World powers must solve Somalia crisis
Daily Monitor, Uganda - 17 Nov 2008

Reports from Somalia indicate that the security situation there remains precarious and that Islamic insurgents are controlling more territory than the ...

United Nations Urges Somali Leaders to Unite to End Conflict
Bloomberg - 17 Nov 2008

By Hamsa Omar Nov. 17 (Bloomberg) -- The United Nations urged Somalia's political leaders to unite to end the nation's 17-year conflict, after President ...

Somalia falling to Islamists
Sydney Morning Herald, Australia - 17 Nov 2008


NAIROBI: The President of Somalia has said the transitional government is on the verge of collapse and Islamist groups now control most of the country. ...

Q+A-Why should the world care about Somalia?
Reuters South Africa, South Africa - 17 Nov 2008
Nov 17 (Reuters) - Daily headlines from Somalia of violence, refugees and piracy may seem like a blur to the outside world. * Islamists have been gaining ...

Rival Islamists clash near Somali capital, 6 dead
Reuters South Africa, South Africa - 17 Nov 2008
By Abdi Sheikh MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Rival Islamist militia have fought in a town just outside Somalia's capital Mogadishu, illustrating splits in the ...
Somali Opposition Accuses Transitional Government of Failing to ...

Somali Opposition Accuses Transitional Government of Failing to Provide SecurityVoice of America - 16 Nov 2008

By Peter Clottey, Washington, D.C.
17 November 2008

Somali opposition parties are accusing President Abdullahi Yusuf's transitional government of failing in its mandate to maintain law and ...