http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Sharif_AhmedFind stories, videos, and photos about Sharif Ahmed from CNN.com.en-usCable News Network LP, LLLP.Thu, 26 Nov 2009 05:49:09 GMT5http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/1.0/logo/cnn.logo.rss.gifhttp://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Sharif_Ahmed14433Find stories, videos, and photos about Sharif Ahmed from CNN.com.http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/10/28/somalia.shelling.president/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/10/28/somalia.shelling.president/index.html#cnnSTCTextSomalia's president escaped an opportunistic attack by Islamic militants Wednesday as deadly fighting erupted in the center of Mogadishu, officials said.Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:52:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/08/20/somalia.town.captured/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/08/20/somalia.town.captured/index.html#cnnSTCTextSomali government forces have seized control of a central town from an al Qaeda-linked Islamist militia, a spokesman for Somalia's president said Thursday.Thu, 20 Aug 2009 16:43:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/08/06/clinton.somalia/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/08/06/clinton.somalia/index.html#cnnSTCTextU.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Thursday vowed to continue U.S. support for the government of Somalia's new president, whose government is waging a bloody battle against an Islamic insurgency.Thu, 06 Aug 2009 20:37:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/07/16/somalia.french.hostages/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/07/16/somalia.french.hostages/index.html#cnnSTCTextSomalia's interim prime minister said Thursday that he has spoken to one of two French hostages seized earlier this week by gunmen who stormed their hotel in Mogadishu.Thu, 16 Jul 2009 16:11:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/06/18/somalia.minister/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/06/18/somalia.minister/index.html#cnnSTCTextSomalia's internal security minister was killed Thursday in a massive suicide car bombing in central Somalia, the country's president said.Thu, 18 Jun 2009 14:15:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/05/26/somalia.refugees/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/05/26/somalia.refugees/index.html#cnnSTCTextDescribed as the largest single gathering of displaced residents in the world today, tens of thousands of civilians are seeking shelter along the Afgooye corridor outside Mogadishu, according to the United Nations.Tue, 26 May 2009 20:10:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/05/25/somalia.president/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/05/25/somalia.president/index.html#cnnSTCTextSomalia needs international help to fight Islamist extremists battling for power in the lawless Horn of Africa nation, the country's moderate Islamist president said Monday.Mon, 25 May 2009 13:58:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/05/17/somalia.militants/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/05/17/somalia.militants/index.html#cnnSTCTextSomalia's hard-line Islamic group Al-Shabab seized control of Jowhar, the president's hometown, after a battle with pro-government forces Sunday.Sun, 17 May 2009 14:02:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/05/15/somalia.fighting/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/05/15/somalia.fighting/index.html#cnnSTCTextClashes between Somalia's transitional government and the Al-Shabab militia left 103 people dead and 420 others wounded, Somali officials said Friday.Fri, 15 May 2009 22:34:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/03/26/somalia.minister.attack/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/03/26/somalia.minister.attack/index.html#cnnSTCTextA roadside bomb attack Thursday in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, injured the nation's interior minister and killed one of his secretaries, according to a source close to the minister.Wed, 22 Apr 2009 13:45:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/04/18/somalia.sharia/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/04/18/somalia.sharia/index.html#cnnSTCTextSomalia's transitional federal parliament has unanimously backed the introduction of Islamic Sharia law in the country after a vote over the issue was brought to parliamentarians Saturday.Sat, 18 Apr 2009 10:47:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/03/19/bin.laden.message/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/03/19/bin.laden.message/index.html#cnnSTCTextAl Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden has called for Somalia's new president to be overthrown, according to an audio recording posted Thursday on the Internet.Thu, 19 Mar 2009 13:59:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/02/28/somalia.sharia/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/02/28/somalia.sharia/index.html#cnnSTCTextSomali President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed said Saturday he will give in to a rebel demand that he impose Islamic law, or sharia, in an effort to halt fighting between Somali forces and Islamic insurgents.Sun, 01 Mar 2009 02:57:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/02/05/analysis.somalia/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/02/05/analysis.somalia/index.html#cnnSTCTextIt was an odd sight in Ethiopia's capital this week: a standing ovation for Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, the man whom Ethiopian forces had removed from power in neighboring Somalia two years ago.Thu, 05 Feb 2009 14:25:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/02/02/somalia.fighting/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/02/02/somalia.fighting/index.html#cnnSTCTextAt least 39 civilians were killed in Somalia's capital Monday after a convoy of African Union peacekeepers was hit by a roadside bomb, causing the troops to open fire, officials and eyewitnesses said.Tue, 03 Feb 2009 03:33:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/11/23/ethiopia.somalia.troops/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/11/23/ethiopia.somalia.troops/index.html#cnnSTCTextEthiopian troops have not yet begun to withdraw from key positions in the capital of Somalia two days after they were supposed to do so under a peace agreement designed to end years of conflict.Sun, 23 Nov 2008 11:18:00 ESThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1826645,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1826645,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsSomalia's new opposition leader said Friday his supporters could take up arms against U.N. peacekeepers if they deploy in the lawless country and side with the country's weak governmentFri, 25 Jul 2008 19:00:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/04/21/somalia.fighting/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/04/21/somalia.fighting/index.html#cnnSTCTextSomalia's main opposition group Monday accused Ethiopian troops of killing six leaders of a Muslim sect during weekend street battles in Mogadishu, clashes one observer called the worst since the country's government collapsed in 1991.Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:01:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/12/28/somalia/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/12/28/somalia/index.htmlEthiopian troops, along with Somali government soldiers, entered Mogadishu on the heels of retreating Islamist troops Thursday, according to a journalist in the Somali capital.Thu, 28 Dec 2006 11:14:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/12/27/somalia.ethiopia/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/12/27/somalia.ethiopia/index.htmlEthiopian troops have taken control of the major Somalian town of Jowhar after several hours of heavy fighting with Islamist fighters and their force of about 2,000 soldiers advanced toward Balad, about 20 miles northeast of Mogadishu, according to witnesses.Wed, 27 Dec 2006 09:36:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/12/26/somalia.ethiopia/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/12/26/somalia.ethiopia/index.htmlThe United Nations envoy to Somalia has warned of a "deteriorating situation" in the Horn of Africa nations and called for the U.N. Security Council to take steps to end the violence in the country.Wed, 27 Dec 2006 01:35:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/06/19/somalia.au/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/06/19/somalia.au/index.htmlAfrican and Western diplomats agreed to send experts to study conditions in Somalia before deploying a peacekeeping mission there, African Union officials said Monday, after militias vowing to impose Islamic rule took over the capital of the Horn of Africa country.Mon, 19 Jun 2006 16:29:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/06/13/cnna.sheikhahmed/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/06/13/cnna.sheikhahmed/index.htmlMilitia fighters in Somalia affiliated with the Islamic Courts Union are taking power from clan-based secular warlords. The warlords are blamed for dragging the war-torn nation into a state of lawlessness that has lasted nearly 16 years.Tue, 13 Jun 2006 22:23:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/06/05/somalia.fighting/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/06/05/somalia.fighting/index.htmlAn Islamic militia said Monday it has seized Somalia's capital after weeks of some of the bloodiest fighting in 15 years of anarchy in the Horn of Africa nation.Mon, 05 Jun 2006 11:44:00 EDT