By Alisha Ryu Nairobi 10 June 2008 Hardline Somali opposition leaders, who refused to take part in U.N.-led peace talks in Djibouti, have rejected a cease-fire deal signed Monday between Somalia's interim government and another group of more moderat...
By Peter Heinlein Addis Ababa 26 March 2008 Somalia Prime Minister Nur Hassan Hussein is promising to help speed delivery of relief to desperately needy citizens, as humanitarian agencies warn of an impending humanitarian catastrophe in the war-ravag...
By Alisha Ryu Nairobi 14 March 2008 In a fresh sign that militant Muslim fighters in Somalia have adopted tactics used by the al-Qaida terror network, Somalia's radical Islamist Shabab group has beheaded three government soldiers guarding a road nort...
By Nick Wadhams Nairobi 07 December 2007 Somalia's President Abdullahi Yusuf is declaring that he's in good health four days after he was admitted to a Nairobi hospital with bronchitis and his health forced him to skip out on a meeting with U.S. Secr...
By Alisha Ryu Nairobi 14 November 2007 The head of a Mogadishu-based group that promotes human rights and democracy tells VOA that Somalis in the capital are fleeing by the thousands every day, largely to escape being used as human shields and becomi...
By Alisha Ryu Nairobi 12 November 2007 The top leader of the Hawiye clan council of elders in the Somali capital Mogadishu is believed to have gone into hiding, after he accused Somalia's Ethiopian-backed interim government of trying to silence oppos...
By Peter Heinlein Addis Ababa 11 November 2007 Several neighborhoods in the Somali capital, Mogadishu are virtually deserted as residents flee to avoid fighting between Ethiopian troops and Islamist-led insurgents. From the Ethiopian capital, Addis A...
By Alisha Ryu Nairobi 05 November 2007 In a worrying sign that insurgent violence in the Somali capital could escalate further, the deputy chairman of the Eritrea-based Somali opposition group tells VOA that well armed rebels are prepared to step up...
By Derek Kilner Nairobi 31 October 2007 The president of Somalia's transitional government has been meeting with Somali political and clan leaders to settle on a candidate to head the government, following the resignation Monday of interim Prime Mini...
By Alisha Ryu Nairobi 29 October 2007 The prime minister of Somalia's beleaguered interim government has resigned, following intense international pressure for the leader to step down after three controversial years in office. But as VOA corresponden...