Sharif Sheikh Ahmed

/ 10 September 2012

Somalia lawmakers to vote for new president

Somalia’s Parliament votes on Monday for a new president in what the UN has described as a historic election for the war-torn nation.

By Sapa Afp

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Article

/ 6 March 2012

First international flight in 20 years lands in Mogadishu

Turkish Airlines has landed its maiden flight to Mogadishu, the first international commercial flight to the war-torn capital of Somalia in 20 years.

By Staff Reporter

Africa

/ 5 July 2010

‘Somalia is in the hands of al-Qaeda’

Somalia’s president pleaded for help on Monday at a regional summit, as an al-Qaeda-inspired insurgency closed in on his Mogadishu palace.

By Staff Reporter

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Article

/ 29 January 2010

Mogadishu bloodshed mars president’s anniversary

VIPs on Friday feted the first year of Somali President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed’s shaky rule as fighting rocked a theatre where they were gathered.

By Herve Bar

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Article

/ 2 June 2009

Hundreds of Somalis flee heavy clashes

Heavy fighting erupted on Tuesday in a previously quiet part of the Somali capital sending hundreds of residents fleeing, officials said.

By Staff Reporter

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Article

/ 2 April 2008

Somali Islamist leader commits to new peace plan

Somalia’s top exiled Islamist leader on Wednesday pledged his camp’s commitment to a new peace drive but warned the movement would keep up its struggle against what it calls Ethiopian occupation. "Members of the international community are trying to help Somalis overcome their differences and we will do all we can," Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed said.

By Staff Reporter

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Africa

/ 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.

By Mustafa Haji Abdinur

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Africa

/ 30 October 2007

Somali president in crisis talks to find new PM

Somali President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed called crisis talks on Tuesday to find a new prime minister as the country’s shaky government faced a mounting challenge from Islamist rebels.

By Mustafa Haji Abdinur

Somalia lawmakers to vote for new president

First international flight in 20 years lands in Mogadishu

‘Somalia is in the hands of al-Qaeda’

Mogadishu bloodshed mars president’s anniversary

Hundreds of Somalis flee heavy clashes

Somali Islamist leader commits to new peace plan

Death toll mounts in Mogadishu

Somali president in crisis talks to find new PM

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