Thursday
Dec 04th
Africa News 
News Somalia Heavily armed Islamic fighters launch fresh attacks on Ethiopian base
News Somalia Heavily armed Islamic fighters launch fresh attacks on Ethiopian base | Heavily armed Islamic fighters launch fresh attacks on Ethiopian base |
|
|
| Written by Mohamed Abdi Farah | |
| Tuesday, 08 January 2008 | |
|
As the violence run deep in the Somalia capital Mogadishu, four people were killed and other more were wounded in a new clashes between the Ethiopian backed interim government troops and the intensified local insurgent groups on Tuesday, witnesses said.
All the dead and wounded were civilians who killed by stray bullets in Daynile district, southwest of the capital when the government troops clashed with local militants this morning. The latest fighting came as the government forces were searching for weapons in the area where they met strong resistance from the Islamic fighters. Elsewhere, heavily armed Islamic fighters launched an attack on the base of the Ethiopian forces inside the former Pasta factory in Yaqashid district, north of the capital early this morning. The insurgents hit several mortar rounds at the base where the Ethiopian soldiers responded with heavy artillery weapons. No casualty was reported on the Ethiopian soldiers as the journalists are not allowed to approach the area of the conflict because of security. People have already abandoned all the residential areas near the base of the Ethiopians because of on the ongoing violence.                 |
| < Prev | Next > |
|---|
- Somali intelligence forces seize WFP aid official
- UN warns Somalia's self-declared republic over border row
- Somalia: Two Hand Grenades Go Off Near a Hotel Residing Somali MPs
- FACTBOX-Somalia, a country torn apart
- Secretary-General strongly condemns Somalia's detention of United Nations official
- Somalia: UN Compound Stormed Amid Escalating Violence in Mogadishu
- Outbreak of civil war feared in northern Somalia
- Somali government troops storm UN compound and kidnap official
- Somalia: 3 Top Govt. Officials Urgently Called in Addis Ababa
- Somalia: A Heavy Explosion at H/Wadag Junction in Mogadishu Somali
- Tensions Among Troops, Insurgents Fuel Further Violence in Somalia
- UN: Detained Official Safe in Somalia
- Ethiopian soldiers halt Somalia Cabinet meeting
- Ethiopia: the Ogaden crisis and its implications within the Horn of Africa region
- Somalia Alleges Detained UN Aid Worker Has Terror Ties
- Somalia: the acting manager of radio Shabelle killed in Mogadishu Somali
- Somalia: Fighting engulfs 23 in Mogadishu
- ''Somalia's President Yusuf Loses His Grip on Power''
- Eight Killed As Battle Erupts In Mogadishu Following Ambush
- Ethiopia admits Ogaden skirmishes
- SOMALIA: Thousands flee homes in disputed region fearing renewed clashes
- Somalia: African Union peacekeepers thwart attack on Mogadishu jail
- Paranoia Wars
- Old Front Against Terrorism
- Life and death in Mogadishu
- Somalia: Mogadishu port under attack, teeming with troops
- TPLF Indulging in Delusion - Uncovering the Truth Behind the Ethiopian Military Losses in Ogaden
- Heavy fighting in Mogadishu kills at least six
- Heaviest fighting in months shakes Somali capital; at least 7 dead, witnesses say
- Somalia: Six killed as Ethiopian troops start security sweep of Mogadishu
- Ethiopia: Meles Warns Opposition Parties Supporting of OLF
- Heavy fighting in Somali capital
- Somalia: Over 15 people killed and dozens wounded in Mogadishu
- Mogadishu again wracked by violence
- Somali protesters burn tires, throw rocks to demand departure of Ethiopian troops
- Somalia's president might resign due to health concerns: Official
- Somalia - Hundreds protest Ethiopian presence in Mogadishu
- SOMALIA: Prime minister quits; violence rocks Mogadishu
- Somalia: The Prime Minister's Resignation
- U.S. Destroyer Sinks Two Pirate Ships Near Somalia
- Somali protesters want Ethiopian troop exit
- Meles Proposes a Two-State Solution for Somalia
- U.S. Destroyer Actively Pursuing Pirates Off Somali Coast
- A Balance Approach to the Somali Problems
- Black Hawk Down: Somalia in 1992-93
- Efforts by C.I.A. Fail in Somalia, Officials Charge
- Somalia: ''Somaliland Moves to Close its Borders and is Caught in a Web of Conflict''
- Calling Our Ethiopian Ally to Account for Abuses
- Forget exploration, we must defend Puntland, says president
- Foreign Minister Seyoum wide-ranging interview with ETV and Ethiopian Radio
- Heavy battles in Somali capital
- Five Ethiopian Soldiers And Two Civilian Die in Fierce Combat in Mogadishu
- Mass exodus from Somalia's capital
- U.S., Ethiopian influence seen in nomination for new Somalia PM
- Fresh violence and 'climate of fear' pushes Somalia towards breaking point
- Slain Ethiopian troops paraded in Mogadishu streets
- Ethiopia steps into Somalia's battles
- Ethiopia deploys more troops to Somalia
- Fresh Gun Battles Break Out in Somali Capital
- Ethiopia reinforces troops in Somalia: witnesses
- Somalia: Ethiopian Forces Close Down Somali FM Radio Station
- Somalia: Ethiopian Military Truck Comes Under Explosion At Gedo Region
- O.N.L.F Military Communique - Killed 270 more Woyane troops
- Somalia: Ethiopian convoy hits bomb in Gedo
- Red herring in the Horn: Somalia's latest drama
- Somalia: Ethiopian Troops Launch Slow Massacre Against Civilians
- Somalia - Why the new American ‘blueprint’ is dangerous for Africa
- Somalia: new Ethiopian troops invaded at Gupta in Daynile district
- Somalia: Our Puntland brothers must help us end the Nazi Ethiopian Empire
- Peacekeepers targeted in Somalia
- Emergency Somalia
- Somalia: The 'Iraqinisation' is Here With U.S.
