By Mohamed Sheikh Nor in Mogadishu RFI At least 74 people were killed in fighting near Somalia’s border with Ethiopia on Sunday, according to officials and witnesses. Somali and Ethiopian forces attacked the bases of Al-Shebab islamists near the south-western town of Ato. Local people say that this is the worst fighting they have seen
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VOA Photo: UA-ONU/IST Villagers in Modmoday 40 kms east of Baidoa Nearly 40 people are dead after al-Shabab militants attacked a village on the border between Ethiopia and Somalia. The governor of Somalia’s Bakool region, Mohamed Abdi Tall, told VOA that the Islamist militant group raided the village of Aato early Tuesday. He said 27 pro-government
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BBC Al-Shabab were pushed out of Mogadishu in 2011 but are still able to mount attacks in the Somali capital Islamist militants from the al-Shabab movement have attacked the Somali parliament in Mogadishu, leaving at least 10 people dead. Explosions and gunfire were heard and witnesses reported seeing bodies. Somali police were joined by African
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The scene of a twin explosion at the Gikomba open-air market in Nairobi on Friday.THOMAS MUKOYA / REUTERS By ALAN COWELL The New York Times LONDON — The authorities in Kenya said that 10 people had died in two explosions in the capital, Nairobi, on Friday, heightening fears of terrorist attacks in one of Africa’s
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The scene of a twin explosion at the Gikomba open-air market in Nairobi on Friday.THOMAS MUKOYA / REUTERS By ALAN COWELL The New York Times LONDON — The authorities in Kenya said that 10 people had died in two explosions in the capital, Nairobi, on Friday, heightening fears of terrorist attacks in one of Africa’s
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Shabelle Media Network (Mogadishu) A fleet of Ethiopian peacekeepers under the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) withdrew their presence from Baladxawo in Gedo region after intense clashes broke out yesterday. Almost as many as an entire contingent was reported to have fled the town early this morning. Witnesses described to Shabelle that several battlewagons of
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Global Post By James Jeffrey April 15, 2014 Stabilizing one of the most dangerous regions in the world from the ground up A taste of the Jijiga region of Ethiopia and neighboring Somaliland. (Aline Carvalho/Flickr Commons) ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia —…
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April 9, 2014 BBC The security operation was launched after explosions in a mainly Somali neighbourhood Kenya has sent back 82 Somalis to Somalia after launching a massive security force operation to flush out illegal immigrants and militant Islamists. The…
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07 April 2014 BBC The security operation was launched after explosions in a mainly Somali neighbourhood The UN refugee agency has expressed concern over the mass arrest of Somalis and other nationals in Kenya as part of a security force…
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April 7, 2014 BBC The pair were shot in Galkayo, on the border with Puntland A British man is one of two United Nations workers who have been shot dead in Somalia, the Foreign Office has said. They were killed…
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