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Government soldiers are seen in a town
60 kilometers south of Baidoa in Southern Somali, Dec. 28, 2006.
(Xinhua/AFP Photo)
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NAIROBI,
Dec. 29 (Xinhua) -- Somali's transitional government Friday seized the control
of key installations in Mogadishu,including ports and seaports.
Somali government spokesman Abdirahman Dinari said
the government had taken control of the city of Mogadishu. "We havetaken control
of the government bases, the buildings and the ports in Mogadishu," Dinari told
Xinhua by telephone from Baidoa.
The Somali Transitional Federal Government has stepped up
its hunt for the members of the Union of Islamic Courts. It said Somali Prime
Minister Ali Mohamed Gedi is preparing to take full control of the city.
Gedi, who celebrated the recapture of Mogadishu on
Thursday with a visit to his hometown of Afgoye for the first time in four
years, was expected to formally settle down in Mogadishu on Saturday.
He spent most of Thursday afternoon meeting
traditional elders in the town of Balad, on the main highway towards Mogadishu,
planning a formal takeover of the city.
He said ruling the city would become more difficult
after the departure of the Ethiopian forces who have helped his government back
to Mogadishu.
UN humanitarian officials in Somalia said on Friday the number of Somali's internally displaced by the weeklong flare up of fighting has reached 1,400 and food prices were escalating because the fighting had interrupted the flow of commodities.
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Government soldiers stand inside the
former Supreme Court compound in Somalia's capital Mogadishu, Dec. 29,
2006. (Xinhua/AFP Photo)
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NAIROBI, Dec. 28 (Xinhua) -- Somali Prime Minister
Ali Mohammed Gedi and the entire cabinet will move base to the capital Mogadishu
after the withdrawal of the Union of Islamic Courts which had ruled the city
since June, a government spokesman said on Thursday.
"It is not only the prime minister but the entire
government, the entire cabinet, members of parliament and assistant ministers.
They will go to Mogadishu to organize the population to welcome the Somali
forces," Abdirahman Dinari, government spokesman told Xinhua by telephone from
Somalia.
Somalia's warring factions urged to
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ADDIS ABABA, Dec. 28 (Xinhua) -- The African Union (AU),
Arab League (AL) and east Africa's regional body IGAD on Thursday urged
Somalia's warring factions to resume their political dialogue in Khartoum by
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"The framework for the political dialogue shall continue
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ADDIS ABABA, Dec. 28 (Xinhua) -- Ethiopian Prime Minister
Meles Zenawi on Thursday denied U.S. involvement in the country's counterattacks
on Somalia's Union of Islamic Courts (UIC).
"The U.S. hasn't contributed a single bullet, a single
soldier or a single military equipment to this operation," Meles told a press
conference in Addis Ababa. Full story>>>
Witnesses: Somali Islamists withdraw
from Mogadishu without fight
NAIROBI, Dec. 28 (Xinhua) -- Somali Islamic courts
pulled out of the capital of Mogadishu on Thursday as forces of Ethiopia and
Somali Transitional Federal Government (TFG) prepared to launch attacks there,
witnesses said.
Forces of the TFG and Ethiopia troops were reportedly
moving forward from Dinsor towards Buale, and from Burhakaba towards Lower
Shabelle. Full story>>>
U.S. signals support for Ethiopian offensive in
Somalia
WASHINGTON, Dec. 27 (Xinhua) -- The United States
reiterated on Wednesday its stand that signaled support for Ethiopia's military
offensive in Somalia, saying "Ethiopia has genuine security concerns with regard
to developments within Somalia." Full story>>>
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A Somalian stands next to an armoured
vehicle, which the Islamists Courts Council surrendered, in Mogadishu
December 28, 2006. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)
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Government soldiers are seen in a town
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