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UNESCO Director-General condemns killing of 2 Somali radio journalists.
The Director-General of UNESCO, Koïchiro Matsuura, today condemned the killing of two Somali radio journalists Abshir Ali Gabre and Ahmed Hassan Maha...
Read More »Call for strong leadership to battle climate change
NAIROBI, 23 May 2007 (IRIN) - African leaders should champion the awareness of climate change and the threat it poses to the region among the continen...
Read More »Museveni Mourns Slain Soldiers
Kampala (New Vision) - PRESIDENT Yoweri Museveni has mourned the four UPDF soldiers who died last week in Somalia on an African Union peace-keeping mi...
Read More »The Role of Somali Elders
Every society has elders who safeguard the wellbeing of the nation and there is always a positive role for them in forwarding the interests of their p...
Read More »Ambassador Ranneberger Discusses U.S. Somalia Relations
Michael E Ranneberger, U.S. envoy to Kenya, answered questions in a May 23 USINFO Webchat on U.S. -Somalia relations....
Read More »What Role Should the U.S. Play in Somalia?
Somalia's last stable central government fell in 1991. In the sixteen years since, anarchy has reigned in the nation at the tip of Africa's Horn. Warl...
Read More »Kenya in talks to open border for refugees
NAIROBI, Kenya (UPI) - The Kenyan government has begun talks with several international agencies on the possibility of opening its borders to refugees...
Read More »Allegiance Rewarded
WASHINGTON — One dramatic act sets Ethiopia apart from the array of countries with poor human rights records that have become United States countert...
Read More »Djibouti seeks COMESA input on Somalia conflict
Nairobi, Kenya (Angola Press) - President Ismael Omar Guelleh of Djibouti Tuesday appealed to COMESA leaders gathered in Nairobi to press for inclusiv...
Read More »Burundi, Nigeria to Deploy peace-keeping mission in Somalia
TROOPS from Burundi and Nigeria will soon join the UPDF on a peace-keeping mission in Somalia, MPs heard yesterday. Without stating figures, the Chief...
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