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Uganda detains five Pakistanis suspected of rebel ties
Kampala :: Uganda | 11 months ago
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Uganda has arrested five Pakistanis suspected of militant links, police said on Tuesday, two weeks before the second anniversary of a bombing attack in Kampala for which Somali Islamist rebel group al Shaabab claimed responsibility. Officials say the
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Africa: Progress Overlooks Mogadishu's Vulnerable
Mogadishu :: Somalia | 11 months ago
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Workers clamber on to crooked cabs to strap orange tarpaulins over the loads...Food, vehicles and construction materials are coming in, and leather and lemons are going out. "In the last five months, construction materials account for most [imports]
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Somalia: Kenyan Police Arrest 15 Locals Over Explosion
Mogadishu :: Somalia | 11 months ago
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The suspects, who are of Somali nationals, were taken into custody for further investigations about yesterday's blast that hit a convoy of pick-ups mounting police forces in Mandera, inuring two soldiers. A police official, who asked for anonymity
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KDF have done well, but all must remain vigilant
Nairobi :: Kenya | 11 months ago
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They have succeeded in reducing cross-border raids targeting tourists in the North Coast while piracy incidents near the Kenyan sea-line have halted since the navy entered the fray. On the battlefront, the KDF has also succeeded in helping the
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Fighting erupts among rival Somali pirates
Mogadishu :: Somalia | 11 months ago
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Pirates fired on each other on land on the Somali coast Monday, killing at least one person and wounding many others, residents near the fighting said. Witnesses in Hobyo, in the Mudug region of Somalia, said fighting broke out when a group of
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Somali tale of two cities as Mogadishu's vulnerable miss out on progress
Mogadishu :: Somalia | 11 months ago
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Clar Ni Chonghaile At Mogadishu's port, battered trucks without headlights and windscreens are piled with sacks and tyres, and parked beside a ship from the Comoros islands. Workers clamber on to crooked cabs to strap orange tarpaulins over the loads.
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Somalia: Suicide Bomber Attacks Govt Base
Mogadishu :: Somalia | 11 months ago
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Further details are emerging about the extent of the damage caused by yesterday's suicide car bomb attack on the local government headquarters in Afgoye. The head of regional security services, Khalif Hashi, confirmed to RFI today that one Somali
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Suicide blast hits base near Somali capital
Mogadishu :: Somalia | 11 months ago
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12 An al-Shabab suicide bomber has rammed a vehicle packed with explosives into the gate of a Somali government base in Afgoye, west of Mogadishu, the capital, causing casualties. Al-Shabab said its suicide bomber had "killed dozens" in Saturday's
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East Africa: Al Shabab Attacks Somali, Ethiopian Forces
Mogadishu :: Somalia | 11 months ago
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Al Shabab Attacks Somali, Ethiopians Forces in Yurkud,Gedo Region 15 June 2012 Yurkud A witness says Al shabab fighters have launched an attack on Somali and Ethiopian troops in Yurkut village which locates near the border between Bay and Gedo
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Somalia: Gains Made in the Battle Against Al-Shabaab
Mogadishu :: Somalia | 11 months ago
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Somalia's capital Mogadishu as they seize ground in the surrounding area. The African forces, largely made up of Ugandans and Burundians, previously confined their operations to Mogadishu, but have now extended out to a radius of 20-30 km and are
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