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UNHCR suspends evacuation of Somali refugees
The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) has suspended the evacuation of refugees fleeing war-torn Somalia....
Read More »Eritrea says it not arming Somali Islamists
ASMARA, Oct 20 (Reuters) - Eritrea dismissed as a "pure fabrication" a U.S. diplomat's charge that it was opening a new front against arch-foe Ethiopi...
Read More »Somalia bans swimming for women at beach
MOGADISHU, Somalia -- An Islamic court has banned women from swimming at the main beach in Somalia's capital, the latest step to impose strict religio...
Read More »Ogeysiis Maalinta Ciidda - Eid Ul-Fitr Announcements
The Fiqh Council of North America is an independent body, comprised of qualified Islamic scholars in North America. The Council communicates with expe...
Read More »Somalian leader pleads for aid against foreign forces
President says Islamists get material, military and financial support from terror networks...
Read More »Islamists under 'black flag'
Somalia's interim president appealed on Thursday for international help in dealing with a powerful Islamist movement he accused of operating under the...
Read More »From T.O. to Mogadishu
In this dusty, broken city, past the pockmarked walls bearing the scars of countless battles, through the guarded gates of the Al Furqan University an...
Read More »EU unveils Horn of Africa strategy, as diplomats expelled
The European Commission have unveiled a new strategy to encourage peace and stability in the conflict-prone Horn of Africa, as two EU diplomats were e...
Read More »Somalia/Yemen: Thousands still crossing, dozens still dying
Despite a crackdown in some parts of Somalia's Puntland region, hundreds of Somalis, Ethiopians and Sudanese are still resorting to smugglers' boats t...
Read More »War of words over Islamic Courts' role
NAIROBI, 20 October (IRIN) - An international forum trying to reconcile rival political groups in Somalia has urged the Islamic movement to refrain fr...
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