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Charcoal trade on the rise
MOGADISHU, 6 Nov 2006 (IRIN) - When the Union of Islamic Courts (UIC) first came to power in June, it was applauded for issuing an official ban on the...
Read More »Somali Islamists say battle erupts with northerners
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Fighting flared on Monday between Islamist forces and troops from the semi-autonomous northern enclave of Puntland in Somalia, w...
Read More »Somali war refugees find more grief in South Africa
MASIPHUMELELE, SOUTH AFRICA — One evening in August, Mohammad Abdille watched his normally polite customers in this drab, crowded black township out...
Read More »Ethiopia caught in weather cycle
Addis Ababa - Ethiopia, which was hit again by deadly floods this week, is caught in a devastating cycle of drought and heavy rains that threatens the...
Read More »Somalian lawmakers to talk with rebels
MOGADISHU, Somalia — Against the wishes of the fractured government, Somalia's most powerful lawmaker and 25 other members of parliament arrived in ...
Read More »Islamists welcome Somali speaker to Mogadishu
MOGADISHU, Nov 5 (Reuters) - Islamist leaders welcomed the parliament speaker of Somalia's interim government to their Mogadishu stronghold amid tight...
Read More »Female Religious Leaders Join Arab HIV Forum in Cairo
More than 250 religious leaders representing Muslim and Christian faiths from 20 Arab countries--including the Sheikh of Al-Azhar, the Coptic Pope, an...
Read More »KENNEDY AND COLEMAN SPONSOR WORKING SESSION TO ADDRESS IMPACT OF THE BANK SECRECY ACT ON MONEY SERVICES BUSINESSES AND NEW AMERICANS’ COMMUNITIES
St. Paul, MN –Senator Norm Coleman (R-MN) and Congressman Mark Kennedy (R-MN) today sponsored a working session involving federal and state regulato...
Read More »Somali speaker to visit Islamists for talks
MOGADISHU, Nov 4 (Reuters) - The speaker of Somalia's interim government will meet the country's Islamists at their Mogadishu stronghold to try to res...
Read More »Ethiopian police on alert after U.S. warning
ADDIS ABABA, Nov 4 (Reuters) - Ethiopian police said on Saturday they had stepped up security measures nationwide after the United States warned of po...
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