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Ethiopian leader says nation on war footing
ADDIS ABABA -- Ethiopia is "technically" at war with Somalia's Islamists after their declarations of jihad against the nation, Prime Minister Meles Ze...
Read More »Rivals in Somalia within striking distance of each other
MOGADISHU, Somalia Witnesses saw Somali transitional government forces, with help from Ethiopian soldiers, digging trenches at the entrance of the gov...
Read More »Papal nuncio remembers work of Italian nun slain in Somali capital
NAIROBI, Kenya (CNS) -- More than a month after Consolata Sister Leonella Sgorbati was gunned down in Mogadishu, Somalia, she was remembered for her m...
Read More »Ethiopia "technically" at war with Somalia -Meles
ADDIS ABABA, Oct 24 (Reuters) - Prime Minister Meles Zenawi said on Tuesday Ethiopia was "technically" at war with Somalia's Islamists since they had ...
Read More »U.S. seeks stability in Horn of Africa
CAMP LEMONIER, Djibouti, Oct. 23 (UPI) -- The Pentagon is trying to prevent terror groups from taking root in the Horn of Africa by working to allevia...
Read More »Somali Islamist army closes in on government base in Baidoa
Mogadishu- Somalia's Islamists said Tuesday they had stationed troops within 40 kilometres of Baidoa, the seat of the country's fragile interim govern...
Read More »Ethiopians militant but nervous about crisis
Addis Ababa - Tensions between Ethiopia's government and Mogadishu's new Islamist rulers have sparked fear among Addis Ababa citizens of a new conflic...
Read More »Ethiopian officer found wounded
Kismayo - Somalia's Islamic radicals claimed on Tuesday that they had captured an Ethiopian officer after heavy fighting against pro-government militi...
Read More »INTERVIEW-AU ready for Somalia mission, struggles in Darfur
ADDIS ABABA, Oct 24 (Reuters) - The African Union is ready for a controversial peacekeeping mission in Somalia but nowhere near implementing an intend...
Read More »Ethiopia given final warning
Leaders of Somalia's powerful Islamist movement have urged Muslim Ethiopians to revolt against their government and said that their armed followers we...
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