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The African Union (AU) Special Representative for Somalia calls for an immediate end to hostilities in Kismayo
The African Union Special Representative for Somalia (SRCC) Ambassador Mahamat Saleh Annadif has condemned the violence in Kismayo and called for an immediate cessation of hostilities. The SRCC asks AMISOM forces to help
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Five dead in Somali port city as leadership dispute
The threat of the kind of clan fighting that tore Somalia apart over two decades has hung over the city of Kismayu since Ahmed Madobe, leader of the Ras Kamboni militia, was chosen by
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Somalia may accept leader Ras Kamboni in portcity
Somalia’s government is expected to recognise a former Islamist warlord it had opposed as interim leader of a strategic port city, diplomats said, defusing a crisis over rival claims to the post that had
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Somalia Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys captured
Unconfirmed reports from Somalia indicate that one of the senior officials of the radical Islamist al-Shabaab, Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys has been captured and taken into custody. Sheikh Aweys had fallen out of
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Somalia The European Union and the Somali Federal Government Strengthen Ties On Board EU Naval Force Counter Piracy Flagship
the Somali Federal Government flew on board the EU Naval Force Portuguese flagship, NRP Alvares Cabral, at sea off Mogadishu. They held talks with the EU Special Envoy to Somalia, the Operation Commander
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Somalia far from safe, journalists say
perception that Somalia is on the mend after more than 20 years of war is one of its greatest national security threats, journalists said. Somalia formed a functioning central government last year for
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Somalia Al Shabab Attacks Sierra Leone Bases
Heavy artilleries hit bases belonging to the Sierra Leon troops in the lower Juba regions as Alshabab troops attacked the new Amisom peace keeping force in the lower Juba region of Somalia. The
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Britain Builds £14m Prison In Somalia
Taxpayers’ money will also go to fund mobile criminal courts in lawless states currently plagued by al-Qaeda. The prison in Mogadishu will ensure dangerous warlords are kept behind bars. It will also make
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Farnesina: Somalia, Pistelli meets with the Special EU Envoy for the Horn of Africa Italy committed to consolidation of Somali institutions
African Press Organization (APO)/ — Developments in the Somali crisis and the role of the European Union and Italy in stabilisation were the central focus of meetings today in Rome between Deputy Foreign Minister
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UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Somalia statement on Mogadishu UN attack
The UN Special Representative for the Secretary-General for Somalia, Nicholas Kay, condemned the violent attack on the United Nations Common Compound in Mogadishu. At about 11:30 this morning, a pickup truck rigged with
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