Sheik Muse Abdi Arale, the security secretary of defense of Hizbul Islam organization has Wednesday claimed victory over the fighting in Beledweyn town in Hiran region, just after heavy clashes between Islamists and TFG soldiers that left 5 injuring 8

Hundreds of port workers in the Somalia's restive capital have staged demonstrations against closure of the port activities over dispute between Somali government and the business community, workers and officials said.

The president of Somalia's Puntland State government met with clan elders who were involved in peace talks to end inter-clan clashes in the region.

This season I planted groundnuts, and they have done pretty well," Santa Akello says. "Today, a sack of groundnuts goes for Shs60,000 so when I harvest, I am sure I will make some good money."

At least 2,250 tents and other non-eatable goods will be supplied by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), with the purpose of helping to alleviate the situation of Angolans who came from the Democratic Republic of Congo.

A dispute between the Somali government and the business community has halted trade at the main port in the war-torn capital, Mogadishu.

At least 2,482 Angolans recently expelled from the DR Congo (DRC) were vaccinated against various diseases in the Kasilia and Lendi refugee camps, in the district of Kuimba, northern Zaire province.

At least seven people have been killed while eleven others sustained injuries on Wednesday in a fresh fighting between Somali government forces and Hizbul Islam rebel fighters in Beledweyn town, the capital of Hiiran Region, approximately 206 miles (332 km)

Survivors of the Darfur crisis who sought refuge in the UK and are still fighting their asylum cases are celebrating yesterday's Home Office decision to concede that their removal to Khartoum would be unsafe and that they should all be

Internally displaced families who were staying near Lake Ol Bolosat have been given land in Subukia.

Most Ugandans displaced by two decades of conflict in the north have returned to their villages but a significant number are still stuck in camps and should be helped to leave, observers say.

Troops loyal to the semi-autonomous region of Puntland have captured several people in an operation they carried out north of Galka'o town in Mududg region, witnesses told Shabelle radio on Tuesday.

The United Nations refugee agency has rushed relief items to help tens of thousands of Angolans expelled from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) last month.

A total of 63,441 Rwandans are still living as refugees in twelve countries on the African continent, the Ministry of Local Government (MINALOC), has announced.

More than 60 Somali lawmakers have on Monday called on Somali parliament speaker Sheikh Adan Madobe to reopen the parliament, which has been in recess for more than four months

Congolese armed forces in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo have brutally killed hundreds of civilians and committed widespread rape in the past three months in a military operation backed by the United Nations, Human Rights Watch said today.

Somalia's insurgent group Al-Shabaab has banned the UN World Food Program from distributing humanitarian foodstuffs bearing US flag in southern Somalia.

Passengers have on Monday thwarted attempt by armed gunmen to hijack a plane in Somalia's northern port city of Bossasso in Semi-autonomous region of Puntland, Garowe online has learnt.

A roadside bomb has killed a senior Somaliland military commander and wounded two others in disputed northwestern Somali town of Las Anod in the breakaway region of Somaliland.

At least 6 have died in a landmine explosion that rocked the strategic central Somali town of Beledweyne, the regional capital of Hiiraan, some 206 miles (332 km) north of the Somali capital Mogadishu, witnesses said on Monday.