- FEATURE-Ethiopia's Ogaden refugees recount horrors of conflict
- Islamist insurgency grows in Somalia
- Security Council rejects UN chief's opposition to UN force in Somalia
- Ethiopia 'bombs' Ogaden villages
- Ethiopia Ogaden rebels claim battle gains against government soldiers
- TPLF’s Hidden Agenda: Mediation as a Tactic
- More extra judicial killings, detentions reported in Ogaden
- Somalia: Ethiopia Army Convoy Attacked, 4 Dead
- Ethiopia 'bogged down' in Somalia
- SPIEGEL ONLINE: INTERVIEW WITH CHAIRMAN OF Alliance for Re-Liberation of Somalia (ARS)
- U.S-Instigated War Brings Mass Death to Somalia
- STATEMENT ON TPLF's LACK OF COMMITMENT TO SERIOUS PEACEFUL DIALOGUE
- Ethiopia forcing untrained civilians to fight rebels, refugees say
- Atrocities alleged in eastern Ethiopia
- The Absurdity of Asking a Slayer to Investigate His Murderous Regime
- Remember Somalia?
- Ogaden Conflict: A Top Priority for Condoleezza Rice
- OGADEN: A crises with no end in sight
- Somalia: Fighting again breaks out in the capital, 9 killed
- Somalia: Ethiopian shells slam into Mogadishu neighborhoods after battle
- America's Role in Somalia's Problems
- Ethiopia - Statement of the Executive Committee of the OLF
- Clash Between State and Defense on Somalia Policy
- The War on Terror's Newest Front
- Breaking News: US to Reasess Somalia Policy?
- More questions than answers regarding American involvement in Ethiopia's invasion of Somalia
- US urges more troops for Somalia
- Somalia: Bomb explosions in Baidao, human casualty
- Heavy fighting erupts in Somali capital
- Islamist Fighters Seize Central Somali Town
- Somalia: 5 civilians wounded in fresh clashes, Ethiopians abandon Key Street
- Ethiopians Said to Push Civilians Into Rebel War
- Bomb wounds 12 soldiers near Somali parliament
- Somali explosion kills 22 soldiers
- Somalia: Insurgent attacks kill, wound people in Baidoa and Beletwein
- Somalia says rebels regrouping
- Ethiopian Crackdown on Ogaden's Somali Rebel Movement
- More Fighting in Somali Capital; Burundi to Send Peacekeepers
- Mogadishu civilian death toll reaches 19 after two days fighting
- Civil War in Somalia: Worse Even Than Darfur
- Somali insurgency to intensify
- Somalia descends into Africa's worst crisis
- Annals of Liberation: Bush-Induced Distaster in Somalia Grows
- Ogaden: on the brink?
- ONLF - 215 TPLF soldiers killed in Eastern Ogaden Region
- The Somalia Syndrome
- Escalating Somali conflict 'second Iraq' for world: Eritrea
- Somalia still burning
- Ethiopia leaves key Somali town
- Insurgents take control of Somali town
- The Fall of Mogadishu – A Black Day in Somali History
- TPLF Generals suggest to withdraw Ethiopian troops from Somalia
- A bloody day for occupying Ethiopian troops in Mogadishu
- Ethiopia in Somalia: One year on
- Somalia: Key military officer killed in bomb attack
- Somalia: Fresh Ethiopian Troops Deployed in Hiran Region
- Fierce Battle reported in the outskirts of Fiiq
- O.N.L.F Military Communique - TPLF´s failed military strategy in Ogaden
- Outsourcing the War on terror to tyrants: How Ethiopia and the TFG destroyed Somalia
- Sick Somali president in London
- Somalia: Intense fighting in Mogadishu kills 5
- Fighting in southern Somalia kills 15 - witnesses
- Marking First Anniversary Of Ethiopia's Brutal Occupation in Somalia
- Engaging Somalia Via The Road Least Traveled
- Towards a future US-Somalia Strategic Partnership: is 2008 the year?
