Somali soldiers protest over pay
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Somali soldiers protest in two towns demanding their  salaries, which have not been paid this year.
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Somalia's interim government voted on Wednesday to support a U.S. proposal that would let east African peacekeepers deploy in the violent state, but the rival Islamist movement said that would trigger a war.
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More than 1,700 civilians were killed and 2,000 wounded in Somalia during the past year, a local human rights organization said Saturday.
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KISMAYO, Somalia  - Somali Islamists quelled a   women's protest against the takeover of Kismayo port on   Tuesday, as the interim government expressed hope the latest   tensions with its rivals would not derail peace talks in Sudan.
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ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia -- War or no war with Somalia, Mulunesh Abebayhu wants out. Out of her teaching job, where Ethiopian security forces constantly harass her because of her political views. Out of this city, where hundreds of protesters were killed by police bullets after disputed elections last...
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Pakistan's government responded angrily Friday to a group of retired military commanders who appealed to President Pervez Musharraf to resign in order to promote democracy and combat religious militancy.
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Somalia's Islamist movement threatened on Tuesday to wage war on Ethiopian troops unless they leave the Horn of Africa nation within seven days.
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Both sides in the Somali conflict play down the significance of a deadline by Islamists for an attack.
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Somalia's Islamist movement threatened on Tuesday to wage war on more than 30,000 Ethiopian troops it said were in the Horn of Africa nation unless they left within seven days.
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As rebels, soldiers and pro-government militia fight on, civilians pay the price
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Thousands of people protested against U.S. soldiers involved in humanitarian missions in Muslim areas of the southern Philippines on Monday, saying the troops' presence could be provocative.
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Campaigners protest outside the headquarters of the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) on Friday calling for an urgent review of bank charges.
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Police fired into the air and arrested several people demonstrating Friday in support of an Islamic group that is vying for authority in Somalia and against calls for the deployment of peacekeepers here.
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KISMAYO, Somalia  - Islamist fighters opened fire   in the Somali port city of Kismayo on Monday toward residents   burning tires, throwing stones and chanting to protest against   the Islamist takeover of their city hours before.
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Four Somali soldiers were among 13 people killed in weekend attacks in the capital, Mogadishu, police say.
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Islamic militia opened fire Monday on several thousand protesters, wounding two children who were demonstrating against the fundamentalists' takeover of a strategic Somali seaport, witnesses said Monday.
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The Red Cross calls for government forces and insurgents in Somalia to protect civilians amid clashes.