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SOMALI PODCAST COMBATING EXTREMIST MESSAGES
By Philippa McDonald A new social media campaign has been launched to counter messages of extremism within the Australian Somali community. Religious leaders and youth ...
Bomb hits convoy carrying Qataris in Somalia, eight dead
MOGADISHU (Reuters) – A suicide bomber rammed an explosive-laden car into a convoy carrying Qatari officials through the center of Somalia’s capital Mogadishu on Sunday, ...
Africa:THE 21ST EXTRAORDINARY SUMMIT OF HEADS OF STATE AND GOVERNMENT OF IGAD
COMMUNIQUE OF THE 21ST EXTRAORDINARY SUMMIT OF HEADS OF STATE AND GOVERNMENT OF IGAD, ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA, May 3, 2013 The IGAD Heads of State ...
Somalia’s security forces hamstrung by corruption, infiltrators
By Richard Lough and Abdi Sheikh MOGADISHU (Reuters) – Somalia’s security forces need rebuilding to cement gains made by foreign troops against Islamist militants, but ...
Somali President Says Terrorists Are Defeated
Al Shabaab terrorists operating in Somalia have been “defeated as a fighting force” after decades of creating havoc, according to the country’s president. But President ...
Somalia: Somali militants threaten to avenge Puntland killings
MOGADISHU (Reuters) – Al Qaeda-linked Somali militants who have dug into parts of the northern Puntland province pledged vengeance after authorities in the autonomous region ...
American jihadi in Somalia tweets on kill attempt
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A most-wanted American jihadi inSomalia said Friday that the leader of Islamic extremist rebels in Somali was starting a civil war, just ...
Ethiopia says preparing to pull troops out of Somalia
By Aaron Maasho ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Ethiopia will withdraw its troops from Somalia soon, its prime minister said on Tuesday, voicing frustration with the ...
Somali judges need protection from Islamist rebels: rights group
By Richard Lough NAIROBI (Reuters) - Somalia’s judges and lawyers need protection from al Qaeda-linked militants, the New York-based Human Rights Watch said on Tuesday after deadly bomb attacks targeted ...
Somalia: daunting crisis of security
Somalia is still bleeding. It is suffering endless self-inflicted horrors. Al-Shabaab terrorists are the main culprits of the present carnage in Mogadishu and other towns. ...
Somalia: Statement on the Deaths of Professor Mohamed Mahmoud Afrah and Abdikarin Hussein Gorod Lower
15th April 2013 It is with great sadness that Strategic Initiative for Women in the Horn of Africa (SIHA) has learnt of the brutal deaths ...
Somalia:Arming Somalia is threat to the world peace
Somalia remained to be the most dangerous country in the world. Since Siyad Barre was ousted by rebel groups, Somalia has been safe haven for ...
Somalia: 9 gunmen die in Somali court attack; toll at 16
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Nine al-Shabab militants, most wearing suicide vests, stormed Somalia’s main court complex on Sunday while the Supreme Court was in session, firing a barrage of bullets during a ...
Somalia: US Clears Way to Arm, Train Somali Forces
President Barack Obama cleared the way Monday for the U.S. to arm and train Somali forces, taking a step toward normal relations with the East ...
Somalia:Mogadishu music festival helps city move past sounds of war, where militants once banned song
MOGADISHU, Somalia – Fueled by the high-volume music and fast-talking rappers, the Somali crowd danced, shouted and sang. Mogadishu’s first music festival in decades acted ...
Terrorists planning Somali attacks, UK government warns
Terrorists are in the final stages of planning attacks in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, the British government has warned. Concerns about a possible attack were ...
Somalia Travel Advice Change
FCO warns that it believes terrorists are in the final stage of planning attacks in Mogadishu. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office travel advice on Somalia ...
US militant in Somalia still waging ‘jihad’ against US
American-born Islamic militant Omar Hamami remains committed to waging jihad against US interests, he said in an interview published on Thursday, despite a $5 million ...
Somalia: foreign intervention is ‘root cause of civil strife’, says analyst
Shams Hussain says third-party involvment hindering Somali peacemaking efforts By Faisal Masudi Shams Hussain, an academic who recently visited Dubai, said there are also ‘invisible ...
Somaliland:Finance Minister Distance Himself from Radical Group
Somaliland minister of finance Hon Abdi Aziz Mohamed Samaale has staunchly denied allegation carried in local media outlets which alleged that he had links to ...
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