pirates
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Hassan Returns To Mogadishu, Praises Military Offensive
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Disease And Weakness Affects Pastoral Activities
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Understanding The Challenges And Distribution
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Legislators Ask International Community For Help To Defeat Militants
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An Exclusive Interview With Judge Ahmed Sheikh Ali
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Interview with Somali Politician Mahamed Abdullahi
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Garbaharey, Bardhere and Jubba Regions Are Next Targets
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Prof Ahmed Mumin Warfa Seeks to Replace President Sharif
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Somali MP Tells Somalia Report That Victory Has Not Yet Been Achieved
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Ambassador Mahiga Wraps Up Somalia Visit
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Ambassador Mahiga Meets with Somali President
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Government, UN officials, Business Leaders, and Elders Attend Meeting
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Four Day Conference Concludes in Nairobi
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Dueling Press Conferences Highlight Division in TFG's Three Year Self-Extension
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North East Puntland Coastal Community Tells Pirates To Clear Out Of Town
Justice
Exclusive
Family Begs for Help for Popular Businessman in Kismayo
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Kismayo (File Photo)
Concerns are growing over the fate of a 44 year old Somali-Danish man who is being held by al-Shabaab militants in southern Somalia for allegedly spying.
Mohamed Abdullahi Hajji Hussein (known as Shotayo) was picked from one of his business premises in the port city of Kismayo on April 21 of this year by heavily armed hooded militant fighters after accusing him of espionage.
Reliable sources within al-Shabaab told Somalia Report that Hussein might soon be executed. Similar information was leaked to Hussein’s family, who are now pleading with the militant group to spare his life.
“Hussein will be executed soon...that is for sure....because we established that he was spying on the Mujahideens. He will soon be made a victim of his own...
06/04/2012
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Somalia Report Interviews Former al-Shabaab Detainee
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TFG Evicts Squatters from Mogadishu's Hamarweyne Market
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Forget the Court, Police Take Matters into Their Own Hands
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15 Locals Arrested in Kismayo, Others Threatened
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Convicts Found Guilty of Murder and Robbery Offences
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Will Fighters Stay or Return Home?
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UN Accuses Eritrea of Supporting Islamic Insurgents
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Two young men who stole livestock were punished by al-Shabaab
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Arrests In Connection With Killing of NGO Worker
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Attack Seemingly 'A Crime of Passion'
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The Victim Received 100 Strokes of The Cane
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Victim Allegedly Refused to Pay Toll Fees
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Accused of Praying Too Loudly
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Pair Convicted of Murder
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Government Cracks Down in Wake of Al-Shabaab Departure
Buzz
Barre Hirale Leaves Ethiopian Controlled Dolow Under Curious Circumstances
Fomer Somali Defense Minister, Member of Parliament and warlord, Colonel Barre Adan Shire (Barre Hirale), yesterday left Ethiopian 'custody' in Dolow and made his away to El Wak (Ceel-waaq) in Gedo region, which is under the control of Transitional Federal Government (TFG) and Kenyan Defense Forces (KDF).
Hirale, also the former leader of Juba Valley Alliance (JVA), has been in Dolow, home to an Ethiopian training camp in southern Somalia bordering...
05/15/2012
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Omar Hammami (Abu Mansoor "al-Amriki") Spotted in Kismayo
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Analysts Warn While Shabaab Lost Militarily, They Remain an Ideological Threat
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4 Suspected Insurgents Fleeing Djibouti Suspected Insurgents
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Deceased Are Regional Khat Dealers
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Joint TFG & Kenyan Press Release Denies Officers Were Detained
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8 Thought Dead, 15 Injured
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TFG MP Complains While Army Spokesman Denies Detention of 3 TFG Officers
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Three Day Conference To Discuss Strategies Against Piracy
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12 Somaliland MPs Accused of Dissent
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Accuses WHO, UNICEF, Relief Int'l, and SOFHA of Corruption
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Arms Traders Suspected of Supporting Galgala Militia
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Rout Underway or Old Muj Ambush Trick?
