Guns silent as Somali Islamists' deadline passes
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BAIDOA, Somalia  - Guns were silent in the sole stronghold of Somalia's interim government on Tuesday as an Islamist deadline to Ethiopian troops to leave or face holy war passed with conciliatory signs.
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Gun battles in Mogadishu killed at least six people early on Friday and residents said they feared Ramadan would bring no let up in a months-long insurgency that has battered the Somali capital.
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A peace forum in the Somali capital has been adjourned to allow delegates time to arrive, organisers say.
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The Somali peace process that began in Kenya two years ago could soon come to a close. Somalia&#39;s new parliament, which is sitting in Kenya&#39;s capital, Nairobi, is on the verge of selecting a president, and
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Somalia's interim government welcomed a U.S. proposal at the U.N. Security Council to deploy east African peacekeepers, but the newly powerful Islamists who have seized control of most of the country rejected it.
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Militants who follow a pro-Taliban cleric in troubled northwestern Pakistan agreed to a cease-fire Monday, a day after security forces backed by helicopter gunships targeted their hide-outs, killing at least 10 suspected insurgents, officials said.
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Somalia, one of Africa&#39;s most landmine infested countries, said on Friday it was considering signing a treaty aimed at banning the deadly devices, but asked the international community to be patient as it rebuilds its war
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The Islamic militia that has seized much of southern Somalia has advanced to within 12 miles of the only town still controlled by the country's weak U.N.-backed government, an Islamic official said Wednesday.
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A senior Islamist leader on Friday rejected the prospect of African peacekeepers for Somalia, as fresh violence in the capital killed five civilians and underscored the continued threat in the war-ravaged country.
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Aided by an Ethiopian mediator, the leaders of Somalia's weak, U.N.-backed government have resolved their differences over how to deal with an increasingly strong Islamic militia that controls much of the south, officials said Sunday.
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Islamic militants who closed down a Somali radio station have allowed it back on the air so long as it does not play music or love songs, the station's director said Monday.
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Somali presidential candidate Abdulahi Yusuf Ahmed, left, stands next to an unidentified election official, just after he had taken an oath on the Quran to abide by the election results, Sunday, Oct. 10, 2004
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Militants backed off a deadline to kill three UN hostages Wednesday and suggested a Filipino may be spared because his country has no troops in Afghanistan.
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Almost every day, Somalia's government comes under attack &#151; suicide bombings, roadside explosions, ambushes. Security forces have tried mass arrests and curfews, but to no avail.
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Residents of the town housing Somalia's interim government stocked up with provisions on Friday as troops tested weaponry ahead of a feared attack by rival Islamists in the Horn of Africa nation.
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KABUL : The deadline set by a Taliban splinter group to execute three foreign UN election workers it claims to be holding captive passed overnight with no word on their fate.
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ABUJA, nigeriaâAs the UN ultimatum for Sudan to disarm murderous militias ticked down to today&#39;s deadline, peace talks resumed between the Sudanese government and the rebel groups who accuse it of backing the militia attacks.