Somalia
Amnesty International denounces war crimes by US-backed forces in Somalia
By Barry Grey, May 8, 2008
Amnesty International, the London-based human rights organization, issued a report Tuesday documenting widespread atrocities against Somali civilians by Ethiopian occupation forces and troops of the U...
Somalia: Scores dead as Ethiopian troops push further into Mogadishu
By Brian Smith, May 1, 2008
An upsurge in fighting in the Somali capital Mogadishu left scores dead and more than 200 wounded, as mortars and machine-gun fire rocked the city. Weeks of indiscriminate shelling have reduced the on...
US missile strike kills women and children in Somalia
By Bill Van Auken, March 4, 2008
The US military fired missiles at a town in southern Somalia in the pre-dawn hours of Monday morning, killing and wounding civilians. Local officials in the town of Dobley told news agencies that at l...
Somalia: growing insurgency and humanitarian crisis
By Brian Smith, December 3, 2007
The continuing presence of United States-backed Ethiopian troops in Somalia propping up the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) is provoking a growing popular insurgency and humanitarian crisis that...
Somalia: Humanitarian disaster looms as government clamps down on insurgency
By Brian Smith, October 16, 2007
Somali and Ethiopian troops have ordered thousands to vacate their homes in Somalia’s capital to allow them to conduct searches for arms and insurgents, according to local group Elman Human Righ...
Ethiopia accused of using white phosphorus bombs in US-backed occupation of Somalia
By Brian Smith, August 13, 2007
A new report by United Nations arms monitors accuses Ethiopia’s army of using illegal white phosphorus bombs during the US-backed occupation of Somalia.
US Navy bombards Somalia
By Ann Talbot, June 7, 2007
For the third time this year, the United States military has attacked Somalia in the Horn of Africa. The Washington Post quoted an anonymous US official who said that the US navy had launched missile ...
US presses African Union to send troops into Somalia
By Ann Talbot, February 6, 2007
As the African Union (AU) summit drew to a close last week there was still no sign that other African forces were ready to take over from Ethiopian troops in Somalia who have already begun to withdraw...
Somalia: African Union force agreed
By Ann Talbot, January 23, 2007
The African Union has agreed to send a 7,600-strong peacekeeping force to Somalia to replace the Ethiopian troops who invaded the country in December. Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi has insiste...
Washington admits role in illegal war: US troops took part in invasion of Somalia
By Ann Talbot, January 17, 2007
Pentagon officials have confirmed for the first time that the United States has troops on the ground in Somalia. This amounts to an admission that the Bush administration is a co-belligerent with Ethi...
Air strikes on Somalia: A new stage in Washington’s illegal “terror” war
By Chris Marsden, January 10, 2007
US air strikes against targets in the south of Somalia have claimed a substantial number of civilian lives. The bombing campaign, begun Sunday night and continued on Monday, mark a major escalation in...
US backs Ethiopia’s invasion of Somalia
By Ann Talbot, December 28, 2006
The Bush administration is openly backing Ethiopia’s invasion of its neighbour Somalia.
