| Fri, 29 Apr 2011 U.S. Sees Shift of Extremist Power Away From Al-Qaida's Core
A top U.S. counterterrorism official says that al-Qaida is getting weaker, but that its affiliates have grown more powerful and independent. | ... | Moderate Islamists Seize Town From Al Shabaab
Ahlu Sunna Wal Jamaa Islamists and local forces seized Garabaharey town in southern Somalia from Al Shabaab extremists on Thursday, Radio Garowe reports. | ... | 50,000 Civilians Flee the Country in First Quarter
The UN refugee agency said Friday that an increasing number of Somali civilians were fleeing their country amid the deteriorating security situation, with 50,000 arriving in neighbouring countries in the first quarter of this year compared to 23,000 in the same period i... | Somalia: Fighting kills five in Luuq district
At least five people have been killed and dozens injured in fighting between Ahlu Sunna Wal Jamaa alongside local pro-government forces and Al Shabaab radical militias in southern Somalia on Thursday. | “Al-Shabab militias attacked local pro-government forces and Ahlu... | UN Refugee Agency Alarmed by Large Number of People Fleeing Country
The United Nations refugee agency today voiced alarm at worsening insecurity in Somalia, which has forced 50,000 people out of the country in the first three months of this year, more than double the number of refugees who fled the Horn of Africa nation during a similar... | Number of Refugees Grows Sharply in 2011
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Melissa Fleming - to whom quoted text may be attributed - at the press briefing, on 29 April 2011, at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. | ... | |
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