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U.N. Hopes Somalia Resolution Averts War
NITED NATIONS (AP) - Hoping to head off a regional proxy war, the U.N. Security Council came to the aid of Somalia's virtually powerless government, a...
Read More »More funds needed to cope with floods
NAIROBI, 7 Dec 2006 (IRIN) - The main challenge in responding to the flood emergency in Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia continues to be providing adequate...
Read More »Lifting of arms embargo dangerous, UIC says
NAIROBI, 7 Dec 2006 (IRIN) - The Union of Islamic Courts (UIC) condemned on Thursday a decision by the United Nations Security Council to lift an arms...
Read More »Somali Islamists angry at U.N. peacekeeper move
MOGADISHU, Dec 7 (Reuters) - Somalia's powerful Islamist movement said on Thursday that U.N. endorsement of an African peacekeeping force will "add fu...
Read More »Congo, Tanzania and United States of America: draft resolution
Security Council, Recalling its previous resolutions concerning the situation in Somalia, in particular resolution...
Read More »Fire Burns Down Part of Mogadishu's Bakara Market
Wednesday, Dec. 6 (HOL) - Part of Mogadishu's Bakara market got burnt again after some one left a fire in a kitchen unattended....
Read More »Kenya's Muslim Leaders Deny Somali Islamists Recruitment in Northeast
As fear mounts of an all-out war in Somalia which could drag in neighboring countries, Muslim leaders in Kenya are denying allegations that Somali Isl...
Read More »Flood Situation Report No 12
The Flood Response Plan was launched in Geneva today, appealing for US$18.2 million. (Total needs for ongoing flood response are estimated at US$28.6 ...
Read More »Somalia official issues beheading threat
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) - Residents of a southern Somalia town who do not pray five times a day will be beheaded, an Islamic courts official said Wedn...
Read More »Urgent Appeal for Peace in the Horn of Africa
To urgently take effective measures that will put an end to the rapid deterioration of relations between Ethiopia and the Union of Islamic Courts (UIC...
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