The Economist
Middle East & Africa.
Somalia's civil war

The strongest Islamist militia is now formally linked to al-Qaeda
Feb 25th 2010 | NAIROBI | From The Economist print edition

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Somali man marries girl 95 years his junior - India Business Blog (blog)
A 112-year-old Somali man has married a 17-year-old girl in central Somalia.
The wedding took place in the village of Guriceel in central Somalia, one of the poorest countries in the world.

DAILYTECH
Science

Michael Barkoviak - October 26, 2009 7:48 AM

The U.S. military is using its UAVs to help try and reduce the number of pirate attacks

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Written by William Minter and Daniel Volman
Monday, 13 July 2009
Source: In These Times

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In October 2008, Human Rights Watch rated Somalia the most ignored tragedy in the world. Almost 1.5 million Somalis are internally displaced, and an additional half million are refugees. Two decades of instability, including a U.S.-backed intervention by Ethiopian troops in December 2006, have failed to put Somalia on the map.

Kenya's forgotten Somali refugee crisis
Published by Human Rights Watch

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DECEMBER 12, 2008 - WSJ
On the Lawless Seas, It's Not Easy Putting Somali Pirates in the Dock

By PAULO PRADA and ALEX ROTH

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In September, special forces in the Royal Danish Navy intercepted two Somali fishing boats in the Gulf of Aden and arrested 10 suspected pirates.

December 1, 2008 -- Updated 1816 GMT (0216 HKT)

03 November 2008 at 16:23 by Yule E

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Although I work on human rights issues every day at Amnesty, there are some cases which leave me with pure sadness. And this latest story from Somalia is one such incident.

You may have seen reports last week that a woman was stoned to death for committing adultery in Somalia—the first such execution for two years.