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Uganda Threatens to Pull Troops From Somalia
Uganda is threatening to pull its troops from African peacekeeping missions, including the one in Somalia, because of a U.N. report that accuses Kampala of supporting Congolese rebels. In a statement to
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As one Somali journalist is buried, a top poet and comedian is slain
They buried Somali radio journalist Mohamed Mohamud Turyare on Monday, a week after he was killed by unknown gunmen near a mosque in Mogadishu, Somalia’s capital. On Monday night, killers struck again, this time
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Somali diaspora see hope and opportunity in Mogadishu
The relative peace in Somalia’s capital has seen a revival of business unlike anything since 1991. Emigres are flooding back with money, ideas and confidence. Ahmed Jama has staked $200,000 to build a hotel
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TV journalist killed in northern Somalia, journalist death toll rises to 16 this year
The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) has strongly condemned the killing of television journalist in northern Somalia. Ahmed Farah Ilyas, widely known Saakin, a reporter working for Universal TV, was gunned down in
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Journalist survives assassination attempt
In a never-ending deadly threat facing Somali journalists, another radio journalist was critically wounded tonight by two armed men in Mogadishu after surviving from an assassination attempt to his life. Mohamed Mohamud, aka
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Gold hero Mo and his bro Olympic star’s first ever joint interview with twin Hassan
OLYMPIC hero Mo Farah is larking about with identical twin brother Hassan — and the way they behave no one would think they have lived apart for 21 years. They giggle at the
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Ethiopia’s Agenda to Destabilize Eritrea
The Somalia Eritrea Monitoring Group (SEMG) kept expanding its allegations against Eritrea, exposing its true motives and objectives-to first get “stand alone sanctions” against the State of Eritrea and then use all kinds of
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Kenya urges world to help consolidate gains made in Somalia
Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki on Saturday called on the international community to help consolidate security gains which have been realized in Somalia to stabilize the Horn of Africa nation. Speaking during the celebrations to
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German court convicts 10 Somalis of piracy
Ten Somalis were given jail sentences of up to seven years on Friday for hijacking a cargo ship, in Germany’s first modern-day piracy trial. The raid on the German vessel MV Taipan, 530
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Somalia: ‘Al-Shabab weapons seized in Puntland’
Al-Shabab merged with al-Qaeda in February and the two groups have long worked together A large consignment of arms destined for suspected Islamist militants in north-eastern Somalia has been seized, a regional governor
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