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Mass exodus from Somali capital
Battles in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, between the Ethiopian army and fighters opposed to the transitional government entered a fourth day on Saturd...
Read More »Young Tourists Pick Somalia, and a 3-Nation Ordeal Begins
WITH a blend of naïveté and a love of travel, Saifa Benaouda flew into Somalia last December from Dubai, where she and her boyfriend had gone for an...
Read More »Furor over author Ayaan Hirsi Ali's visit stirs debate on religious freedom
A community debate over religious freedom surfaced in Western Pennsylvania last week when Dutch feminist author Ayaan Hirsi Ali, a Somali refugee who ...
Read More »Ku xigeenkii duqa magaalada oo geeriyooday
Danjiraha Somalia ee magaalada Nairobi, Maxamed Cali Americo, ayaa BBC-da u xaqiijiyay in Ku xigeenkii Duqa magaalada Muqdisho, Ibrahim Cumar Sabriye ...
Read More »52 killed in battles in Somali capital
MOGADISHU, Somalia - Heavy fighting Saturday between Islamic insurgents and Ethiopian troops backing the government left at least 52 civilians dead in...
Read More »Heavy Fighting Continues For Fourth Day in Somalia
Heavy fighting between Islamic insurgents and Ethiopian forces in Somalia has continued for a fourth day in the capital, Mogadishu....
Read More »Mogadishu war escalates, hundreds dead
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Shells pounded Mogadishu on Saturday, killing at least 73 people to swell a death-toll already in the hundreds from this week's ...
Read More »Heavy fighting rocks Somali capital
A barrage of mortar bombs crashed into the Somali capital for the fourth day yesterday as Ethiopian army units battled Islamist insurgents after a nig...
Read More »Ban says Somalia may need "coalition of the willing"
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - A "coalition of the willing" may be needed to enforce peace in Somalia, where U.S. peacekeepers came to grief in the 1990s,...
Read More »Report: 113 Slain Over 3 Days in Somalia
MOGADISHU, Somalia - Three days of fighting between Islamic insurgents and Ethiopian troops backing the government has killed at least 113 civilians, ...
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