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US Says el-Qaida Elements Running Somali Islamic Movement
The U.S. State Department's top diplomat for Africa says el-Qaida figures are now running the Islamic Courts movement which controls most of Somalia....
Read More »Somalia’s Islamists and Ethiopia Gird for a War
MOGADISHU, Somalia, — The stadium was packed, the guns were cocked and even the drenching rain could not douse the jihadist fire....
Read More »US Official Says Washington Aspires For End Of Somali Power Struggle
US Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs David Welch said on Thursday that Washington wanted to see an end to the bloody power struggl...
Read More »Pair in court after exotic drugs found
Two people appeared in the Hamilton District Court yesterday charged with importing and possessing a drug police say has methamphetamine-like qualitie...
Read More »Eritrea calls emergency meeting on Somalia
Asmara - Eritrea is calling for an emergency east African meeting to discuss the situation in Somalia, where it and arch-foe Ethiopia have been accuse...
Read More »Somalia, Darfur crises loom over summit
Nairobi - Burgeoning conflicts in Somalia and Darfur loomed large here on Thursday at a summit of leaders from African Great Lakes nations convened to...
Read More »Aid workers need increased access - UN official
NAIROBI, 14 Dec 2006 (IRIN) - Somalia is one of the worst places for humanitarian actors but they should strive to negotiate access to help Somalis li...
Read More »U.S. condemns Somali Islamists' war ultimatum
NAIROBI (Reuters) - The United States on Thursday condemned as "irresponsible" a threat by Somalia's Islamist movement to attack Ethiopian troops back...
Read More »Somalia's new army says its ready to fight as country slides to war
MANAS, Somalia (AP) - Wearing purple flip flops, oversized trousers and a T-shirt, Osman Ali holds a gun that is almost as big as he is....
Read More »African Union urges backing for Somalia peace force
NAIROBI, Dec 14 (Reuters) - African states should send peacekeepers to help Somalia's fragile interim government negotiate with rival Islamists from a...
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