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ANALYSIS-Somali PM's hometown victory only first step
With more than a millennium of enmity between Ethiopians and Somalis, who view their much larger neighbour as a Christian imperialist power, the quest...
Read More »Thousands said fleeing Somali flashpoint town
KISMAYU, Somalia, Dec 31 (Reuters) - Thousands of Somalis were fleeing the town of Jilib on Sunday, as Ethiopian tanks and government troops headed to...
Read More »Refugee family sues over lead poisoning
newsinsideThe parents of a two-year-old Manchester, New Hampshire girl are suing their former landlord and building manager, alleging that not enough ...
Read More »Ethiopian, Somali troops corner militants
MOGADISHU, Somalia - Thousands of Somali and Ethiopian troops closed in Saturday on the last remaining stronghold of a militant Islamic movement in so...
Read More »Not a shot was fired yet the Somali jihad was suddenly over...
Their fortress fell without a shot. After just nine days of clashes in Somalia's hinterland, the Islamists who had vowed to fight to the death abandon...
Read More »Local Somalis want peace for homeland
re than a thousand Somalis gathered in Minneapolis on Saturday to call for Ethiopian troops to withdraw immediately from Somalia....
Read More »Somali troops close on militants
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) -- Thousands of Somali and Ethiopian troops were closing in Saturday on the last remaining stronghold of a militant Islamic mo...
Read More »Aid plane crashes in Kenya
Nairobi - A Kenyan plane carrying aid and fuel to neighbouring Somalia crashed and burst into flames on Saturday, but officials said all three crew su...
Read More »Somalia's president ready to visit recaptured capital Mogadishu
AFGOYE, Somalia (AFP) - Somalia's President Abdullah Yusuf Ahmed has travelled to Afgoye near the capital to prepare his entrance into Mogadishu itsel...
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