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Eight killed in fresh inter-clan fighting
Addis Ababa :: Ethiopia | 14 days ago
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Eight people were killed and three others seriously injured in fresh inter-clan clashes Friday morning in Rhamu, Mandera County. The reason for fighting between Garre and the Degodia clans has not been established. Mandera county commissioner Michael
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Somalia: Somali, International Leaders Condemn Killing of Journalist
Mogadishu :: Somalia | 1 month ago
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Somali Prime Minister Abdi Farah Shirdon on Monday (April 22nd) condemned the killing of journalist Mohamed Ibrahim Rageh, calling on police and security forces to pursue the killers of journalists. "Journalists in Somalia perform the most
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Kenya: Three Killed in Degodia,Garreh Clan Violence
Cape Town :: South Africa | 3 months ago
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Haji Belle Hammed of the Degodia clan died on the spot on Thursday after he was knocked down by a campaign vehicle at Rhamu trading centre. The incident sparked clashes between Degodia and Garreh clan members...The police boss, Stephen Weda, said the
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At least 11 dead in Somalia clashes
Mogadishu :: Somalia | 3 months ago
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AT least 11 people have been killed in clashes between rival pro-government clan-based militias in the southern Somalia port of Kismayo, witnesses say. "I saw at least 11 people, especially fighters, killed in these battles," a Kismayo elder, Mohamed
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Somalia : Journalist freed but may face charges
Mogadishu :: Somalia | 3 months ago
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Somalia (AP) A Somali journalist was freed after being detained without charges for more than a week for speaking out against the imprisonment of a fellow reporter. Daud Abdi Daud was released but he said Wednesday that that the Somali government
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Letters: Liyu police in breach of human rights
Addis Ababa :: Ethiopia | 4 months ago
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For years we have documented egregious human rights abuses committed by the Liyu police, including the March 2012 extra-judicial execution of 10 men in their custody and the killing of nine other villagers. To our knowledge, the Liyu police are a
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Somali clan clashes leave 30 dead
Mogadishu :: Somalia | 6 months ago
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Nearly 30 people have died in Somali when fierce clashes broke out between two rival clans over grazing and water rights. The fighting took place in a village in Galgadud province Saturday. Over 20 others were injured, Xinhua quoted an official as
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City man liable in torture lawsuit
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | 6 months ago
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Sign Up A federal judge has found a former Somali colonel who lives in Columbus liable for torturing a human-rights attorney more than two decades ago before a brutal civil war fractured his country. It's the first time a judge has held a former
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Clarification: Africa-US Military Media story
Nairobi :: Kenya | 6 months ago
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Kenya (AP) In a story Nov. 13 about the U.S. military running two news websites in Africa, The Associated Press identified Omar Faruk Osman as the secretary general of the National Union of Somali Journalists. Although Osman and the website of the
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Somalia: Somalia Establishes New Cabinet
Mogadishu :: Somalia | 7 months ago
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Somalia Establishes New Cabinet 5 November 2012 The Prime Minister of Somalia, Abdi Farah Shirdon Saaid, unveiled on Sunday (November 4th) a 10-minister cabinet for Somalia which he said was capable to "address the demands, the concerns and the
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