Somalia

  • Apr 22, 2008
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SOMALIA/JAPAN: Tanker is fired on in Gulf of Aden

An attack in the Gulf of Aden on a Japanese large crude oil tanker early yesterday may have...

Somalia
  • Apr 21, 2008
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ETHIOPIA: Polls conduct reflects government pressures

The second phase of local and district elections took place on April 20. Two years overdue, the...

Ethiopia
  • Apr 15, 2008
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FRANCE/SOMALIA: French seize Le Ponant pirates

The 30 crew of the luxury yacht Le Ponant seized by a dozen Somali pirates on April 4 arrived in...

France
  • Apr 7, 2008
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SOMALIA: Fractured TFG undermines security prospects

Insurgents temporarily occupied three strategic towns in southern Somalia on April 3. Hopes for...

Somalia
  • Apr 4, 2008
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SOMALIA: Spreading insurgency continues to erode TFG

Eighteen are reported dead in separate attacks yesterday, as the insurgency intensifies outside...

Somalia
  • Mar 13, 2008
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SOMALIA: Prospects for peace talks are poor

Prime Minister Nur Hassan Hussein called yesterday for peace talks with the political opposition...

Somalia
  • Mar 3, 2008
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SOMALIA: Air strike undermines TFG security

At least two missiles are reported to have struck a border town today, where members of the...

Somalia
  • Feb 18, 2008
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ERITREA: Asmara retains role as regional spoiler

UN peacekeepers began withdrawing from the Temporary Security Zone on February 14. Heightening...

Eritrea