Villages flooded as river bursts bank

NAIROBI, 8 Nov 2006 (IRIN) - At least 10 people have been killed and thousands of others forced to leave their homes, after a river burst its banks in...

Experience music, culture of beautiful Somalia

Ilays, a group of Somali multicultural artists, arrives in Muskegon today. And for those who know Somalia only through headlines as a site of violence...

Islamists reject new passport by Somali government

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somalia's powerful Islamist movement on Thursday rejected a new passport launched by the country's interim government to replace...

Minnesota Democrat Becomes First Muslim in Congress

Minneapolis, MN (HOL) - U.S. House of representatives will have its first Muslim member in January, when Democrat, Keith Ellison, takes the oath of of...

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John Manley travels to "a refugee camp in crisis"

OTTAWA, Nov. 8 /CNW/ - The Honourable John Manley is travelling in Kenya with CARE Canada. He will visit the Dadaab refugee camps on Thursday, Novembe...

Somali speaker urges unity amid talk of war

Mogadishu, Kenya (AFP) - The influential speaker of Somalia's parliament on Tuesday called for unity between the country's powerful Islamic movement a...

Islamists free hijacked UAE ship

Nairobi - Forces loyal to Somalia's powerful Islamist movement stormed a ship hijacked by pirates off the Somali coast, freeing the vessel and its cre...

Flood-hit Somalia prepares for fresh fighting

Mogadishu, Somalia (AFP) - Islamist gunmen and pro-government militia prepared for fresh fighting in southern Somalia on Wednesday, officials and witn...

Islamic leader talks of peace in Somalia

NAIROBI, Kenya - The leader of Somalia's Council of Islamic Courts said Wednesday that a peace deal can be found for his Horn of Africa country, but o...