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UN Envoy Cautions Against Forced Disarmament Before Somalia Reconciliation Congress
Welcoming plans to convene a national reconciliation congress for war-ravaged Somalia, the senior United Nations envoy to the country has cautioned ag...
Read More »UN Envoy Cautions Against Forced Disarmament Before Somalia Reconciliation Congress
Welcoming plans to convene a national reconciliation congress for war-ravaged Somalia, the senior United Nations envoy to the country has cautioned ag...
Read More »Eritrea calls on Kenya to help release Eritreans
ASMARA (AFP) - Eritrea has called on Kenya to help secure the release of three of its citizens it says Kenya handed to authorities in Somalia in Janua...
Read More »Ship escapes seizure at Mogadishu port as pirate attacks increase
NAIROBI (AFP) - A cargo ship escaped seizure at Somalia's main port in the restive capital Mogadishu, three days after pirates captured another vessel...
Read More »Kenya steps up border patrols
Kenya has stepped up security along the border with Somalia amid reports that remnants of the ousted Somali Islamists were regrouping for retaliation ...
Read More »Burials planned in Mogadishu
Mogadishu - Mogadishu residents planned burials on Wednesday for dozens of bodies left abandoned in streets, buildings and morgues after some of the h...
Read More »Somali gov't pledges to step up efforts to stabilize Mogadishu
The transitional government of Somalia vowed on Wednesday to push forward efforts aimed at stabilizing the situation in the capital of Mogadishu after...
Read More »Residents of Somalia's capital use lull in fighting to bury dead
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) - Residents used a lull in fighting Wednesday to clear the Somali capital's streets of corpses after the worst fighting in 15 ...
Read More »BBC: World music awards are announced
The winners of the BBC Radio 3 Awards for World Music have been announced at a ceremony in London....
Read More »Somalia diplomatic players look to replace Ethiopian forces
CAIRO (AFP) - Diplomats from the United States, Europe and Africa meeting in Cairo on Tuesday urged an Ethiopian withdrawal from Somalia and called fo...
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