Dispatches reveals how key politicians at the heart of the vicious fighting in Somalia – described as the world’s worst humanitarian crisis – enjoy incredibly close links to Britain. They have British or EU passports, their families live here and they commute between Somalia and homes in English cities. 

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Children as young as six are being sexually abused by peacekeepers and aid workers, says a leading UK charity.

Children in post-conflict areas are being abused by the very people drafted into such zones to help look after them, says Save the Children. More on Peacekeepers ‘abusing children’

Their owners fled the city’s violence long ago, leaving more than half of Somalia’s capital deserted. Shops are closed. Burned-out cars sit abandoned by the side of the road. Other than soldiers and militiamen, only the most desperate of people frequent the streets, including orphans and old women who sometimes are forced to compete with the strays for food. More on Somalia on the verge of collapse, aid officials and residents say

(CNN) — Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe has warned against outside influences in next month’s run-off election, likening one American diplomat to a “prostitute” and threatening to oust another from his country.

“Zimbabwe cannot be British, it cannot be American. Yes, it is African,” said Mugabe, whose speech Sunday was quoted Monday in The Herald, the state-run newspaper. More on Mugabe labels U.S. diplomat a ‘prostitute’

The chairman of the alliance of the liberation of Somalia sheikh Sharif Sheikh has revealed that Eritrea government carries process wants to break up the alliance he chairs.

Speaking at a news conference he held in Djiboutian capital Djibouti he declared that that Eritrea is accountable for the pitch-black relations between the senior leaders of the alliance after some of the officials in the coalition have accused some members of the groups those took part the failed talks in Djibouti that they were not representing the alliance. More on somalia: Eritria stop spliting the ARS members” Islamist leader said

By JEFFREY GETTLEMAN, NYT, 25 May 2008=

ON THE DJIBOUTIAN-ERITREAN BORDER – The distance between the rival armies is shorter than the barrel of a gun. Hundreds of opposing troops are lined up on the border, staring each other down, from just inches away.

On one side are the Djiboutians, a relatively well-equipped African military with combat boots, CamelBak strap-on water bottles and the occasional buttery croissant in the field. More on In Horn of Africa, Djibouti and Eritrea in face-off over border

The accusation was levelled as at least five people were killed and three others wounded during street battles between troops and fighters in the capital, Mogadishu, on Friday.  More on AU and Woyanne troops in Somalia ’selling arms’

Somaliland recently celebrated the 17th anniversary of the reclamation of sovereignty in 1991. Somalilanders both at home and abroad celebrated this anniversary with their customary pageantry and verve. More on Somaliland: A beacon of success in Africa

Support for the troops returned as an issue to the presidential campaign yesterday with harsh words from both sides. More on McCain misses vote on a new GI Bill, scorns criticism from Obama

The Kangaroo court of Ethiopia sentenced to death eight alleged members of a separatist rebel group for an attack last year which left six people dead, officials told AFP Thursday.
“The Somali State High Court sentenced eight culprits to death for killing and wounding innocent people,” the official Ethiopian News Agency reported.

Six people were killed and more than 40 others wounded on May 28 last year when grenades were hurled into a stadium where some 100,000 people were gathered for a national for a national celebration. More on Woyanne sentences eight Somalis rebels to death