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Ethiopia to quit Somalia after AU troops arrive: PM
KUWAIT CITY (AFP) - Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi said in Kuwait on Sunday that Ethiopian troops will complete their withdrawal from neighbour...
Read More »UN calls for inclusive reconciliation talks in Somalia
UN emergency humanitarian coordinator John Holmes on Monday called for an inclusive reconciliation talks in Somalia to avert a humanitarian crisis loo...
Read More »Aid not reaching most Somali war afflicted-U.N.
NAIROBI, May 14 (Reuters) - Aid workers are only reaching about a third of the thousands of civilians afflicted by Mogadishu's worst fighting for year...
Read More »Somali leader agrees to UN probe
The United Nations will probe human rights violations during recent fighting in the Somali capital Mogadishu in which hundreds of civilians died, a to...
Read More »EU demands end to fighting in Somalia, pledges new humanitarian aid
Brussels (dpa)- The European Union on Monday demanded an end to fighting between government troops and insurgents in strife-torn Somalia and vowed to...
Read More »Somali PM sacks key ministers
Mogadishu, Somalia (AFP) - Somali Prime Minister Ali Mohamed Gedi on Saturday sacked his deputy and the defence minister, both of whom have been criti...
Read More »Ethiopians Fear for Their Interfaith Oasis
DESE, Ethiopia -- Rumors were spreading up and down the narrow streets here, in front of the Noah pharmacy and Millennium Cafe, through the rectangula...
Read More »Breakaway Somaliland prospers in shadow of war
HARGEISA, Somalia (AFP) - With or without international recognition, Ahmed Hassan believes that his homeland, the breakaway would-be nation of Somalil...
Read More »A new neighborhood built to tear down old barriers
It's no accident that homes in Southeast Seattle's NewHolly neighborhood have front porches....
Read More »UN humanitarian official cuts short Somali trip after bombings
NAIROBI (AFP) - UN emergency humanitarian coordinator John Holmes has cut short his two-day visit to Somalia for security reasons after a string of bo...
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