1. Interesting Times
(Newsletter)

...ack from the War on Terror Investigating Reports By MWC NEWS    Friday, 03 October 2008 The U.S.-backed Ethiopian military has secreted away scores of "suspects" – including pr...

2. Omen of prime numbers at the White House
(Newsletter)

...adishu By HRW    Saturday, 07 April 2007 Armed Groups Should Protect Civilians, Ensure Access to Aid The Ethiopian military, Somali government, and insurgent groups operating in Mogadishu...

3. Ogaden: Seven Ethiopian towns taken
(News/Arab)

...lis in Ethiopia's oil-rich Ogaden region - which they say has been marginalised by the government in Addis Ababa. The Ethiopian military launched a counter-offensive against ONLF rebels after they att...

4. More Blowback from the War on Terror
(Opinions/Daily)

The U.S.-backed Ethiopian military has secreted away scores of "suspects" – including pregnant women and children – and fueled anti-American rancor in Africa. More Blowback from the War on

5. Somalia: War Crimes in Mogadishu
(Opinions/Features)

...and summarily executing civilians.     Somali transitional government forces played a secondary role to the Ethiopian military, but failed to provide effective warnings to civilians in comba...

6. End Indiscriminate Attacks in Mogadishu
(Opinions/Society)

Armed Groups Should Protect Civilians, Ensure Access to Aid The Ethiopian military, Somali government, and insurgent groups operating in Mogadishu must cease all indiscriminate attacks, Human Rights W

7. New Somali president sworn in
(Archived/News/Arab)

Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed has been sworn in as the new president of Somalia just months after his Alliance for the Re-Liberation of Somalia (ARS) signed a peace deal with the transitional government.

8. Somali president sacks government
(Archived/News/Arab)

Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed, the president of Somalia, has dismissed the transitional government led by Nur Hassan Hussein, the prime minister.

9. Pirates reduce tanker ransom demand
(Archived/News/Arab)

Somali pirates holding a Saudi supertanker after the largest hijacking in maritime history, are asking for a $15 million ransom, according to a Muslim group's spokesman.

10. Somali government 'near collapse'
(Archived/News/Arab)

Somalia's president has said his government is "on the verge of total collapse" as opposition fighters have taken control of large parts of the country.