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Somali Town Briefly Changes Hands
MOGADISHU, Somalia, Oct. 9 -- Somalia's interim government on Monday launched its first counter-strike against the country's ascendant Islamic militia...
Read More »'I'd rather kill than stay here'
Dadaab Refugee Camp - Mohammed Abdi Guhad sits idly in the shade of a makeshift wooden kiosk, explaining his plan to return to Somalia and fight for t...
Read More »Somalia Extremists Declare Jihad On Ethiopia
NAIROBI, Kenya — Extremist Muslims controlling much of southern Somalia declared jihad, or holy war, on Ethiopia yesterday after accusing its troops...
Read More »Democrat Poised to Become First Muslim in Congress
MINNEAPOLIS — Keith Ellison, the Democratic candidate for Congress here, strode among the stalls of exotically printed fabric, telephone cards and s...
Read More »Somalia's Islamic forces declare 'holy war' against Ethiopia
MOGADISHU(AP), Somalia – An Islamic militia that has seized much of southern Somalia declared a holy war Monday against Ethiopia, accusing its neigh...
Read More »SOMALIA: Islamic Courts warn of possible renewal of civil war
NAIROBI, 9 October (IRIN) - The Union of Islamic Courts (UIC), which controls much of southern and central Somalia, has warned of imminent war between...
Read More »Somalis Protest Militia; 100 Arrested
BAIDOA, Somalia — About 100 demonstrators were arrested at protests against an Islamic militia that has seized much of southern Somalia, a new offic...
Read More »Islam has tamed a lawless Somalia, but is it raising an Taliban
As a senior drill officer for Somalia's new Islamic army, Col Abukar Sheikh Mohamed is proud to have recruited some of the unholiest warriors ever to ...
Read More »Somalia: Islam has tamed a lawless Somalia, but is it raising an African Taliban?
Other aspects of the new regime are less welcome. As traditionally secular Muslims, many Somalis have been worried at how the courts have tried to shu...
Read More »Islam has tamed a lawless Somalia, but is it raising an African Taliban...
As a senior drill officer for Somalia's new Islamic army, Col Abukar Sheikh Mohamed is proud to have recruited some of the unholiest warriors ever to ...
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