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Somaliland journalists freed after 86 days
afrol News, 29 March - Four journalists of Somaliland's independent 'Haatuf' newspaper today were freed at last, after spending 86 days in jail for of...
Read More »Talks on ending Somalia fighting in Cairo
Arab, African, European and US diplomats have held talks in the Egyptian capital in a bid to see how they can help Somalia's transitional government r...
Read More »Somalia Sees Lull in Fighting, But Chaos Reigns
Diplomats from the United States, Europe, and Africa met in Cairo today to search for ways to stop the fighting in Somalia. There, Somali government t...
Read More »U.S. Agents Visit Ethiopian Secret Jails
NAIROBI, Kenya - CIA and FBI agents hunting for al-Qaida militants in the Horn of Africa have been interrogating terrorism suspects from 19 countries ...
Read More »High Commissioner urges protection of civilians in Mogadishu
Geneva, 3 April 2007 - United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour is deeply concerned over the high number of civilian deaths and...
Read More »Talks on ending Somalia fighting start in Egyptian capital
CAIRO (AP) — Arab, African, European and U.S. diplomats began talks in the Egyptian capital Tuesday in a bid to see how they can help Somalia's tran...
Read More »US government Supports Ethiopian Intervention in Somalia
Addis Ababa, April 2, 2007 (Addis Ababa) - The U.S. government supports the measure Ethiopia has taken to avert the danger that had been posed on it b...
Read More »Border remains closed to asylum seekers
GARISSA, 3 April 2007 (IRIN) - The Somalia-Kenya border is to remain closed despite the arrival of thousands of new Somali asylum seekers escaping wee...
Read More »Somalia refugee crisis grows, some 'charged for shade'
NAIROBI, April 3 (Reuters) - Refugees who have fled Mogadishu by the tens of thousands are suffering atrocious conditions, with some living under tree...
Read More »Mogadishu fighters face off as peace efforts increase
MOGADISHU (AFP) - Heavily-armed Ethiopian and Somali troops faced off with insurgents in Mogadishu on Tuesday ahead of a meeting between clan elders a...
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