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Ethiopia: Missionaries of Charity Foster Dignity Amid Destitution

Catholic Relief Services | Posted 11.26.2011

Catholic Relief Services

There was something else, something elusive. It probably has to do with the attitude of the founder of the Missionaries of Charity, Mother Teresa, whose familiar face beams down from many of the home's walls.

Ethiopia Accused Of Sending Troops Into Somalia

AP | MOHAMED OLAD HASSAN | Posted 05.25.2011

MOGADISHU, Somalia — Witnesses said Tuesday that Ethiopian troops had crossed the border into war-ravaged Somalia and appeared to be stationing ...

Somalia Update Five

Reese Schonfeld | Posted 05.25.2011

Reese Schonfeld

The Horn of Africa looms as the next Afghanistan. It's time for our new President to take a hard look.

Wall Street, Somalia, and Jack Sparrow

John Feffer | Posted 05.25.2011

John Feffer

Why are more than a dozen of the world's navies converging on Somalia to battle pirates there instead of sailing into New York to capture the Wall Street pirates?

Islamists Introduce Strict Laws After Capturing Somalian Seat

DAILY NATION | Reuters News Service | Posted 05.25.2011

Somalia's hardline Islamist insurgent group al Shabaab said today it had introduced sharia law in Baidoa, a day after taking the town that had been a ...

Somalia's Presidential Palace Attacked By Insurgents

AP | MOHAMED OLAD HASSAN | Posted 05.25.2011

MOGADISHU, Somalia — Islamic insurgents attacked Somalia's presidential palace and five civilians were killed Wednesday, underscoring fears the ...

George W. Bush's Inaugural Gift: Blackhawk Down-Redux: Obama's First Crisis, and the Legacy of Losing Somalia

Reese Schonfeld | Posted 05.25.2011

Reese Schonfeld

Lest you have forgotten, it was George H.W. Bush who left President-elect Bill Clinton with the Inauguration Day present of a crisis in Somalia.

Somali Insurgents Take Over Police Stations As Ethiopian Troops Pull Out

AP | MOHAMED OLAD HASSAN | Posted 05.25.2011

MOGADISHU, Somalia — Islamic insurgents appeared to be scrambling for power Saturday, taking over several police stations in the capital as Ethi...

Somali Insurgents Vow To Keep Fighting Until Islamic Law Rules

AP | MOHAMED OLAD HASSAN | Posted 05.25.2011

MOGADISHU, Somalia — A powerful insurgent group poised to take over Somalia said Wednesday it will fight until the country is ruled by Islamic l...

Editorial: American View On Somali Crisis Shortsighted

WardheerNews | Faisal Roble | Posted 05.25.2011

Ethiopian troops, protected by US air power, invaded Somalia on Christmas Eve of 2006 to break the chokehold of that country by Islamists. The pressi...