Following heavy fighting, President Sharif declares a state of emergency. The Somali Parliament appeals to neighbouring countries – Kenya, Ethiopia, Djibouti and Yemen, to immediately deploy troops to Somalia. Al-Shabab threatens to fight foreign fighters...
14 Dec 2009 - Four young men convicted in a Sharia court in Mogadishu of stealing guns and phones are sentenced to amputations, which is carried out three days later in front of hundreds of onlookers before an Islamic court.
14 Dec 2009 - PriceWaterhouse Cooper is appointed and signs on as Fiduciary Management Agent for the Transitional Federal Government in a move towards enhancing transparency and accountability. Under the agreement, PriceWaterhouse Coopers will manage the government's...
14 Dec 2009 - The U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights makes a statement in Geneva that the Al-Shabab militant group, has been using human shields and indiscriminately firing mortars into populated areas where they have also planted bombs and mines. One day earlier,...
14 Dec 2009 - Two French security advisers are abducted from the Sahafi Hotel in Mogadishu. Somali Foreign Ministry issues a statement the following day confirming that the two had arrived a week prior at the invitation of the Defence Ministry to train "their...
14 Dec 2009 - Al-Shabab enters UN compounds in Baidoa and Wajid removing equipment and vehicles. In Baidoa, operations are suspended due to looting of emergency communication equipment from the compound. In Wajid, although Al-Shabab removed cars and furniture from a WFP...
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