- Heavy fighting erupts in Somali capital, 13 dead
- Ethiopia Detains US, European Citizens in Ogaden
- Ethiopia holds 'many Westerners'
- Large-scale fighting in Mogadishu
- Despite Worsening Humanitarian Disaster in the Ogaden Aid Agencies succumb to Ethiopian Pressure
- Somalia Completes its Devolutionary Cycle
- Somali insurgents expanding area of attacks, AU report says
- Mogadishu on verge of falling to Islamic forces as transitional government faces disintegration
- Doctors struggle to treat Somalis
- Ethiopia steps up war to support new government in Somalia
- Somalia: The World's forgotten catastrophe
- USA Third way Option for Somalia is a False One!
- U.S. Navy missiles strike coastal town in Somalia
- Somalia - James Swan to the Baltimore CFR
- Somali president safe after mortar attack
- Ethiopia arrests over 300 police for rebel links: report
- America’s Ethiopian Proxy War in Somalia: An Inevitable Failure?
- Somali soldier kills minister's brother in capital
- Somali opposition leader meets meets MSF officials in Asmara
- ONLF Military Communique’ - 43 TPLF Regime troops killed, dozens wounded
- MORE U.S. WAR CRIMES? Work of Evil: Beyond the Worst-Case Scenario in Somalia
- Flashback: A Global Affairs Commentary - Somalia At Crossroads of American Foreign Policy
- The whipping tail of two agreements {Nairobi & Djibouti}
- Ending Piracy and the Worst Humanitarian Crisis Require Political Solution
- Somalia: is Piracy the real Problem?
- Somalia after the Ethiopian Occupation
- Islamists Taking Over Somalia
Victory To The People of Somalia!
RTC and COPA launch a new course for experienced peacebuilders
Biddo.com TV - President Isaias inspects progress of development projects in Gash Barka region
Powered by Asmarino5 (www.eastafro.com)
Meeting the Challenge - Biddho Tours through Europe
Advertising
More from this Section
Biddho Menu
| Africa NewsHomeNewsHeadlinesHzbawi MeketeTigrignaMagazinAudio&VideoNews Feeds HORNASearchContact UsGallery |
NYT Africa
Rwandan Musician Sentenced to 15 Years for Role in Genocide
Simon Bikindi has been convicted of incitement to genocide and sentenced to 15 years in prison for his role in the hate campaign that led to the 1994 genocide.
Read the whole article by clicking this link
Read the whole article by clicking this link
World Briefing | Africa: Zimbabwe: Anti-Cholera Measure
In the midst of a cholera epidemic that has already killed more than 425 people, the government has cut water supplies to Harare, the capital and the epicenter of the outbreak, according to the state-run media. On Monday, news reports from the country said the national water authority had run out of essential chemicals to treat the water supply. With the capital dry, some government buildings have closed because of a lack of sanitation. Many of the poor are wandering the streets with containers, above, searching for spare water.
Read the whole article by clicking this link
Read the whole article by clicking this link
U.S. Cruise Ship Escapes Fire From Pirates in Gulf of Aden
Pirates chased and shot at a U.S. cruise ship with more than 1,000 people on board but failed to hijack the vessel as it sailed along a corridor patrolled by international warships.
Read the whole article by clicking this link
Read the whole article by clicking this link
Counting the Bodies in the Aftermath of Clashes in Nigeria
At least 400 people were killed on Friday after angry Christian and Muslim mobs protested what they said were rigged local election results.
Read the whole article by clicking this link
Read the whole article by clicking this link
World Briefing | Africa: Nigeria: 34 Babies Killed by Tainted Teething Drug
The number of infants killed by a teething powder tainted a toxic thickening agent has risen to 34, food and drug regulators said Tuesday.
Read the whole article by clicking this link
Read the whole article by clicking this link
Mediator Says Ransom Deal Has Been Reached for Pirated Ukrainian Freighter
The mediator said that the only thing left was planning the transfer of money and handover of the ship, which was captured by Somali pirates two months ago.
Read the whole article by clicking this link
Read the whole article by clicking this link
World Briefing | Europe: France: 3 African Presidents Sued for Embezzlement
Anticorruption activists filed a lawsuit in Paris on Tuesday against the presidents of Gabon, the Congo Republic and Equatorial Guinea.
Read the whole article by clicking this link
Read the whole article by clicking this link
Deadly Nigeria Clashes Subside
Soldiers recently wrested control of the streets from armed Christian and Muslim gangs that had roamed the city, in the worst religious violence Nigeria has seen in four years.
Read the whole article by clicking this link
Read the whole article by clicking this link
Zimbabwe Police Break Up Protest
Zimbabwean riot police brandishing batons charged into a group of doctors and nurses in Harare, breaking up a demonstration for better pay and working conditions.
Read the whole article by clicking this link
Read the whole article by clicking this link
World Briefing | Africa: Zimbabwe: Death Toll in Cholera Epidemic Rises
The death toll from a cholera epidemic in Zimbabwe has grown to 473, the World Health Organization said Tuesday.
Read the whole article by clicking this link
Read the whole article by clicking this link
Copyright © 2005 - 2008 Biddho.com Eritrea - Rising To The Challenges!
