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Fresh floods hit refugee camps
Fresh rains have caused new flooding in north-east Kenya, compounding the misery of flood-hit Somali refugees at United Nations camps, the UN said on ...
Read More »'Heavy fighting' in Somali town
Somali government fighters, backed up by Ethiopian troops, have attacked Islamist positions sparking heavy fighting, an Islamist leader says....
Read More »Islamic militiamen fighting Ethiopian troops in southern Somalia town
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Islamic militiamen are fighting Ethiopian troops in a southern Somalia town, a top Islamic official said Friday....
Read More »Flood Situation Report No 13
During the week, IDPs were evicted from public buildings in Baidoa and moved to two sites in Baidoa town. Pastoralists who have lost livestock during ...
Read More »US troops join Somali refugee relief effort in flood-hit Kenya
NAIROBI (AFP) - The US military has said it would begin airlifting relief aid at the weekend to more than 100,000 Somali refugees left homeless by mas...
Read More »Statement on the Security Council Resolution on Somalia
Statement by Ambassador John R. Bolton, U.S. Representative to the United Nations, on the Security Council Resolution on Somalia, in the Security Coun...
Read More »One killed in Somalia clash
MOGADISHU - A pro-government fighter has been killed after Islamic forces clashed with militia from a semi-autonomous region in central Somalia, ratch...
Read More »U.N. Hopes Somalia Resolution Averts War
NITED NATIONS (AP) - Hoping to head off a regional proxy war, the U.N. Security Council came to the aid of Somalia's virtually powerless government, a...
Read More »More funds needed to cope with floods
NAIROBI, 7 Dec 2006 (IRIN) - The main challenge in responding to the flood emergency in Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia continues to be providing adequate...
Read More »Lifting of arms embargo dangerous, UIC says
NAIROBI, 7 Dec 2006 (IRIN) - The Union of Islamic Courts (UIC) condemned on Thursday a decision by the United Nations Security Council to lift an arms...
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