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Somali, Ethiopian troops capture town from Islamists
MOGADISHU (AFP) - Somali government troops backed by Ethiopian forces have captured a town near a government base in south central Somalia after heavy...
Read More »Refugees 'being fed to sharks'
At least 126 East Africans died or disappeared while crossing shark-infested waters to Yemen in recent weeks, sometimes after being thrown overboard b...
Read More »Government forces and Ethiopian troops retake town in southern Somalia, witnesses say
MOGADISHU, Somalia About 100 forces of Somalia's transitional government backed by Ethiopian troops have retaken the main town between the capital and...
Read More »Perilous Somalia stories worth risk, sacrifice
Our job is to bring the news home to you. Over the years, the Toronto Star's newsroom has sent reporters and photographers to outrageously dangerous p...
Read More »Heavy fighting erupts in Somali town
Heavy fighting between pro-Islamic militia and government troops backed by Ethiopian forces has erupted near a government base in south central Somali...
Read More »Bur Hakaba: Somali government troops clash with militia
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somali government troops fought with a local militia loyal to the country's newly powerful Islamist movement on Saturday, reside...
Read More »Somalia: Where Young Refugees Find a Place to Fit In
UTICA, N.Y. — Standing on the midfield line, Win Zaw bellowed, “Left!” and Muridi Ukash dashed toward the left corner of the goal box, where the...
Read More »Where Young Refugees Find a Place to Fit In
UTICA, N.Y. — Standing on the midfield line, Win Zaw bellowed, “Left!” and Muridi Ukash dashed toward the left corner of the goal box, where the...
Read More »Rochester, MN: Second Somali owned store burglarized
Rochester Police say two burglaries at similar businesses in two days, does not mean that there's a trend....
Read More »Islamists may execute Ethiopian 'spies'
Mogadishu, Oct. 21 (Reuters) - Two Ethiopians arrested in Mogadishu and accused of spying on Somalia's newly powerful Islamist movement will be charge...
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