Somali rebel leader backs merger with al Shabaab

2010-12-27T06:30:21Z

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - The leader of Somali rebel group Hizbul Islam said on Monday he backed the decision to join up with al Qaeda-linked insurgents MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somalia's al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab rebels said on Thursday they would increase their attacks against Uganda and

Moderate Islamist group walks out of Somali government

2010-09-25T07:15:04Z

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - A moderate Islamist group that signed a power sharing deal with Somalia's government in March this year to help quell a raging insurgency has withdrawn from the administration, days after the prime minister quit.

Before joining the government, the Ahlu Sunna Waljamaca (ASWJ) ...

Somalia clashes kill 138 in two weeks: rights group

2010-04-16T07:37:35Z

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Fighting in central Somalia has killed at least 138 people and displaced 63,000 others in the last two weeks, a rights group said Friday.

Hizbul Islam and its rival, al Shabaab -- branded by

Fighting in two Somali towns kills at least 18

2010-04-16T07:44:58Z

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Fighting killed at least 18 people on Monday in two towns in central Somalia where rebels battled a pro-government militia and each other, according to witnesses.

The Ahlu Sunna Waljamaca militia, which is aligned with President Sheikh Sharif Ahmed

Somali rebel groups fight in southern port

2010-04-16T10:03:10Z

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Rival Islamist rebels battled in southern Somalia's Kismayu port Thursday, killing at least 20 people and the fighting threatened to spread to other parts of the failed Horn of Africa state.

Witnesses said MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somalia's al Shabaab rebels declared war on rival Hizbul Islam militants on Wednesday, setting up a showdown between the two main insurgent groups in an important southern port that could spread acros...

Somalia tells all visitors to seek government approval

2010-04-16T10:50:31Z

NAIROBI (Reuters) - Somalia's new security minister warned foreigners Friday not to visit the Horn of Africa nation without government approval after masked gunmen massacred seven Pakistani preachers at a mosque.

The clerics were killed Wednesday in

French hostage handed to al Qaeda-linked Somali group

2010-04-16T11:18:38Z

NAIROBI (Reuters) - A Somali Islamist group has handed one of two French hostages over to al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab militants, and captors have begun negotiating for a ransom, senior officials and rebels said on Thursday.

A fac...

Qaeda-linked Somali group takes one of French hostages

2010-04-16T11:19:11Z

NAIROBI (Reuters) - A Somali Islamist group has handed over one of two French hostages to al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab militants to avoid clashes between the two insurgent bands, rebels and officials said on Thursday.

Gunmen from ...

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