AU troops kill 12 Al-Shabaab militants in S Somalia
Source: Xinhua Troops from the Africa Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) have killed 12 Al-Shabaab militants and captured a town in the past two days...
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Two Minnesota men sentenced for trying to aid Islamic State -local media
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Al-Bashir not worried about loss in popularity due to austerity measures
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UN renews Somalia-Eritrea arms embargo
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$1.5M in cash seized at Mogadishu airport
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Ethiopia troop withdrawal linked to domestic crisis – Al Shabaab chief
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New report sheds light on how $1 bln was stolen in Somalia
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Kenyan woman rescued from Somali pirates
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Ethiopia’s troop withdrawal from Somalia: UN worried over humanitarian crisis
The United Nations (UN) is deeply concerned about the continuous withdrawal of international troops from Somalia and the subsequent takeover of such ‘abandoned’ territories by...
