Tag Archives: Jowhar

Somalia grants al-Shabaab amnesty

December 30, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

The Somali government has given the local Al-Shabaab fighter group a 100 days ultimatum to end fighting and lay down its arms. The country’s Interior and National Security Minister issued the ultimatum and called on the people to join hands … read more »

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Somali Security Forces ‘Evict’ Al Shabaab From Biggest Town

December 11, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

By: Jim Kouri Somali and African Union security forces drove members of a powerful Islamic terrorist group out of the town of Jowhar on Sunday, according to a report from a counterterrorism expert in Israel. The government and AU troops … read more »

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Somali Islamists ban men, women from shaking hands

January 8, 2011 by benim

Al-Qaida-linked militants in war-torn southern Somalia have banned unrelated men and women from shaking hands, speaking or walking together in public, residents said Saturday. People who break the rules could be imprisoned, whipped or even executed. The insurgents already have … read more »

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