Somalia

  • Dec 22, 2006
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SOMALIA: Clashes raise risk of regional war

Clashes between the troops of the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) and the Council of Somali...

Somalia
  • Dec 20, 2006
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PROSPECTS 2007: Horn crisis blunts economic potential

Two indirectly linked crises -- the disputed government authority in Somalia and the border...

  • Dec 19, 2006
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SOMALIA: Islamists pull back from Ethiopia ultimatum

The Council of Somali Islamic Courts (CSIC) appeared to be backing away from an ultimatum issued...

Somalia
  • Dec 15, 2006
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SOMALIA: Washington alleges CSIC/al-Qaida link

US Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Jendayi Frazer said yesterday that the...

Somalia
  • Dec 12, 2006
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SOMALIA: Islamic Courts order Ethiopian troops out

Ethiopian troops inside Somalia should leave within one week or be attacked, the Council of...

Somalia
  • Dec 7, 2006
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UN/SOMALIA: UN call for peacekeepers rankles Islamists

The UN Security Council yesterday unanimously approved a US-sponsored resolution authorising the...

Somalia
  • Dec 5, 2006
  • 7 min read

PROSPECTS 2007: International convergence on 'terror'

The dampening effect of 'new' terrorism on the 'old' ethno-nationalist variety appears to be...

International
  • Dec 1, 2006
  • 2 min read

SOMALIA: Apparent suicide attack slows push for talks

Nine people are reported to have died in a bomb attack yesterday just outside Baidoa, the seat of...

Somalia