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Somalia's Islamists to Establish an Upper Islamic Council
The Islamic Courts Union (ICU) is to establish an alternative government to the one currently based in Baidoa, news agencies report. The Islamic gover...
Read More »Senior UN envoy begins seven-nation tour to promote peace in Somalia
Starting a seven-nation mission to promote peace and reconciliation in Somalia, the top United Nations envoy for the war-torn east African country tod...
Read More »Foreign Fighters Influence Increasing in Somalia
In Somalia, recent terrorist attacks in Baidoa and reports of foreigners training and fighting alongside Islamic court militias have raised serious qu...
Read More »Thousands gather in support of Somalia's Islamic movement in town of Kismayo
KISMAYO, Somalia Somalia's radical Islamic leaders held a rally Wednesday that drew thousands of mostly women and students in the port city of Kismayo...
Read More »Kenya beefs up Somalia security
Security in northern Kenya is being stepped up after last month's capture by the Union of Islamic Courts militia of the southern Somali port of Kismay...
Read More »Not So Welcome in South Africa-
MASIPHUMELELE, South Africa -- The mob announced itself the night of Aug. 28 with a terrifying clatter of stones against the tin walls of Hadith Haji ...
Read More »Not So Welcome in South Africa
MASIPHUMELELE, South Africa -- The mob announced itself the night of Aug. 28 with a terrifying clatter of stones against the tin walls of Hadith Haji ...
Read More »UN Special Representative for Somalia Visits Ethiopia
Addis Ababa, 3 October: The Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Somalia, Francois Lonseny Fall, visited Ethiopia today as part of a sev...
Read More »Somalia Donor Group and UN
The Donor Group and the United Nations would like to emphasise to all contractors, suppliers, consultants and other entities implementing construction...
Read More »Blacks left out of Minnesota's rush to own homes
Minnesota ranks No. 1 for homeownership nationally, but the state's black households still aren't sharing in this success story....
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