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27 Somali illegal immigrants rescued at sea
An Armed Forces of Malta (AFM) patrol vessel is rescuing 25 Somali illegal immigrants 80 nautical miles south of Malta. The boat the illegal immigran...
Read More »Gunmen slay Somali security official
Mogadishu (AFP) - Gunmen assassinated a top Somali intelligence official in Mogadishu on Wednesday in an escalation of attacks on government targets i...
Read More »Ethiopian troops in Somalia kill 5 passers-by after blast
Mogadishu (AP) - Ethiopian troops opened fire at passers-by Wednesday, killing five of them and injuring three others, after a land mine exploded as t...
Read More »Mogadishu still dangerous after open fighting ceases
"This situation is, in a sense, worse than the open fighting in the city," said Nor Farah, a Mogadishu resident, as he complained the deteriorating se...
Read More »Roadside bomb targets Ethiopian forces in Somalia
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - A roadside bomb blast tore through a convoy carrying Ethiopian troops in a central Somali town on Wednesday, seriously wounding ...
Read More »Amina Alaman: "I want to go to school"
GALKAYO, Amina Alaman, a 10-year-old girl, was born in a camp for displaced people and has not known any other life. Her family first escaped their ho...
Read More »Burlington Officials Address Discrimination, Again
BURLINGTON — Chittenden County State’s Attorney T.J. Donovan acknowledges that every person, even a law-enforcement official, carries inherent bia...
Read More »4 dead after blast, gunbattle
Mogadishu (AFP) - Four Somali civilians died in a roadside bomb attack on an Ethiopian military truck on Wednesday near the central Somali town of Bel...
Read More »Ethiopia begins 10-day census
Addis Ababa (AP) - Ethiopia began a population count on Tuesday, a daunting task in a country where asking direct, personal questions is seen as socia...
Read More »UN, Somalia needs $2.2bn for reconstruction
KAMPALA (AFP) - Somalia needs $2.2 billion for reconstruction and the restoration of peace, a UN envoy said Tuesday, as fighting continued in the law...
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