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U.N. Somalia arms report a "fairy-tale" - Eritrea
ASMARA, Nov 18 (Reuters) - A U.N. report that Eritrea and other nations are sending arms and troops into Somalia amid a brewing conflict is a "fairy-t...
Read More »A Young Man in Hargeisa Marries Two Women in the Same Night
Hargeysa, Somaliland - According to Haatuf Newspaper, a young man has married two women in the same night in Xero-Awr, Hargeysa. Even though polygamy...
Read More »International Mission to Visit Baidoa
Nairobi, 17 November: A mission led by the Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Somalia, François Lonseny Fall, will travel to Baidoa on ...
Read More »Islamists slap blanket ban on narcotic leaf
Mogadishu - A day after Islamist security forces opened fire on a crowd in the capital demonstrating against the ban and imposed an indefinite overnig...
Read More »UN to start emergency airlifts to flood-stricken Somali refugees in Kenya
NAIROBI (AFP) - The United Nations has said it would begin emergency airlifts of humanitarian supplies at the weekend to nearly 80,000 desperate and h...
Read More »Floods hit up to 1.8 million in Horn of Africa: UN
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Torrential rains and floods have hit up to 1.8 million people in the Horn of Africa, driving tens of thousands from their homes an...
Read More »Floods devastate Somalia; over 50,000 displaced
NAIROBI, Kenya (AFP) - Unusually heavy seasonal rains are threatening Somalia with its worst floods in 50 years while the impoverished Horn of Africa...
Read More »Uganda to protest against U.N. Somalia report
KAMPALA, Nov 17 (Reuters) - Uganda said on Friday it would complain to the United Nations over a report accusing it and nine other countries of arming...
Read More »Libya denies arming Islamists in Somalia
TRIPOLI, Nov 17 (Reuters) - Libya on Friday dismissed as unfounded a report that it had supplied Islamists in Somalia with arms, saying Tripoli had pl...
Read More »Somalia Report Prompts Concerns About Foreign Involvement
A UN report that says the conflict in Somalia is in danger of spilling over into neighboring countries is being met with concern in the region, throug...
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