Hargeisa
HARGEISA, Somalia - Somalia's prime minister has named members of a powerful moderate Islamic militia to the Cabinet, more than three months after the government signed a power-sharing deal with them.
HARGEISA, Somalia - An opposition candidate won the presidential vote held in the self-declared republic of Somaliland last weekend, election officials said Thursday.
HARGEISA, Somalia - Voters in Somaliland queued for hours and thronged polling stations Saturday for the second presidential election held in the self-declared republic, in a peaceful exercise in governance not seen for decades in the country's anarchic south.
HARGEISA, Somalia - At least 15 civilians, including a 4-year-old child, were killed when insurgents and government soldiers pounded each other's positions with mortars in the Somali capital overnight, residents and a nurse said Monday.
HARGEISA, Somalia - At least eight civilians, including a woman and 4-year-old child, were killed when insurgents and government soldiers pounded each other's positions with mortars in the Somali capital overnight, a witness said Monday.
