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Head of region in Somalia says he will rule according to Islamic law
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — The president of a semiautonomous region in northeastern Somalia said Monday he will rule according to Islamic law, a surp...
Read More »SOMALIA: Flooding ‘will affect food security’
NAIROBI, 20 Nov 2006 (IRIN) - Severe flooding over vast tracts of farmland in Somalia will significantly curtail harvests early in 2007, creating food...
Read More »SOMALIA: A question of balance
MOGADISHU, 20 Nov 2006 (IRIN) - After more than a decade of brutal factional fighting, the road-blocks and gunmen have been cleared off the streets of...
Read More »Somali moves to heal rift with speaker
BAIDOA, Somalia (AFP) - The Somali government on Monday moved to heal rifts with a maverick parliament speaker who made an unauthorised visit to Mogad...
Read More »Islamists 'attack' Ethiopians
MOGADISH, Somalia (Reuters) - Fighters loyal to Somali Islamists attacked an Ethiopian military convoy on Sunday, said an Islamist source, in what mig...
Read More »Somali bread makes a lefse substitute
There is a tradition in my family of cooking a couple of Swanson-brand turkey pot pies to be served alongside the Thanksgiving feast....
Read More »U.N. envoy urges Somali rivals to make new commitment to faltering talks
BAIDOA, Somalia: The United Nations' envoy to Somalia on Monday urged the country's fractured government to make amends and commit to faltering peace ...
Read More »Electronic Diversity Visa Lottery 2008
Our State Department Web site for the 2008 Diversity Visa Program (DV-2008) is now open. The application submission period for DV-2008 is from 12:00PM...
Read More »Huge aid operation underway as floods, crocs ravage Kenya, Somalia
NAIROBI: The United Nations and aid groups have launched a massive humanitarian operation in Kenya to assist more than 150,000 people hit by killer fl...
Read More »Islamic leader urges 'Greater Somalia'
MOGADISHU, Somalia - The leader of the Islamic group that controls much of southern Somalia has revived the idea of a "Greater Somalia" that would inc...
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