Inter clan warfare has engulfed in various villages of Moyale town and the battle between two communities residing in Moyale namely; Gabra and Borana has spiraled to the central business area of the town by this morning.

By Abjata Khalif

21st October 2011

Group of armed men believed to be from Al- Shabaab waged daring armed attack in wajir township area leaving the Wajir intelligence chief Hassan Shanu with gun wounds. The armed gangs numbering four are suspected to have crossed the porous border with aim of assassinating Mr Hassan.

Source: Abjata Khalif and Hassan Sheikh

9th October 2011

Land row and ownership dispute in Bulla Kartasi Village of Garissa County degenerated into armed conflict that sucked two clans inhabiting the village and its surroundings. The village is inhabited by two populous clans in Garissa namely Abdhwak and Auliayan and the dispute over a piece of land started when groups of youths descended on unoccupied land and started demarcating the land into portions.

By ZACHARY OCHIENG

Although the export of charcoal has been banned by Somalia's Transitional Federal Government (TFG), the trade is booming in areas controlled by Islamist opposition groups, with locals saying volumes have risen sharply in past months.

KHARTOUM, Jan 23

Provisional results from South Sudan's referendum show that almost 99 percent of voters have chosen independence, the referendum commission's website said on Sunday after 98.7 percent of the votes had been counted.

By Jason Benham and Jeremy Clarke

JUBA, Sudan, Jan 19 (Reuters) - South Sudanese have voted
overwhelmingly to declare independence from the north in a
referendum held last week, according to early figures and a
Reuters survey of officials in nine of the region's 10 states.

KHARTOUM Jan 17 (Reuters) - South Sudan's independence referendum was credible and well-organised, European observers said in their first official judgment on the poll on Monday, moving the region a step closer to secession.