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United States Africa Command Public Affairs Office 9 Aug 2011 USAFRICOM - related news stories TOP NEWS RELATED TO U.S. AFRICA COMMAND AND AFRICA Somali famine: First UNHCR airlift arrives in Mogadishu (BBC) 8 August 2011 - The UN refugee agency has flown aid to famine victims in Somalia's capital - its first airlift to war-torn Mogadishu for five years. Fighting erupts in Mogadishu as rebels clear out (Reuters) 8 August 2011 - Fighting erupted on Sunday in Mogadishu between government troops and al Shabaab insurgents a day after the rebels said they were leaving the Somali capital and the government declared it controlled most of the city, residents and officials said. Rebels in captured town plan push towards Tripoli (Reuters Africa) 8 August 2011 - Libyan rebels who seized this town 80 km (50 miles) south of Tripoli said on Monday they would now push on towards Muammar Gaddafi's strongho ld in the capital but expected a tough fight. Libyans struggle to cope with blackouts, gas shortages (CNN) 8 August 2011 - The alleys and archways along Rashid Street in central Tripoli were plunged in darkness this weekend, as the Libyan capital struggled to cope with widespread shortages of electricity. Getting ready for war! (The Southern Times) 8 August 2011 - The United States planned a military operation in Zimbabwe in support of a perceived faction in ZANU-PF in alliance with Mr Morgan Tsvangirai' s MDC-T. Marange diamond field: Zimbabwe torture camp discovered (BBC) 8 August 2011 - A torture camp run by Zimbabwe's security forces is operating in the country' s rich Marange diamond fields, BBC Panorama has found. Soldiers tell of Zimbabwe diamond field massacre (BBC) 8 August 2011 - Soldiers and paramilitary police from Zimbabwe have broken ranks to speak out about a 2008 operation in which civilians working in the Marange diamond fields were massacred.
