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Somali al-Shabab leader Abdikafi Mohamed Ali ‘captured’
Puntland’s Security Minister, Khalif Isse, said Abdikafi Mohamed Ali was wounded in a raid at a militant safe house in the port city of Bossaso. A soldier was killed in the operation and the
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Review of the latest aggression on North & South Kordofan
Um Rowwaba is one of the beautiful towns in North Kordofan State. The town and its sister of Abu Kershola (South Kordofan State) were attacked by the so called Sudan Revolutionary Front rebels. SRF
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Somalia speaks on SA xenophobia
The Prime Minister of war-torn Somalia, Abdi Farah Shirdon, has spoken out against attacks on his countrymen living in South Africa. Shirdon called on government to protect Somalis after a spate of attacks.
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Somali president wants Japan to aid job training
The president of Somalia wants Japan to provide job-training for young people in his country to prevent them from joining the Muslim insurgency. Hassan Sheikh Mohamud last year became the head of Somalia’s first
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Gunmen in Kismayo attack Somali reporter
Authorities in the Jubbaland region of Somalia must apprehend the gunmen who attacked freelance journalist Abdulkadir Abdirisak in the southern port town of Kismayo on Wednesday evening, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.
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Somali rules out quit notice to Kenya and Ethiopia troops
Somalia has denied ordering Kenya and Ethiopia to withdraw their troops from the country. State minister Farah Sheikh Abdulkadir dismissed the reports that were transmitted by an independent broadcaster in Mogadishu and quoted by
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All Somali shops in Booysen Park looted
Cape Town – All the Somali-owned shops in Port Elizabeth’s Booysen Park have been burned or looted and owners have evacuated the area, police say. “All remaining Somali shop-owners have packed up and left
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Suspected US drone crashes in Somalia’s Lower Shabelle
A suspected US drone has crashed the southern Lower Shabelle region of Somalia, according to reports. The militant group al-Shabab said on Twitter that an American unmanned aircraft had come down near a town
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Business will drive a new future for Somalia, says Prime Minister as investors meet in Nairobi conference
His Excellency Prime Minister Abdi Farah Shirdon today welcomed the business community as the engine of growth for the Somali economy as investors gathered in Nairobi for the two-day Somali Reconstruction and Investment Conference.
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Gunmen kill five in Kenya-Somalia border attack: police
Gunmen killed five people including two police officers along Kenya’s volatile border with war-torn Somalia, the latest in a string of attacks, police said Sunday. Unidentified gunmen opened fire late Saturday on a
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