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First five-star hotel to open in Djibouti
The tiny north-African country of Djibouti will be opening its first five-star hotel next month, in a move set to push the country further as an inter...
Read More »Kenya reports first polio case in two decades
NAIROBI -- Kenya reported its first case of polio in more than two decades on Tuesday at a refugee camp near its border with Somalia, raising new fear...
Read More »Fear of Islamic law scares off pirates
SOMALIA'S new Islamic rulers have rid the country of the pirates who terrorised cruise ships and freighters off its shores....
Read More »Islamists clash with southern Somali militia
KISMAYU, Somalia, Oct 16 (Reuters) - Troops loyal to powerful Somali Islamists clashed with rival militia fighters in a southern town, killing four an...
Read More »One Republican Quietly Stumps Somali Community
Minneapolis, MN – (HOL) - Rich Stanek, a Republican, who’s running for Hennepin County Sheriff, emerged at a Somali event Saturday, a member of t...
Read More »South Africa: Leon says police should get stats on Somali attacks
The police don't have the facts on attacks on the Somali community and should get these, said Democratic Alliance leader Tony Leon on Sunday....
Read More »Somali president in Ethiopia to discuss security situation
BAIDOA, Oct 16, 2006 (AP) — Somali President Abdullahi Yusuf is visiting Ethiopia, a senior official said Monday, a day after residents in a souther...
Read More »Armed standoff in Somali government seat
BAIDOA, Somalia (AFP) - Heavily armed militiamen surrounded the home of the commander of Somalia's police force Monday, officials said, underscoring ...
Read More »Mogadishu radio station shut down
NAIROBI, 16 Oct 2006 (IRIN) - The Union of Islamic Courts (UIC), which controls the Somali capital, Mogadishu, and much of the country's south-central...
Read More »Somali PM replaces three ministers
Prime Minister of Somalia's transitional federal government Ali Muhammad Gedi has sacked two ministers from his newly-appointed cabinet and accepted a...
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