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Wednesday, 02 July 2008 |
Somalia: Insurgents battled troops allied to Somalia's government in some of the worst fighting in this lawless country in weeks, killing at least 20 people.
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Wednesday, 02 July 2008 |
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Somalia: Somali pirates who seized four cruising sailors on June 23 – a German couple, their son and a French Skipper – have now upped their demands to US$2 million. |
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Monday, 30 June 2008 |
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Somalia: More than 100 women and children are missing in the wake of the latest attack. |
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Monday, 30 June 2008 |
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Somalia: The breakaway state of Somaliland hopes next year's presidential elections will lead to international recognition of the northern Somali enclave as an independent country, officials said on Sunday. |
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Monday, 30 June 2008 |
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Somalia: The Union of Islamic Courts has once again captured the central Somalia region of Hiiran, forcing Ethiopian soldiers out of their bases. |
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Monday, 30 June 2008 |
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Somalia: At least 13 people have been killed in south Somalia, where heavy fighting is going on between government forces and al-Shabab fighters. |
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Monday, 30 June 2008 |
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Somalia: The situation at displaced peoples' camps both inside and near the provincial town of Beletwein in central Somalia is reported to be worsening by the day. |
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Monday, 30 June 2008 |
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Somalia: Two foreign aid workers and a Somali national abducted by Islamist insurgents were released hours after their abduction following the intervention of local elders, senior official confirmed. |
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Friday, 27 June 2008 |
Somalia: The bodies of nine officers working for Somalia's police force were found inside a police station in the capital Mogadishu Wednesday, a senior police official said.
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Friday, 27 June 2008 |
Kenya: Somalia needs urgent medical aid to save thousands of malnourished children and wounded adults who are trapped in one of the most violent, lawless countries in the world, an international aid group said Thursday.
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Friday, 27 June 2008 |
Somalia: Conflict in Somalia has killed 2,136 civilians so far this year, bringing the death toll since an Islamist-led insurgency began in early 2007 to 8,636, a local human rights group said on Thursday.
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Friday, 27 June 2008 |
Somalia: A government minister says Somali gunmen have demanded $1 million for the release of a German couple, their young son and a French boat captain.
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Friday, 27 June 2008 |
Kenya: Somalia faces a serious food crisis if no nation steps forward with naval ships to escort relief shipments through pirate-infested waters, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) warned Thursday.
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Friday, 27 June 2008 |
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Somalia: The UN World Food Programme has warned it may have to cut food aid to Somalia if it does not receive new naval protection against pirates. |
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