Mustafa Haji Abdinur
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/ 1 April 2008

Two foreign aid workers kidnapped in Somalia

Two United Nations aid workers, a Briton and a Kenyan, were abducted by armed men Tuesday in southern Somalia, the latest in a string of attacks targeting humanitarian operations. "We don’t have much information for the moment, but what I can say is that two foreign aid workers … were intercepted," local district commissioner Ibrahim Noleye said.

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/ 14 November 2007

Thousands flee Mogadishu strife

More than 170 000 people have fled fighting in Somalia’s capital in the past two weeks, worsening a humanitarian crisis already facing the country. With near-daily clashes between Ethiopia-Somali forces and Islamist rebels, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees said it was doling out its last stocks from Mogadishu to the displaced.

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/ 10 November 2007

Death toll mounts in Mogadishu

Ethiopian troops shelled suspected Islamist hideouts on Friday in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, where some of the worst clashes in months have left at least 43 dead in two days, many of them civilians. The escalating violence came as the Ethiopian army tried to flush out pockets of insurgents in southern districts of the Somali capital.

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/ 23 October 2007

Somalia releases UN food agency chief

Somali authorities on Tuesday released the local head of the World Food Programme, who was seized nearly a week ago when government forces stormed a United Nations compound in Mogadishu. "He is safely back in the office. He was brought by some government officers as well as local UN staffers," a UN official said in Mogadishu.

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/ 26 August 2007

Wave of attacks launched in Mogadishu

A wave of attacks killed a civilian and wounded five others in the Somali capital on Saturday, witnesses said, as Islamists vowed to wage a stronger insurgency to drive Ethiopian forces out. Insurgents overnight fired grenades at the Hotel Lafweyn where Somali National Reconciliation Congress delegates are staying.