Somalia

  • Feb 6, 2008
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SOMALIA: Bombing reveals danger to Puntland stability

Ethiopian migrants appear to have been targeted yesterday in a grenade attack in Bosasso, the...

Somalia
  • Jan 31, 2008
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AFRICA: Leadership choice is key to AU security impact

Heads of state meet today in Ethiopia for a three-day summit of the African Union (AU).

Africa
  • Jan 25, 2008
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SOMALIA: Insurgency reaches outside of Mogadishu

The youth Islamist militia, al-Shabaab, yesterday seized control of a military airbase and looted...

Somalia
  • Jan 4, 2008
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SOMALIA: Yusuf's health again prompts TFG concerns

President Abdullahi Yusuf has been flown to Ethiopia for medical treatment, according to reports...

Somalia
  • Dec 27, 2007
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SOMALIA: Burundian troops lift peace-keeping prospects

Ethiopia today welcomed the deployment of nearly 200 Burundian peacekeepers in Mogadishu, the...

Somalia
  • Dec 17, 2007
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SOMALIA: Cabinet crisis reflects TFG rift

Prime Minister Nur 'Adde' Hassan Hussein said yesterday that he will draft a new cabinet list,...

Somalia
  • Dec 14, 2007
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SOMALIA: TFG acknowledges its tenuous control

Insurgents clashed for a second day today with Ethiopian and Transitional Federal Government...

Somalia
  • Dec 6, 2007
  • 8 min read

PROSPECTS 2008: Worsening crises wrack Horn of Africa

The region in 2008 will continue to be one of the world's most active sites for emergency relief...