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Somalia: Al Shabab Threatens Uganda And Burundi

Al Jazeera. | Al Jazeera | Posted 10.23.2009 | Home

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Somalia's al-Shabab fighters have said they will attack the capitals of Burundi and Uganda in revenge for rocket attacks by peacekeepers from the two ...

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Somalia: Islamists Order Radio Stations To Shut Down

AP | MOHAMED OLAD HASSAN | Posted 10.22.2009 | World

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MOGADISHU, Somalia — A powerful Islamist group linked to al-Qaida on Wednesday ordered two radio stations in southwestern Somalia to stop broadc...

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Shariah in Lawless Somalia

Abukar Arman | Posted 10.13.2009 | World

Read More: Al-Shabab, Shariah, Governance, Somalia, Hizbul-Islam, Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, Religion and Politics, Islamic Law, Tfg, World News

Can lawless Somalia be governed by Shariah? It depends! The Somali people are desperate for a government and indeed a system of governance that they can invest their trust in.

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A Domino Effect in the Horn of Africa?

Alex Thurston | Posted 09.30.2009 | World

Read More: Sudan, War on Terror, Africa, Kenya, Somalia, Ethiopia, Al Shabab, Somali Civil War, Horn of Africa, East Africa, Refugees, Ogaden, World News

Somalia's civil war constitutes a danger to the whole region, but it is not the only cause of instability. How far will chaos spread, and what is the appropriate US policy response?

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Somalia: Rebels Vow Allegiance To Osama Bin Laden (VIDEO)

AP | ELIZABETH A. KENNEDY | Posted 11.21.2009 | World

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NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — An Islamic insurgent group that controls much of this lawless nation has released a video showing its members vowing alleg...

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Somali Militants Kill 6 Peacekeepers To Avenge U.S. Raid: "The Best Blessing"

Al Jazeera. | Al Jazeera | Posted 11.17.2009 | Home

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At least 11 people including six African Union (AU) peacekeepers have been killed after two large car bombs exploded in the AU's headquarters in Mogad...

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Problems of Terminology: Fighters, Rebels, Islamists, Jihadists, Insurgents, Militants?

Alex Thurston | Posted 11.16.2009 | World

Read More: Islam, Taliban, Africa, Somalia, Jihad, Islamist, Al Shabab, Afghanistan, Matt Yglesias, World News

What kind of language should American bloggers use in writing on foreign affairs, particularly regarding combat zones like Afghanistan and Somalia?

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Saleh Ali Saleh Nabhan Killed; Somali Insurgents Vow To Avenge U.S. Raid

AP | MOHAMED OLAD HASSAN | Posted 11.15.2009 | World

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MOGADISHU, Somalia — The U.S. helicopters, guns blazing, swooped over a convoy carrying a top al-Qaida fugitive in rural southern Somalia. Elite...

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Somali Militants Attacked By Foreign Troops

BBC NEWS | Posted 11.14.2009 | World

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Foreign soldiers have staged an attack on militants in Somalia, killing at least two people in a helicopter raid. The troops, who according to some r...

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Minneapolis Youth Wooed By Web-Savvy Somali Militants

AP | AMY FORLITI | Posted 09.25.2009 | World

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MINNEAPOLIS — One young man attended secret meetings in Minneapolis. Another got a phone call, urging him to leave Minnesota and go to Somalia t...

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Somalia: World Food Program Compound Attacked By Islamist Rebels

AP | Abdi Sheikh | Posted 09.17.2009 | World

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MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) - Gunmen stormed a U.N. aid compound in Somalia overnight, sparking a gunbattle that killed three of the attackers and wounded...

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Bridges of Rhetoric and Suspicion

Abukar Arman | Posted 09.11.2009 | Politics

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We must build bona fide bridges of understanding to significantly reduce elements hindering the ability of the US and Muslim world to work together on critical issues of mutual importance.

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Somalia, Al Qaeda Haven, To Be Obama's New Afghanistan: CSM

Christian Science Monitor | Posted 09.07.2009 | World

The Horn of Africa is a hotbed of pirates, Islamic radicals, warlords, refugees, and, lately, foreign armies trying to influence this killing field. T...

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Clinton On Somalia: Vows US Support For Weak Govt

AP | MATTHEW LEE | Posted 09.06.2009 | World

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NAIROBI, Kenya — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Thursday pledged to expand American support for Somalia's weak interim govern...

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Kenya-Somalia Border To Be Secured

BBC News | Posted 08.22.2009 | World

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Kenya has promised to reinforce its border with Somalia after several abductions near the frontier....

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Three Updates and an Addendum

Reese Schonfeld | Posted 08.21.2009 | Media

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Every time Dan Rather was on camera, there was an elephant in the room --there is no question that it was Dan Rather who pushed Walter Cronkite out at least a year before he wanted to go.

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Somali Islamist Insurgents Behead 7 People

AP | KATHARINE HOURELD | Posted 08.10.2009 | World

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NAIROBI, Kenya — Somali Islamist fighters on Friday beheaded seven prisoners accused of abandoning the Muslim faith and spying for the governmen...

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Somalia, Outside the Violence Box

Abukar Arman | Posted 08.03.2009 | World

Read More: Terrorist Watch List, Hizbul Islam, Al Shabab, Somalia, Muslim World, Horn of Africa, World News

Instead of sending more weapons to Somalia, as did the Obama administration recently, imagine a two-track benevolent campaign launched concurrently to positively impact hearts and minds.

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Medina Hotel Suicide Bombing Kills 20 Including Somali Official

AP | TOM MALITI | Posted 07.19.2009 | World

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NAIROBI, Kenya — Somalia's national security minister and at least 24 other people were killed in a suicide attack Thursday in western Somalia, ...

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Somali Refugees Number 100,000 In Past Month: UN

allAfrica | Posted 07.06.2009 | World

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Since fighting broke out last month between Government forces and armed opposition groups, almost 100,000 people have been driven from their homes in ...

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War in Somalia: Protecting Somaliland's Peace Should Be a Priority

Nicole Stremlau | Posted 06.15.2009 | World

Read More: Dahir Aweys, Al-Shabab, Hisbul Islam, Mogadishu, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Somalia, Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, Somaliland, African Union, Al Qaeda, World News

Somalilanders rightly pride themselves on succeeding without international intervention and they do not take their accomplishment of peace lightly but they may yet face one of their greatest tests.

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