Full Coverage: Somalia

03.11.2009 Richard Dowden listens to Somalia’s new Prime Minister, Omar Shamarke, lay out his plans for Somalia: "He spoke as if he were ruling the entire country instead of a few square inches of the capital, Mogadishu, thanks to Amison, the African Union Mission to Somalia."

22.10.2009 Iraq remains the top country of origin of asylum applicants (13,200 claims) in industrialised countries for the fourth consecutive year, according to the UN refugee agency. Afghans (12,000) and Somalis (11,000) are the next largest groups as security conditions continue to deteriorate in large parts of their home countries.

20.09.2009 An ngo that is part of the UK-based team coordinating election observers for the much-delayed presidential elections in the internationally unrecognised Republic of Somaliland has expressed "profound disappointment and concern" at the indefinite postponement of the poll.

03.09.2009 A total failure of the international community to deal effectively with the Somalia crisis and help end the war is resulting in a spiral of human suffering and exodus to neighbouring countries, warns an international charity.

21.08.2009 "Deep concern" at political developments in the run-up to the much-delayed presidential elections in the internationally unrecognised Republic of Somaliland has been voiced by the UK-based team coordinating election observers.

05.06.2009 The number of Somalis forced from their homes in Mogadishu has now topped 96,000 since the start of fighting between government forces and armed opposition groups on 8 May.

19.05.2009 The situation of Somali refugees in overcrowded refugee camps in Kenya "is simply scandalous", warns an international medical charity, whose representative in Nairobi says: "These refugees have risked everything to escape the fighting in Somalia. Now some are telling us they would rather take their chances in Mogadishu than die slowly here."

23.04.2009 The plight of Somalis - not piracy - should top the agenda of a donors' meeting this week, says a prominent development charity.

27.03.2009 Hundreds of thousands of Somali refugees will face a humanitarian emergency this year unless urgent steps are taken to deal with a serious public health crisis unfolding in the Dadaab refugee camp in northern Kenya, an international agency has warned.
+ War without limits: Somalia's humanitarian catastrophe
+ Somalia's humanitarian catastrophe

02.02.2009 A development agency has been chosen to coordinate a team of election observers from four continents in the forthcoming presidential elections in the internationally unrecognised Republic of Somaliland.

13.01.2009 A new surge in fighting in the Galgaduud region of central Somalia has led to many casualties and forced thousands to flee, says an international medical charity.

02.01.2009 Radio Shabelle reporter Hassan Mayow Hassan has been gunned down by a member of a pro-Somali government militia in Afgooye, 30 kilometres south of Mogadishu.

22.12.2008 Massive forced civilian displacements, violence, and unmet medical needs in Congo, Somalia, Iraq, Sudan, and Pakistan, along with neglected medical emergencies in Myanmar and Zimbabwe, are some of the worst humanitarian and medical emergencies in the world, according to an international medical humanitarian organisation.

20.10.2008 Two aid workers have been killed - in Afghanistan and Somalia.

01.09.2008 Poor rains in much of the Horn of Africa in the normally wet March-to-May period, compounded by high food and fuel prices, mean that 14.5 million people in five countries need food assistance, warns the UN.
+ Africa droughts
+ Top UN relief official assesses drought-stricken areas

25.07.2008 Attacks on aid workers on the ground and threats to ships delivering food aid to Somalia are jeopardising the lives of millions who now need urgent food assistance, warns the World Food Programme.

24.07.2008 Millions of people in East Africa are facing a humanitarian crisis driven by drought, conflict, and rising global food prices, says an international charity as it launches a fund-raising appeal.

21.07.2008 Attacks on aid workers and threats to ships delivering food aid to Somalia are jeopardising the lives of millions who need urgent food assistance, the World Food Programme warns.
+ Humanitarian crisis deepens amid growing insecurity

09.07.2008 A truck driver delivering aid for the UN World Food Programme was gunned down in southern Somalia, the fourth such loss for the agency this year.

27.06.2008 Somalia is no longer on the verge of a catastrophe - the disaster is happening now, the operations director of a leading medical charity has warned.
+ Malnutrition increases drastically as assistance dwindles