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Somaliland president pardons 600 prisoners
Hargeisa, Oct. 18 (Reuters) - President Dahir Rayale Kahin of Somalia's self-declared breakaway republic of Somaliland has pardoned 600 prisoners to c...
Read More »Former militia find new purpose
MOGADISHU, 17 Oct 2006 (IRIN) - At Hiilweyne military training camp, north of the capital, Mogadishu, Ali Mohamed Abdi recants his sins. Until a few m...
Read More »Islamists say seize battlewagons from Somali militia
KISMAYU, Somalia (Reuters) - Troops loyal to powerful Somali Islamists have seized trucks mounted with machine guns and anti-aircraft rockets from riv...
Read More »Will Somalia be the final battle between Islam and the West?
A crisis that could turn out to be bigger than the Congo imbroglio and do greater damage to the wider Eastern African region, is brewing in Somalia....
Read More »Magan Daahir oo lagu sharfay in uu furo Ciyaarihii Cuuryaamiinta Dunida ee Holland lagu qabtay
Indhawaalaba waxaan maqleynay in Magaca Soomaaliyeed uu dhinaca Isboortiga hoos uga sii dhacayay tan iyo wixii ka dambeeyay markii ay bur burtay dowla...
Read More »Somali refugees face strains of camp life
HAGADERA REFUGEE CAMP, Kenya (Reuters) - Quoting a Somali proverb, Dahir Mohamed Ali describes how long-time refugees living in Kenya fear they will b...
Read More »Carjack victim testifies in Atlanta shooting
ATLANTA - Minutes after a deadly courthouse rampage, a gun-wielding Brian Nichols carjacked a newspaper employee and, to get her to obey him, told her...
Read More »Somali police chief forced to leave government seat
BAIDOA, Somalia (AFP) - The commander of Somalia's police force will leave the weak government's seat after heavily armed local militia surrounded hi...
Read More »New Minneapolis Organization Hopes to Tackle Somali Problems
Minneapolis, MN (HOL) – No one denies that the Somali saga is complicated, but one new organization in Minneapolis says with the right spirit and sp...
Read More »Fears of Military Coup in Somalia
Internal disputes within the Somali interim administration are raising fears that the Supreme Council of the Islamic Courts (SCIC) will attempt a mili...
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