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Large numbers of people cross Gulf of Aden despite smuggling crackdown
SANAA, Yemen, October 6 (UNHCR) – Despite a smuggling crackdown in Somalia, large numbers of people continue to cross the Gulf of Aden, with almost ...
Read More »Nine Muslims dead in Ethiopia riots with Christians
At least nine Muslims and a number of Christians were killed this week in religious riots in western Ethiopia, the country's main Islamic group said T...
Read More »Dozens of Somali MPs meet Islamists
Mogadishu, Oct. 5 (Reuters) - A group of Somali lawmakers met powerful Islamists in their Mogadishu stronghold after leaving the temporary capital bec...
Read More »Somalis flee conflict to Kenya, Yemen
More than 2 000 Somalis have fled across the border to Kenya over the last two days amid reports of advances by Islamist forces on several Juba Valley...
Read More »Somalia militia advance to Kenyan border
Baidoa, Somalia - Somalia's radical Islamic militia advanced to a border village with Kenya in pickup trucks fitted with machine guns before withdrawi...
Read More »Unveiling Somalia's Islamists
The Islamist alliance, the Union of Islamic Courts, may have succeeded in gaining control in much of Somalia, but, having defeated the country's warlo...
Read More »Stop denial about Somali killings
Clearly in pain, Abdiqani Ibrahim, a 26 year old Somali shopkeeper who is recovering from serious injuries that he sustained in Phillipi after armed g...
Read More »Nakheel to open Djibouti Palace hotel next month
Dubai: Nakheel’s Djibouti Palace Kempinski hotel will open in the first week of November to coincide with a summit of African leaders, a senior comp...
Read More »US donates patrol boats to Kenya as Somalia unrest fears rise
MOMBASA, Kenya (AFP) - The United States said it would donate six powerful armored speedboats to Kenya to boost patrols along its Indian Ocean coast a...
Read More »On-Air Comedy Skit Seen Harmful to Minnesota Muslims
Minneapolis, MN – (HOL) Local Muslims are wary of the repercussions of a comedy skit that aired on a Twin Cities radio station, KDWB-FM, last week. ...
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