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Senior Islamist Leader Assassinated in Somalia
Senior Islamist Leader Assassinated in Somalia
March 9th (BBC News) - A senior insurgent leader from Hizbul Islam has been shot to death in Mogadishu, deepening a leadership crisis inside the Islamist rebel group.  The official, Bare Ali Bare, was an outspoken critic of Hizbul Islam's one-time ally, al-Shabab, raising speculation that the militant group carried out the assassination.
 
Canada adds al-Shabab to its terrorist list
Canada adds al-Shabab to its terrorist list
Mar. 8th (Globe and Mail) - Ottawa has opened a new front in its global conflict with Islamic extremism by joining the attack on al-Shabab, an al-Qaeda-affiliated terrorist group in East Africa that draws young recruits and support from Canada and around the world.
 
Clash in Somalia's capital kills 14
Clash in Somalia's capital kills 14
Mar. 3rd (CBC News) - At least 10 civilians and four militants were killed Tuesday in a gunfight between government forces and Islamists insurgents in Somalia, witnesses report.
 
Somalia war moves to the airwaves
Somalia war moves to the airwaves
NAIROBI, Mar 2nd (AP) - Last year Somalia's Radio Warsan was a pro-government station that vilified al-Qaida-linked insurgents. Today it is in the hands of the rebels as they battle the U.N.-backed government on the ground with guns and on the nation's airwaves with pro-jihad messages.
 
Britain to ban Somali terrorist group al-Shabab
Britain to ban Somali terrorist group al-Shabab
LONDON, Mar. 1st (Reuters) -  The British government said Monday it is banning Somali terrorist organization al-Shabab, an al-Qaida-linked Islamist group fighting the anarchic country's transitional government.
 
Somalia's al-Shabab ban UN food aid
Somalia's al-Shabab ban UN food aid
Feb. 28 (Al Jazeera) - Al-Shabab, the Somali Islamist opposition group, has announced it will stop World Food Programme (WFP) operations in Somalia.
 
Somalia: Journalist captured by al-Shabab must be released
Somalia: Journalist captured by al-Shabab must be released
Feb. 23 (All Africa) - Amnesty International is calling for the immediate release of a Somali radio journalist held by the armed group al-Shabab, apparently after a report was broadcast alleging the group had killed a man in the Wanleweyn district.
 
Somalis Bracing for Battle Among Islamists
Somalis Bracing for Battle Among Islamists

Feb. 22 (VOA News) - Hizbul Islam announces end of alliance with al-Qaida-linked al-Shabab insurgents; civilians brace for clashes as hundreds flee Mogadishu ahead of government offensive.

 

 
Somalia: Groups Fight Again Over Border Town
Somalia: Groups Fight Again Over Border Town
Feb. 17 (All Africa News) - At least five people were killed and several others injured when Hizbul Islam fighters engaged Al-Shabab fighters in the Somali border town of Dhobley near the Kenyan border, officials and witnesses said.
 
Somali minister survives bombing
Somali minister survives bombing
Feb. 15 (BBC News) - Somalia's state minister for defence has survived an assassination attempt by a suicide bomber in Mogadishu.
 
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