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Last mentioned in Mogadishu : Somalia
Mohamed Siad Barre (Somali: Maxamed Siyaad Barre, Arabic: محمّد سياد بري‎) (b. October 6, 1919 – January 2, 1995) was the military dictator and President of Somalia...

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  • News Source: Fox News | 8 days ago
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  • News Source: The New York Times | 19 days ago
    As Somalis struggle to survive the chaos that has overtaken their country, a network of companies that distribute money from the nation’s large diaspora has quietly expanded, providing a crucial safety net. As in other poor countries, the main
  • News Source: Al Jazeera | 20 days ago
    This uncertainty has led to increased concern about Somaliland in the international community, and a flare-up of political animosity within the territory. Recent violence, particularly in the capital Hargeysa, has shown that the crisis in Somaliland
  • News Source: Press TV | 23 days ago
    The clashes broke out late on Saturday in the districts of Bondhere and Abdiaziz, with the two sides exchanging heavy mortar fire. Eyewitnesses told a Press TV correspondent that heavily armed militants had carried out attacks on government bases in
  • News Source: Open Democracy | 25 days ago
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  • News Source: Inter Press Service | 25 days ago
    IPS. "Remittances are funds that go from people who are poor by western standards to people who are even poorer still...But the money sent home by the 30 million Africans who live outside their homelands could be a much more powerful engine for
  • News Source: Scoop | 28 days ago
    The past year has witnessed an upsurge in piracy off the coast of the Horn of Africa nation, which has been riven by factional fighting and had not had a functioning central government since the overthrow of Siad Barre in 1991. In January, Indian
  • News Source: The Boston Globe | 29 days ago
    Somalia— A Somali airline official says two men have failed in an attempt to hijack an airplane. Diallo Airlines marketing manager Ahmed Yare says the men drew guns on Monday's flight. He says some of the 30 passengers thwarted the hijackers by

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