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Somalia conflict divides nations
NAIROBI, Kenya — Thousands of Ethiopian and Eritrean troops are in Somalia, backing opposing sides in the struggle for control of the strategic coun...
Read More »UN's Annan Urges Restraint in Somalia
U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan is calling on Somalia's neighbors to avoid provocative acts amid reports that foreign troops in the country could tr...
Read More »Prize offered to Africa's leaders
UK-based mobile phone entrepreneur Mo Ibrahim - who was born in Egypt - is behind the plan to rate governance in 53 African countries each year....
Read More »Attacks on Somalis have Cabinet worried
Cabinet on Thursday expressed its deep concern about the spate of attacks on, and killings of, Somalis in some parts of South Africa, as well as the i...
Read More »Britain's 'friend in the Horn of Africa' pleads for statehood
In the harsh terrain of the Horn of Africa, torn by decades of war, a peaceful Muslim democracy with a pro-Western government has emerged on the terri...
Read More »Somaliland appeals to Britain for help
London, UK (AFP) - The president of Somalia's breakaway northwestern republic of Somaliland appealed for Britain's help in attaining international rec...
Read More »Somalia's Islamic radicals seize town
KISMAYO, Somalia(AP) - Islamic militiamen seized another town near the government's base in Somalia, but one of the group's leaders dispelled fears th...
Read More »Somalia in danger of 'all out war'
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- Thousands of foreign troops in Somalia could lead to "an all out war" between Somalia's transitional government and an Islamic ...
Read More »Fears of jihad in Horn of Africa
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - Four months after Islamists seized the Somali capital of Mogadishu, promising a return to order and peace in war-ravaged ...
Read More »U.N. Report Says Somalia Deteriorating
NAIROBI, Kenya(AP) -- There are thousands of foreign troops inside Somalia and their presence could lead to "an all out war" between Somalia's transit...
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