USA/Somalia: VOA Relaunches Somali-Language Broadcasts
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Text of press release by Voice of America on 12 February  Voice of America has launched its new Somali-language radio programme.  The new half-hour programme will air in Somalia seven days a week on AM, FM and shortwave radio.
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BOSSASSO, Somalia  - A U.S. warship attacked a suspected al Qaeda target in northern Somalia, CNN reported, and residents said on Saturday missiles had pounded hills where foreign jihadists fled after clashing with locals.
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Comment is free: Jonathan Steele: His mediation in Kenya shows up Washington's disastrous meddling in neighbouring Somalia
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Voice of Africa Radio has been set up in East London to broadcast entertainment, information and political, economic and social news about Africa to Africans, especially those living in the United Kingdom and ...
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Stung by setbacks to its latest strategy in Somalia, the United States for the first time reached out to hardline Islamists, its erstwhile enemies, to help catch &amp;quot;terrorists&amp;quot; allegedly hiding in the shattered African nation.
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And Iâm Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program EXPLORATIONS. Today we tell about some of the major space stories of the past year.
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By Sanjay Suri  LONDON, Sep. 21, 2006 (IPS/GIN) -- The appearance of an English- language service from Al Jazeera television will mark more than expansion of a company; it will come as one of the biggest challenges yet to Western news providers, academics say.
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Text of report by Somali independent Shabeelle Media Network website on 20 February  Shabelle Media Network is deeply shocked and dismayed at the restrictions and threats directed at the freedom of local media by the transitional federal government of Somalia.
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Text of report by Zimbabwean TV on 24 May  All is now set for the official switching on ceremony tomorrow of ZBC's new radio station, Voice of Zimbabwe, based in Gweru [central Zimbabwe].
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The exiled Myanmar network Democratic Voice of Burma said Thursday it was starting daily broadcasts to pro-democracy activists at home, a sharp increase from its current one-hour-per-week transmissions.
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Somali Islamists, who are in charge of the capital and other key areas, are becoming more radical and under growing control from an al Qaeda cell in East Africa, the top U.S. diplomat for Africa said on Thursday.
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Somali Islamists are under the growing control of an al Qaeda cell in East Africa, a U.S. diplomat said on Thursday, as Washington condemned their threat to attack Ethiopian troops backing Somalia's interim government.
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NAIROBI, Kenya -- Islamic insurgents in Somalia have created a video showing a man reciting prayers from the Koran before apparently blowing himself up in a suicide blast, the latest sign the extremists are adopting tactics used in Iraq, Afghanistan, and the Middle East.
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Prisoners at a US jail in Afghanistan communicate via video link with their families for the first time.
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By ANDY SMITH  The Taliban are making a comeback in Afghanistan. Chevron discovered a massive oil field in the Gulf of Mexico. And -- by the way -- Katie Couric anchored the news.
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Next week yet another attempt will be made to restore stability in Somalia, a country torn by 15 years of civil war, military intervention, and foreign meddling.
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Excerpt from report by Kenyan newspaper The Standard website on 31 January  [Passage omitted] Meanwhile, the Voice of America (VOA) will on 12 February begin a new daily broadcast to the Horn of Africa.