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TFG, Ethiopian Forces Advance in Bay and Bakol Regions
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20 Al-Shabaab Suspects Also Arrested in Massive Security Operation in Mogadishu
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TFG-KDF and Ras Kamboni Seize Dalayad and Wadajir Villages
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Abdiqaadir Mohamed Salaad (Dr. Faaris) Shot Dead
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Beledweyne Residents Complain of Ethiopia's Imposed Rules
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Shot MP Was Supporter of Deposed Speaker
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300 Arrested On Weapons Charges
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Djibouti to Join AMISOM
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Principals Forced to Add Jihad to Curriculum in Middle Shabelle
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TFG and Ras Kamboni Forces Kill 14 Militants in Lower Juba
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MPs Also Criticize Somalia's Parliament Speaker
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TFG Policy Requires Vehicle Tags; Al-Shabaab Sees Tags as Sign of Illegitimacy
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Al-Shabaab in Elasha Biyaha Orders "Lights Out" for Fear of Attack
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Fighters Complain of Forced Marriages, Lack of Food
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Rift Breaks Out Among Al-Shabaab Leaders in Jowhar District of Middle Shabele
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Three Foreigners Snatched from Kenya Remain Hostages of Somali Abductors
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Boat Carrying 7 Men, AK-47s, RPGs, Ammo Likely Intended for Al-Shabaab
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Bishaar Abdullahi Nur Killed Over 70 People in Mogadishu with Truck Bomb
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Residents Finally Free to Listen to Music, Talk to Girls, and Dance
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A Who's Who Look at Somalia's Warlords
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Despite Risks, Soldiers and Kids Strike Deal to Help Each Other
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Some Traders Claim Militants Set Fire to Force Move Back to Bakara Market
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Militants Demand Money for Release and Order Women to Buy New Clothes
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ASWJ Demands Registration for Private Vehicles and Weapons
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Attack of the Bombastics
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Godane Opposes Aid Agencies, Robow Pulls Troops from Mogadishu
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Low Flying Jets Spotted Over Kismayo and Merka Sparking Fear in Residents
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Somali Institute for Management and Admn Development Becomes a University
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13 Militants Defect to TFG in Mogadishu and Gedo
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Illegally Detained Civilians in Middle Shabelle Report Abuse by Militants
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Marehan Elders to Negotiate with Ethiopia to Release General Bare Hirale
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Overseas Clerics Undermining Al-Shabaab's Struggle
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Street Kids Struggle To Survive Amid Violence
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Mogadishu Girls Pursue Dream Amid Violence, Threats
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Fear of Al-Shabaab Hangs Over Advocacy Event
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Poverty Striken Sellers Earn Livelihood Despite Expense, Risk, Addiction
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Militants Bans Device Fearing it Makes Them Vulnerable to Missile Attacks
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Drivers Frustrated by Lack of Repairs, Rushing Waters, Narrow Passes
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Frontline Passageway To Bakara Whistles With Bullets
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USAID Discusses Insecurity, Corruption, Radicalization with Eastleigh Residents
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Ahlusunna Waljama'a Executes Teenager For Alleged Links To Al Shabaab
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Traders Ordered To Find Alternative Income Within 2 Months
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The Love Story of Elmi Bondheri and Hodhan Abdi
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Despite Hardship, Somalia's Team Presses On At All African Games
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Leadership Struggles Remain
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Somali National Women's Organization Offers Support
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Football Tournament Underway in Mogadishu
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Mogdishu Businesses Shift From Bakara To Hamar Weyne
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New Packaged Message is "We Are Not A Failed State"
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160 Religious Students Forced To Quit Lessons
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No Escape From Daily Horrors
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Investigation Reveals Arms Embargo Group Against Land-Based Effort
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by Mohamed Olad Hassan for Somalia Report
Education
Corruption Plagues Turkish Scholarship Program
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Somali Students
Complaints over corruption cases in the ministries of the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) of Somalia have been on the rise, as many people are concerned over fraud, particularly within the Ministry of Education.
Students from the semi-autonomous region of Somaliland, in particular, have decried corruption that they claim is present in the awarding of Turkish educational scholarships.
The Turkish government, which seems to have made the re-building of the Somali capital a national mission, has awarded hundreds of scholarships for Somali students to study in Turkish educational institutions.
After having passed local examinations administered by Turkish, TFG, and Somaliland officials in Hargeisa, the capital of Somaliland, the 60 students have come to Mogadishu to receive the fruits of their studies.
Zamzam Du’alle is one...
02/15/2012
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Militants Force Arabic-Only Studies, Segregated Classes, and Kidnap Boys
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Deal To Last 49 Years, Aims at Developing Somalia's Education System
Media
UPDATE
Alleged Killers of Journalist Hassan Osman Arrested
photo of Hassan Osman, from his FB profile
Hassan Osman Abdi, AKA 'Hassan Fantastic'
, the Somali Transitional Federal Government (TFG) launched an investigation in Mogadishu's Wadajir district that today yielded four suspects.
Hussein Omar Sabriye, a TFG security officer in Wadajir, gave a short statement to the media, in which he claimed that the government had captured Mr. Osman's killers.
“We have successfully captured four men who had a hand in the killing of the journalist. Two of them admitted to the killing, and we are still interrogating the remaining two men.”
“We captured these four men from Nasteh (a neighborhood in Wadajir) with their guns, and now they are in the jail in Wadajir district. Everyone is welcome to come see them,” Mr. Sabriye added.
Yesterday, TFG president Sharif Sheikh Ahmed accused al-Shabaab insurgents of killing the...
01/30/2012
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Tensions are High in Somaliland as Clans Threaten To Break Away
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Once Free Environment Becoming Risky, Say Journalists
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Journalists Accused of Inaccurate Stories About Militia
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Detention Comes Hot on Heels of Similar Puntland Move
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Faysal Mohamed Hassan Jailed for Writing 'Anti-Puntland' News
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Arrest Latest in Long Line of Journalist Harassment in Somalia
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Journalism Students and Teachers Jailed in Continued Media Oppression
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Al-Shabaab Main Target of Cartoonists
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Al-Shabaab Unimpressed With Former Minister's Efforts
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TFG Accused Of Targeting Media
Crime
Breaking News
Assassins Unknown; Follows Five Days After Assassination of Jama Ali Shire
A convoy of 40 trucks deliver water to remote regions in Puntland
Armed men assassinated a Puntland official and injured his driver, in the disputed Taleh district of Sool region on Saturday, according to eyewitnesses who spoke with Somalia Report.
Keyse Abdisalam Musse, a representative of Puntland’s finance ministry for the Sool region, was shot and killed by unidentified gunmen while he was leaving a local restaurant. He was returning to his office in Tukaraq village, 50 km far away from Garowe, the capital city of the semi-autonomous region of Puntland.
Sugulle Abdullahi, an eyewitness, told Somalia Report by phone that Musse and his driver were injured and taken to the hospitals in Garowe city to receive treatment, but that Musse died from the injuries and his body was buried in Garowe.
The driver of the deceased official was admitted to a local...
12/17/2011
