The Islamist fighters of Harakat Al-shabab mujihedeen in Jubba regions have conducted operations at villages around Jamame district near Kismayu town in Lower Jubba region and destroyed several graves there in southern Somalia, officials told Shabelle radio on Friday.
Somali's Hizbul Islam rebel leader Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys has on Thursday held talks with businessmen in the capital Mogadishu to push for the support of the war against the Somali government and the foreign peacekeeping forces.
Aid agencies operating in Somalia say they need more money but that some donors are holding back, concerned at where resources might end up in areas too dangerous for international staff.
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The transitional government officials have held ceremony for appointing new administration for Banadir region in Mogadishu on Friday and appointed new governor for the region replacing the former mayor of the Somali capital Mr.Mohamed Osman Ali (Dhagahtur).
Every fall, more than 2,000 international, government and corporate leaders gather in Washington, DC, for what has become the largest annual event for Africa in the United States. The Africare Bishop John T. Walker Memorial Dinner pays tribute to leaders in fields pertaining to Africa — and supports Africare's work.
The project addresses the water supply and sanitation problems in a number of small towns and the provision of water storage in Yatta area.
Une importante délégation de la BAD conduite par le président Donald Kaberuka assiste les 5 et 6 novembre 2009 à Bujumbura (Burundi) à la Table ronde sur la mise en oeuvre du Pacte sur la sécurité, la stabilité et le développement dans la région des Grands Lacs.
Residents of central Somali village of Bahdo in Galgudud, some 125-miles northeast of the notorious pirate haven of Haradheere, have reportedly clashed with Somali pirates holding a UK couple.
A Somali businessman has been shot and killed by unidentified gunmen overnight in the port town of Bosaso in the semi-autonomous region of Puntland, witnesses told Shabelle radio on Friday.
Rival pirate groups have reportedly fought over the custody of old British couple who were kidnapped nearly two weeks ago off the coast of East Africa and currently held near a Somali coastal town.
Unidentified gunmen have attacked one of the Islamist officials of Hisbul Islam in out of the Somali capital Mogadishu killing 1, injuring the assaulted official in south of the country, officials told Shabelle radio on Friday.
At least one passenger has been killed and 10 others have been wounded in a truck accident occurred near Run Nirgod village in Middle Shabelle region in southern Somalia, witnesses told Shabelle radio on Friday.
The first African Water Week was organized by the AfDB jointly with the African Ministers's Council on Water (AMCOW) and held in March 2008, in Tunis. Having gathered more than 500 participants, the event was considered as a tremendous success. One of the main outcomes was a Ministerial Declaration on Accelerating Water Security for Africa's Socio-Economic Development.
This project covers three divisional headquarters situated in the South-West and Centre-West of the Central African Republic, namely Berberati, Bouar and Bossangoa and surrounding villages.
