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Five-day lull shattered in Somali capital
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AFP) - Mortar attacks in the Somali capital injured seven people on Friday a day after an advance party of African Union force arr...
Read More »Blasts shake Somali capital Mogadishu
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - At least six explosions rocked the Somali capital, Mogadishu, on Friday, witnesses said, a day after Ugandan peacekeepers starte...
Read More »Mortars Hit Somali Capital, Wounding 6, Including 2 Children
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Four mortar explosions rocked the Somali capital Friday, wounding six people including two children a day after an advance...
Read More »Advance Team of A.U. Peacekeepers Land in Baidoa
The first patch of African Union troops has arrived in Somalia on Thursday at a moment that neighboring countries, the United Nations, and US say it c...
Read More »Envoy: Somalia Has Best Chance for Peace
Despite a recent surge in violence, Somalia has its best opportunity in years to emerge from anarchy and the world must help the interim government as...
Read More »Somalia: back to the beginning
Somalia now seems to be back to square one. The non-stop killing, kidnapping and hijacking has returned as the order of the day after a brief period o...
Read More »Sana'a Assembly summit concludes in Ethiopia
SANA'A, Feb 28 — The Sana'a Assembly's fifth Summit concluded Monday in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa in the presence of Yemeni President Ali Ab...
Read More »Two killed as gunmen ambush Mogadishu port chief
MOGADISHU (AFP) - Gunmen ambushed a convoy carrying the head of Mogadishu's sea port on Thursday, sparking an exchange of fire that claimed at least t...
Read More »Uganda Denies Peacekeepers In Somalia
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) A Ugandan military spokesman has denied that an advance team of the African peacekeeping force expected in Somalia has arrived...
Read More »Preparing for new tides of refugees
For more than a decade Somalia has been in the grip of chaos and anarchy, and the humanitarian situation is disastrous. Over 160,000 refugees are livi...
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