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Somalia:
Deadly Car Bomb At Mogadishu Café
DW, 12 October 2014
At least seven people have died in a car-bombing at a busy café in the Somali capital, Mogadishu. Read more »
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Somalia:
President Hassan Visits Barawe
Dalsan Radio, 12 October 2014
President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud visited Barawe today together with a delegation of ministers and SNA and AMISOM officials. The president and his delegation were warmly received and… Read more »
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Somalia:
Changes for Al-Shabaab?
ISS, 8 October 2014
Ahmed Abdi Godane, the leader of Somali militant Islamist group Harakat Al Shabab Al Mujahidin - commonly known as al-Shabaab - was killed by an American airstrike on 1 September.… Read more »
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Somalia:
Army Weapons Sold On Open Market - UN Monitors
Dalsan Radio, 11 October 2014
UNITED NATIONS - Somali army weapons and ammunition continue to be diverted to open markets despite the government's pledges to prevent its arms from leaking and ending up in the… Read more »
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Somalia:
Shortages, Clan Rivalries Weaken Somalia's New Army
UNIRIN, 28 May 2014
Acting governor of Baidoa and Sector 3 commander of the Somali National Army (SNA) Brig-Gen Ibrahim Yaro breaks into a broad grin, bordering on a chuckle, when asked whether his… Read more »
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Somalia:
Somalia's Federal State Making - Progress Amid Challenges
Reporter, 26 July 2014
However, the experiment, and it is an experiment for Somalia, faces a host of challenges, not least the fact that the 2016 deadline for the revision of the federal constitution and… Read more »
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Somalia:
Television Journalists Wounded in an Attack in Mogadishu, NUSOJ Condemns the Attack
Dalsan Radio, 12 October 2014
The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) condemns in the strongest terms possible the attack on the television journalist in Mogadishu's Howlwadaag neighborhood in… Read more »
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Somalia:
President Visits Retaken Town Despite Assassination Bid
DW, 11 October 2014
An assassination bid has failed to hinder a visit by Somalia's President Hassan Mohamud to Barawe. Al-Shabab militants were driven out of the town last weekend by Somali and… Read more »
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Somalia:
Suspected Alshabaab Members Murder a Police Officer in Mombasa
Dalsan Radio, 12 October 2014
The Saturday Nation from Nairobi reported that suspected Alshabaab members-of Kenyan origin killed a police officer in the coastal town of Mombasa on Saturday night. Read more »
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Uganda:
President Museveni of Uganda Speaks About the Fall of Barawe
Dalsan Radio, 12 October 2014
The Ugandan President Yuweeri Kaguta Museveni discussed about the improving security situation in Somalia and the recent fall of the Alshabaab strong hold of Barawe. He was… Read more »
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Somalia:
Al-Shabaab - It Will Be a Long War
Crisis Group, 26 June 2014
Despite the recent military surge against Somalia's armed Islamist extremist and self-declared al-Qaeda affiliate, Al-Shabaab, its conclusive "defeat" remains elusive. Read more »
