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Violence in Somalia scares investors, aid workers
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — A spate of attacks by Islamic insurgents in Somalia's capital is forcing investors, businessmen and aid workers to have second thoughts about expanding operations in Mogadishu.(5/23/2013 11:38:36 AM) |
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Outside View: Somalia's Jubaland
WHITNEY GRESLIN || UPI Outside View Commentator ARLINGTON, Va., May 24 (UPI) -- Vote for a leader of Somalia's state of Jubaland is an important step in political development of the region.(5/24/2013 12:37:22 AM) |
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Somalia: Beyond the Famine
[IRIN]Nairobi -Over one million people in Somalia are currently food insecure, according to a May report by the Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWSNET). This number is a significant drop from the 3.7 million considered food insecure in mid-2011.(5/24/2013 7:45:33 AM) |
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Somalia's struggle with rape
The Elman Peace and Human Rights Center, the first rape crisis center in Somalia, is part of an effort to halt the sexual violence plaguing the country.(5/17/2013 1:03:38 PM) |
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Mystical branch of Islam has resurgence in Somalia
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Hundreds of sweating Sufis chant and sway as the lead sheik moves into the middle of a circle of worshippers and bursts into a chant louder than anyone else's(5/16/2013 11:31:31 AM) |
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Ten dead in Somalia after al-Shabaab clash with Ethiopian troops
MOGADISHU, Somalia, May 23 (UPI) -- About 10 people are believed to have been killed in clashes between Ethiopian troops and al-Shabaab insurgents in the Somali city of Beledweyn, officials say.(5/23/2013 12:31:08 PM) |
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Somalia still as dangerous?
Somalia has long been defined by terrorism, famine, and piracy. But as the United States this week pledged another $40 million towards its recovery, Somalia's leaders said the country had finally turned a corner in the fight against the al Qaeda-linked militant group, al-Shabab.(5/11/2013 6:12:15 PM) |
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Stability in Somalia key to peace in Kenya, says President
President Uhuru Kenyatta has Thursday reiterated that Kenya’s only interest in Somalia is to bring peace and stability in the country.(5/24/2013 11:39:21 AM) |
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Violence in Somalia scares investors, aid workers - Quincy Herald-Whig | Illinois & Missouri News, Sports
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) - A spate of attacks by Islamic insurgents in Somalia's capital is forcing investors, businessmen and aid workers to have second thoughts about expanding operations in Mogadishu.(5/23/2013 11:56:38 AM) |
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Central bank chief turns recovery skills on Somalia
By Edmund Blair NAIROBI (Reuters) - When Washington D.C. was in financial crisis in the 1990s, Somali-born Abdusalam Omer joined a team that turned its "junk" bonds into investment grade paper. Now, as governor of the Central Bank of Somalia, he wants to transform a "failed" state. There is no escaping the scale of his new assignment. His office in Mogadishu is surrounded by the bombed out ...(5/17/2013 6:07:55 AM) |
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