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A Somalian women’s rights activist passionately spoke before University of Wisconsin students Wednesday evening about the plight of what some have r...
Read More »Somali peace talks in 'jeopardy'
Nairobi - Somalia's weak government has accused the Arab League of bias toward the country's powerful Islamists movement and warned that upcoming Arab...
Read More »Dozens of Somali MPs leave government seat, meet Islamists
A group of Somali lawmakers met powerful Islamists in their Mogadishu stronghold after leaving the temporary capital because of growing security fears...
Read More »Militia Advances Closer to Somalia Base
MOGADISHU, Somalia -- The Islamic militia that has seized much of southern Somalia has advanced to within 12 miles of the only town still controlled b...
Read More »Officer and truck dirver killed on the Will Rogers Turnpike
CLAREMORE -- A relative of an Oklahoma Highway Patrol trooper said the trooper was attempting a U-turn when a crash killed him and a truck driver Sund...
Read More »Woman charged with assisting failed London bomb plot appears in court
TEENAGE girl has appeared in court today charged in connection with the alleged attempted bombings in London on July 21 last year....
Read More »Somalia's Islamists to Establish an Upper Islamic Council
The Islamic Courts Union (ICU) is to establish an alternative government to the one currently based in Baidoa, news agencies report. The Islamic gover...
Read More »Senior UN envoy begins seven-nation tour to promote peace in Somalia
Starting a seven-nation mission to promote peace and reconciliation in Somalia, the top United Nations envoy for the war-torn east African country tod...
Read More »Foreign Fighters Influence Increasing in Somalia
In Somalia, recent terrorist attacks in Baidoa and reports of foreigners training and fighting alongside Islamic court militias have raised serious qu...
Read More »Thousands gather in support of Somalia's Islamic movement in town of Kismayo
KISMAYO, Somalia Somalia's radical Islamic leaders held a rally Wednesday that drew thousands of mostly women and students in the port city of Kismayo...
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