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- Vol 47 No 22
- 03/11/2006
Beyond the Horn
Mogadishu's Islamists threaten Kenya, Ethiopia and Djibouti, as well as their own country
- Vol 47 No 20
- 06/10/2006
Radio row
In Vol 47 No 16, Africa Confidential reported that the BBC Somali Service and its head, Yusuf Garad, had been criticised for supporting the Supreme Islamic Courts Council regime in Mogadishu. Our correspondents have heard such criticisms from former an...
- Vol 47 No 18
- 08/09/2006
A threat to the Horn and beyond
Rising tension between the regimes of President Yusuf and Chairman Aweys could escalate into a regional war
- Vol 47 No 18
- 08/09/2006
Mission Mogadishu
An American private security company, Select Armor, has been planning military operations in support of President Abdullahi Yusuf's Transitional Federal Government in Somalia and raising questions about an attack on Mogadishu, according to documents o...
- Vol 47 No 13
- 23/06/2006
Islamist takeover
Clans switch sides to overthrow the warlords but will they stay loyal to the Islamic Courts
- Vol 47 No 11
- 26/05/2006
Terror in Mogadishu
In its bid to defeat Islamists, the CIA has become entangled in Mogadishu's clan warfare
- Vol 47 No 8
- 14/04/2006
Foreign funds
Disquiet is growing over President George Bush's policy in Somalia amid reports of an executive security order to arm a local 'antiterrorist alliance' in contravention of the United Nations' arms embargo. Officially formed on 18 February, the Alliance ...
- Vol 46 No 18
- 09/09/2005
Roadblock
The government cannot get to the capital, where Islamists and many others reject it
- Vol 46 No 18
- 09/09/2005
Islamists at work
Al Itihaad al Islamia (AIAI, Islamic Unity), the most fervent and best organised of Somalia's Islamist groups, has links to several members of the Transitional Federal Government now in Mogadishu (see Feature), and to the city's powerful and well-armed...
- Vol 46 No 13
- 24/06/2005
Diverted flight
After more delays and disputes, some of the would-be government heads home
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