Tag Archives: Galkacyo

Somali radio reporter shot dead

March 5, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Mogadishu – Gunmen shot dead a Somali radio reporter in the northern Galkayo region, the latest in a string of attacks on journalists in the war-torn country, colleagues and witnesses said on Monday. “He was heading home on Sunday evening … read more »

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Bomber targets ex-Somali police chief, kills 2

January 31, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Mogadishu – A suicide bomber killed two security agents on Tuesday in a failed bid to murder a former Somali warlord and one-time government police commander in the semi-autonomous Galmudug region, a military official and residents said. One witness said … read more »

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Somali pirates kidnap foreigner at airport

January 22, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Mogadishu – Pirates are behind the kidnapping of a foreign hostage in central Somalia, a local official said Sunday, with witnesses reporting he had been whisked off to an inaccessible base. Gunmen snatched the man on Saturday on the airport … read more »

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Aid workers ‘held by Somali pirates’

October 27, 2011 by benim

Mogadishu – Two foreign aid workers kidnapped in central Somalia two days ago are being held hostage for ransom by a pirate gang, elders said on Thursday. An American woman and a Danish man working for the Danish Demining Group … read more »

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Rape with impunity – plight of Somalia’s women refugees

December 16, 2010 by benim

The three Somali women sat huddled together in a corner of an empty, dusty room in a camp for displaced people in northern Somalia, their faces etched with grief and resignation. They were all rape victims. Two of them had … read more »

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Somali women at risk of rape in refugee camps

December 7, 2010 by benim

GALKAYO, Somalia  — Aid workers in Somalia say they are seeing an alarming number of rapes in refugee camps housing those who fled violence in Mogadishu. The Galkayo Education Center for Peace and Development said it has documented 51 cases … read more »

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