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Somali Militants Threaten World Cup TV Viewers
Somali militants have threatened football fans they will be publicly flogged – or worse – if they are caught watching the World Cup on TV.
Full StorySomali Islamists Kill Two Football Fans for Watching World Cup Matches
Mogadishu, Somalia (APA) – slamist militants of the Hezbal Islam rebel group have killed two football fans and arrested ten others after attacking a house where fans were watching the World Cup game between Argentina and Nigeria in the
Full StoryRecord Breaking Results
June 11, 2010: For the last week, al Shabaab has launched daily attacks in Mogadishu, using gunmen and mortars. As a result there are 50-100 casualties on some days, most of them civilians caught in the crossfire. In the last three years,
Full StoryDarfur death toll rises to two-year high in Sudan
About 600 people died in fighting in the Sudan region of Darfur in May, the highest monthly toll since peacekeepers were deployed in 2008, officials say.
Full StoryStuck on the Horn of Africa, why are we wasting U.S. resources on this basket-case of a region?
When Djibouti President Ismail Omar Guelleh met with Vice President Joe Biden at the White House May 21, he carried with him the significance of representing the only successful partnership the United States has with a nation in the
Full StorySomali Government Criticizes Ethiopian Government of Interfering its Internal Affairs
Somali transitional federal government has first time spoken about today the fighting which happened recently Buhodle district and between Ethiopian troops and Buhodle residents.
Full StoryEthiopia: 2010 Annual Report on Human Rights by Amnesty International
Freedom of association and expression, and the work of human rights groups, were limited by new laws introduced in the first half of the year. Human rights defenders were harassed, with some fleeing the country to avoid arrest and
Full StoryFive more years: the results are not in doubt, only the prospects of millions of impoverished and hungry Ethiopians
PRESIDENT Meles Zenawi and his ruling Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) expect a landslide victory in the general election due on May 23rd, and are likely to get one. The bigger question is
Full StoryUNHCR Lobbies for Joint European Resettlement Scheme
BRUSSELS, Belgium, May 17 (UNHCR) – UNHCR’s bid to get European countries to adopt a common resettlement programme for refugees has gathered momentum this month with a wide cross-section of parliamentarians calling
Full StorySomali Officials Resign Amid Tensions
Somalia’s prime minister and speaker of parliament have handed over their resignation to the president amid a widening drift in the fragile government.
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