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Somali bomber 'was from Denmark'
Copenhagen :: Denmark | about 3 hours ago
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A suicide bomber who killed at least 22 people at a graduation in Somalia was brought up in Denmark, officials say. Somali Information Minister Dahir Gelle told the BBC that the bomber's parents, who live in Copenhagen, identified their son's body from...
Tags: Denmark, Somalia, Copenhagen, Horn of Africa, Politics, Mogadishu, War in Somalia, War Conflict, Islamist groups
Kiribati islands plan exodus faced with rising sea levels,
Riyadh :: Saudi Arabia | about 6 hours ago
Credibility Kiribati announces plans at Copenhagen for “practical and rational” exodus due to climate change. Violence and displacement in north western DRC suggests UN proposals for early drawdown may be premature...Hostage-taking in southern Philippines underlines...
Tags: climate change, Saudi Arabia, DRC, Kiribati, Yemeni, Equateur, Iran, small islands, Somalia, Mindanao, Riyadh, Environment, United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Politics, Western Asia, African countries, African Union member states, Least Developed Countries, War Conflict, Arab League member states
Cash assistance eyed as anti-piracy safety net for RP seafarers
Dole :: France | about 7 hours ago
Credibility He said Thursday�s tripartite meeting would serve as a blueprint to protect seamen from the continuing hijacking incidents in Somalia area. Roque said piracy in Somalia has come to an alarming proportion, affecting not only the Philippines, but other...
Tags: filipinos seafarers, safety nets, POEA Board, Marianito Roque, piracy safety, Somalia, France, Dole, Piracy, Piracy in Somalia, Department of Labor and Employment, Labor
Somali minister: Suicide bomber was Danish-Somali
Mogadishu :: Somalia | about 8 hours ago
Credibility Kenya— A Somali official says the suicide bomber who killed 24 people a week ago in Somalia's capital was a Danish citizen of Somali descent. Information Minister Dahir Gelle says the bomber was identified by his father after a photo of his body was...
Tags: graduation ceremony, Somalia, Mogadishu, Politics, War in Somalia, War Conflict, Horn of Africa, African Union Mission to Somalia, Somali people, Social Issues, Al-Shabaab, Islamic Courts Union, Islamist groups
No language barrier
Mogadishu :: Somalia | about 9 hours ago
Credibility Dr. Sue Leatherman, right, confers with nurse Candace Gordon after treating patient Doug Hoehner of Columbus at the Capital Park Family Health Center...The cramped clinic annually serves 3,000 patients who speak 30 languages. Leatherman stops in a closet-sized...
Tags: Christine Murphy, health center, Dr. Sue Leatherman, capital park, Joy Parker, Hawa Jama, exam rooms, Somalia, Mogadishu, Health Medical Pharma, Somali people, Healthcare reform in the United States, Uninsured in the United States, Insurance
Somali pirates hijack Pakistani vessel
Mogadishu :: Somalia | about 17 hours ago
Credibility A statement from the EU Naval Force on Wednesday said that the ship was hijacked approximately 320 nautical miles east of the island, “Socotra”, located east to Somalia, South Yemen and Oman. It added that all the crewmembers are Pakistani nationals,...
Tags: Somalia, Mogadishu, MV Faina, Piracy, Piracy in Somalia, Politics, Gulf of Aden, October 28 2007 incident off Somalia
Anti-piracy mission extended
Rome :: Italy | about 18 hours ago
Credibility The German government has approved a one-year extension of the country's participation in anti-piracy patrols off Somalia. Government spokesperson Christoph Steegmans said on Wednesday that the new mandate keeps at 1 400 the maximum number of German personnel...
Tags: Italy, Rome, Piracy, Politics, African countries, Gabon, African Union member states, Ali Bongo Ondimba, Somalia, Bundeswehr
Somali-held tanker may cause oil spill, says UN agency
Mogadishu :: Somalia | about 21 hours ago
Credibility A Greek-flagged oil tanker seized by Somali pirates last month could create an "environmental catastrophe" if it is damaged by worsening weather off Somalia, the United Nation's shipping agency said on Thursday. The Maran Centaurus was sailing from Kuwait...
Tags: Somalia, MV Ariana, fishing vessel, Mogadishu, Piracy in Somalia, Piracy, Gulf of Aden, Maersk Alabama hijacking, MV Sirius Star, Environment, Politics, Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke, MV Sea Horse, International criminal law, Transport in Somalia, October 28 2007 incident off Somalia, MV Patriot, Hobyo, Abdirashid Ali Shermarke, Disaster Accident
Kenyan courts on legal front line in battle to stop Somali pirates
Mombasa :: Kenya | about 22 hours ago
Credibility Overhead a single ceiling fan battled against the crushing coastal humidity that left judge, lawyers, accused and witness sweating in the shabby Kenyan courtroom. As the suited lawyers for the prosecution and defence parried legalistic blows, a translator...
Tags: Kenya, Mombasa, Piracy, Piracy in Somalia, Law Crime, Horn of Africa, MV Safmarine Asia, International criminal law, Transport in Somalia, Gulf of Aden, Somalia
SOMALIA- Militants warn contractors to stop helping UN aid programme
Mogadishu :: Somalia | about 24 hours ago
Credibility Somalia have warned local contractors to stop helping the United Nation�s World Food Programme (WFP) distribute aid by January 1. Al-Shabaab, which has battled transitional President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed�s UN-backed government, said in a statement...
Tags: Somalia, Mogadishu, War Conflict, Piracy in Somalia, Sharif Ahmed, War in Somalia, Al-Shabaab, Islamist groups, Environment, Somali people, Politics, Transport in Somalia, Seychelles, Gulf of Aden, timeline of the War in Somalia, Piracy, Politics of Somalia, Disaster Accident
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