MOGADISHU (AFP) - Somali gunmen pillaged the office of a Britain-based aid group operating in the lawless country's capital, officials and witnesses said Saturday. more..http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081004/wl_africa_afp/somaliaunrestbritainrelief_081004122724
Somalia deaths climb, insurgents reject aid groups
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Help for hundreds of thousands of Somalis is in jeopardy, two Western aid groups said Friday after Islamic insurgents forced one to suspend some operations and threatened the other.
The last two weeks have been especially bloody, with the United Nations estimating more than 80 civilians killed in the capital alone. Elisabeth Byrs, a spokeswoman for the U.N. humanitarian office in Geneva, said more than 100 people were injured in the same period.
Somalia is torn between a growing Islamic insurgency and a weak and corrupt U.N.-backed government propped up by troops from neighboring Ethiopia more..http://www.syracuse.com/newsflash/index.ssf?/base/international-8/1223056161205730.xml&storylist=topstories
The last two weeks have been especially bloody, with the United Nations estimating more than 80 civilians killed in the capital alone. Elisabeth Byrs, a spokeswoman for the U.N. humanitarian office in Geneva, said more than 100 people were injured in the same period.
Somalia is torn between a growing Islamic insurgency and a weak and corrupt U.N.-backed government propped up by troops from neighboring Ethiopia more..http://www.syracuse.com/newsflash/index.ssf?/base/international-8/1223056161205730.xml&storylist=topstories
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