At a conference in Djibouti, the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) and members from the opposition, Alliance for the Re-Liberation of Somalia (ARS) reach an agreement on a 90-day renewable cessation of hostilities, establish a Joint Security Committee...
08 Jan 2010 - The AU Peace and Security Council (PSC) renew AMISOM's mandate for six months from 17 July 2008.
08 Jan 2010 - A string of deliberate killings and kidnappings of humanitarian aid workers severely increases the already significant risks faced by humanitarian operations in Somalia.
08 Jan 2010 - Officer-in-Charge of the United Nations Development Programme office in Mogadishu, Ali Osman Ahmed, is killed and several others wounded including family members of Mr. Ahmed, in an attack by unidentified gunmen.
08 Jan 2010 - SRSG
briefs the Security Council and urges the Council to "make strong public expression of...