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Somalis find a sometimes uneasy home in an old mill city in Maine
LEWISTON, Maine (AP) - A middle school student's prank — tossing a piece of leftover Easter ham onto a table surrounded by Muslim youngsters from S...
Read More »UN envoy visits Mogadishu
Mogadishu, Somalia (AFP) - UN envoy to Somalia Francois Fall has arrived in Mogadishu for his first visit since the end of some of the deadliest fight...
Read More »AU member states urged to reinforce Somalia mission
MOGADISHU, May 11 (Reuters) - The African Union (AU) on Friday urged member states who have pledged troops to its peacekeeping mission in Somalia to d...
Read More »Somalia tackles arms market
MOGADISHU - In a bid to reinforce its tenuous grip on Somalia’s war-wracked capital, officials have launched a crackdown on an outdoor market in Mog...
Read More »Somalia too tough for al Qaeda?
WASHINGTON (Examiner) - Osama bin Laden’s al Qaeda has failed for more than a decade to establish an operational base in Somalia due to the country�...
Read More »Africa parliament says Ethiopia to fail in Somalia
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Ethiopia's efforts to stabilise Somalia are unlikely to succeed and African countries should live up to their promises to sen...
Read More »Aid workers kidnapped in Somalia are "safe"
BOSSASSO (Reuters) - Two aid workers kidnapped by gunmen in Somalia's semi-autonomous Puntland region are in good health and their abductors are negot...
Read More »Attack Kills 2 In Somali Capital
A land mine attack on a convoy of Somali government officials ended in the deaths of two civilians in the restive capital Thursday, an official and wi...
Read More »Johnstown imam forced to resign over comments
JOHNSTOWN, Pa. -- The leader of a Muslim center has resigned after telling a newspaper that, in the eyes of the Islamic community, a death sentence wa...
Read More »Irish, Kenyan aid workers feared kidnapped in Somalia
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Two aid workers, one Irish and one Kenyan, are missing and feared kidnapped in the semi-autonomous Puntland region of north Somali...
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