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Somali leaders to meet, discuss stability

MOGADISHU, Somalia, March 13 (UPI) -- The Transitional Federal Government in Somalia says it has agreed to hold talks with opposition leaders after years of violence have ravaged the country.

Somalia has new prime minister

BAIDOA, Somalia, Nov. 22 (UPI) -- Former Somali Red Crescent officer Nor Hassan Hussein has been appointed the new prime minister of Somalia.

Peacekeepers, insurgents clash in Somalia

MOGADISHU, Somalia, Nov. 17 (UPI) -- Islamic insurgents and African Union peacekeepers exchanged gunfire Saturday in Somalia's capital of Mogadishu, resulting in at least one rebel's death.

Somalia official resigns

MOGADISHU, Somalia, Oct. 31 (UPI) -- U.N. officials are welcoming what's seen as a peaceful conclusion of the crisis within Somalia's Transitional Federal Government.

Somali leader vows peace talks will go on

MOGADISHU, Somalia, July 19 (UPI) -- Somali President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed vowed that planned, internationally sponsored peace talks will go forward despite clashes in Mogadishu.

Bomb blast injures former Somalia minister

BARDERA, Somalia, June 27 (UPI) -- An explosion from a roadside bomb Wednesday outside Bardera in Somalia injured the nation's former defense minister, Col. Barre Aden Hirale.

Somalia to allow U.N. investigation

MOGADISHU, Somalia, May 15 (UPI) -- Officials in Somalia will permit the United Nations to investigate allegations of human rights abuses, a U.N. official said.

Somali president's home shelled

MOGADISHU, Somalia, March 13 (UPI) -- Mortar shells were fired at Somalia's presidential palace Tuesday and the fate of interim President Abdullahi Yusuf was not immediately known.

Somalia's president supports U.S. strike

NAIROBI, Kenya, Jan. 9 (UPI) -- Interim Somali President Abdullahi Yusuf says he supports Monday's U.S. strike against al-Qaida hideouts in Somalia.

U.S. accused of covert Somolia ops

LONDON, Sept. 10 (UPI) -- A British newspaper Sunday said the United States was conducting illegal mercenary operations to support the U.N.-backed interim government in Somalia.

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