U.N. official freed in Somalia but MSF closes clinic (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

27 August 2008, 10:46 am

Kidnappers freed the head of the U.N. refugee agency's office in Somalia on Wednesday but rising insecurity forced Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) to close a clinic in Mogadishu that provided essential health care to hundreds of women and children.... read more

Alberta journalist still missing in Somalia (Regina Leader-Post)

27 August 2008, 9:28 am

The hunt continued Wednesday for a Canadian journalist kidnapped in Somalia on Saturday along with an Australian photographer, their Somali fixer and a driver.... read more

SOMALIA: Humanitarian situation "increasingly acute" (AlertNet)

27 August 2008, 8:31 am

Source: IRIN Somalia is moving more rapidly than expected into a serious humanitarian crisis, with an estimated 3.2 million people both in urban and rural areas facing extreme poverty, according to humanitarian officials.... read more

Somalia: Troops Shot Dead Shoes Cleaner Boy in Mogadishu (AllAfrica.com)

27 August 2008, 8:00 am

Somalia's transitional government troops have killed a young shoes cleaner boy in Zobe area south of Mogadishu as they were conducting search operations in the similar area on Wednesday, eyewitnesses said.... read more

Attacks On Home, Military Base In Somalia Leave Four Dead (Nasdaq)

27 August 2008, 7:19 am

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AFP)--Two civilans were killed when Islamist rebels attacked an Ethiopian military base in the south of the Somali capital Mogadishu Wednesday, witnesses said.... read more

Four killed in Somalia attacks (AFP via Yahoo! News)

27 August 2008, 6:35 am

Two civilians were killed when Islamist rebels attacked an Ethiopian military base in the south of the Somali capital Mogadishu on Wednesday, witnesses said.... read more

Featured Video