Kampala (Somaliland Globe) — A chartered cargo plane carrying supplies for the African peacekeepers in Somalia crashed shortly after take off killing all 11 on board.

Renewed confrontation between government forces and Islamic Insurgents in Somalia has killed at least 40 civilians and forced thousands to flee parts of Mogadishu.

NAIROBI  (Somaliland Globe) – One in six children in Somalia is acutely malnourished because of high food prices and lack of access to staple foods due to ongoing conflict, according to an early warning report published today.

Mogadishu, Somalia – (Somaliland Globe) — At least 11 Burundian soldiers have been killed and 15 others sustained serious injuries in a suicide attack on their base in Mogadishu on Sunday.

Djibouti 20 Feb 2009 (The Somaliland Globe) – Today, Somalia’s new Prime Minister, Mr. Omar Abdirashid Ali, named his cabinet, appointing a leader of a major Islamist group as the country’s new home minister.

By Liban Ahmad Major news networks such as the VOA reported that, the head of the National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) Omar Faruk Osman said that comment by U.N. Special Representative Ahmedou Ould Abdallah “’motivates’ those who have carried out recent fatal attacks against journalists

(Somaliland Globe) 11 Feb 2009 – Five suspected Somali pirates intercepted in the Gulf of Aden as they attacked a Dutch cargo ship last month were extradited on Tuesday to the Netherlands.