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Gunmen kill two Somali soldiers in ambush, intensify fears of war
MOGADISHU (AFP) - Gunmen have ambushed a Somali military van, killed two soldiers and wounded four others, near the national Somali administration's s...
Read More »Ship hijacking reported off Somali coast
Gunmen have hijacked a vessel off the lawless coast of Somalia, the owner of the cargo on board has said, raising fears of a resurgence in piracy in S...
Read More »Somali Canadians fear war at home
As the debate about the rights of dual citizens living abroad continues within the federal government, members of Canada's Somali community say they'r...
Read More »Reaching Out
When Hashi Abdi fled to the United States from war-torn Somalia in the early 1990s, he knew little about the country he now calls home....
Read More »Edict slows young love in Somalia
MOGADISHU, Somalia — Islamic leaders have banned young Somalis from marrying without the consent of their parents, saying such unions violate Islam....
Read More »Speaker to try and avert war with Islamists
Nairobi - The speaker of Somalia's parliament said on Friday that he would travel to Mogadishu at the weekend in an attempt to avert looming war betwe...
Read More »Somali Islamists reject U.S. warning, test rockets
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somali Islamists on Friday dismissed a U.S. warning that "extremist elements" were plotting suicide attacks in neighbouring coun...
Read More »Terrorists look to Somalia as an emerging safe haven
GLOBAL jihadists have picked Somalia as a potential new safe haven for al-Qaeda, sparking concern among security agencies already overstretched in fig...
Read More »Somali Islamists threaten suicide attacks in Kenya, Ethiopia: US
NAIROBI (AFP) - The supreme leader of Somalia's powerful Islamist movement has purportedly authorized suicide attacks against "prominent" targets in K...
Read More »Somali rivals prepare for war
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - The Horn of Africa slipped closer to war on Thursday after intense efforts failed to revive peace talks between Somalia's powerfu...
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