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Port revamp injects life into economy
MOGADISHU, 23 Oct 2006 (IRIN) - Sacks of sorghum from the US swing out from the docked ship in a large rope net, are winched slowly to the port jetty,...
Read More »Defence lines dug as Somalia stand-off worsens
MOGADISHU, Oct 23 (Reuters) - Somali pro-Islamist fighters and rival Ethiopian troops supporting the interim government both dug defensive positions a...
Read More »SA, Somali traders meet to solve conflict
newsinsideAfrica Unite, an organisation working to bring people of different backgrounds together, has done exactly that in Masiphumelele in Cape Town...
Read More »Islamists announce start of 'jihad'
Mogadishu - Somalia's powerful Islamist movement called on Monday for the start of a threatened "holy war" against Ethiopian troops allegedly on Somal...
Read More »Kempinski sends Task Force to Djibouti for New Hotel Opening
Staff from the Kempinski Hotel at Mall of the Emirates, Emirates Palace Abu Dhabi and Kempinski Hotel Ajman have been selected to be part of a ‘five...
Read More »Ethiopia to fight if Somali Islamists attack govt
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Horn of Africa power Ethiopia warned on Monday it would intervene if Somali Islamists attacked the interim government amid a s...
Read More »Five killed as violence rocks Somalia
Mogadishu - Five people were killed on Sunday when fighters with Somalia's powerful Islamist movement clashed with government-allied militia amid risi...
Read More »Somalia's Islamic leader dares Ethiopia to attack amid fears of regional conflict
MOGADISHU, Somalia The leader of Somalia's Islamic radicals urged Ethiopians Monday to revolt against their government, which he described as an oppre...
Read More »Kennedy, Klobuchar Pitch to Somalis
Minneapolis, MN – (HOL) Senatorial candidates Mark Kennedy, a Republican, and Democrat Amy Klobuchar, made a commitment that they will find a perman...
Read More »Corruption, porous borders, poverty make Horn of Africa vulnerable
NAIROBI, Kenya — From the Red Sea to Lake Victoria, the Horn of Africa is one of the few places in the world where, if careful, a traveler can move ...
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