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• in Politics
  Al-Qaeda Second in Command “Dead”
  Al Qaeda’s #2 – Atiyah Abd al-Rahman – has been killed in a drone attack.
  by eklemens / on Aug 27, 2011
• in Politics
  Why Are We Fighting the Wrong Wars All the Time?
  Why are we fighting the wrong wars all the time?
  by parkypundit / on Feb 22, 2011

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “somalia”

 

• Regional Focus: Africa

  
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  Destination Unknown: Eritrean Refugee Torture and Trafficking (NATO Civil-Military Fusion Centre, May 2013) [ text via ReliefWeb] The Kampala Convention: Entry into Force (Brookings-LSE Project on Internal Displacement, May 2013) [ access ] Libyans in North Africa Scared to Return Home (IRIN, May 2013) [ text ] ...
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• Christian Humanitarian Worker Tells of Her Experience, Rescue from Somali Pirates

  
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  A Christian humanitarian aid worker has told the story of her dramatic rescue from Somali land-based pirates in January 2012 after being held captive for over 90 days in a new book. Jessica Buchanan sold all her possessions to become a missionary in Somalia, but spent several harrowing months being held for ...
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• Fragile hope for Somalia

  
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    In our Reporting Back series, we ask FT foreign correspondents to tell us about a recent trip. Katrina Manson, the FT’s east Africa correspondent, tells us about her visit to Somalia. Why now? It’s a rare day anyone can say the future looks bright for Somalia, but for the first time in years, the ...
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• Ugandan Soldiers Return After Spending a Year in Somalia

  
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  By Mildred Nambi Ugandan soldiers from Battle Group 9+, under the command of Colonel Stephen Mugerwa, have completed their 13 month tour of duty and began to return home. The soldiers were awarded AU peacekeeping medals in a farewell ceremony held at Mogadishu International Airport and attended by Ugandan Contingent ...
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• Terror finance termagant finally sentenced

  
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  Local Somali activist says financier “deserves the Nobel Prize” Amina Farah Ali was convicted in 2011 of supporting terrorism by collecting donations and transferring them to al-Shabaab for jihad in Somalia.  Her sentencing took place last week.  Ali could have been sent to prison for 195 years, but the ...
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• Rapes on rise in Somaliland, say medical officials

  
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  Rights activists say an upsurge of gang rapes has hit the breakaway region of Somaliland — a normally peaceful enclave considered a sanctuary from the decades of violence in Somalias civil war. Fathia Hussein Ahmed, chairwoman of Somalilands national human rights commission, said at least 84 women ...
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• The UN’s Integrated Mission In Somalia – Analysis

  
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  Following the unanimous adoption of a UN Security Council (UNSC) resolution setting up an integrated mission in Somalia, the UN Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM) will be set up for an initial one-year period beginning on 3 June; it will be based in the capital Mogadishu. The UN defines an integrated mission as one ...
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• Somalia: Piracy Declining

  
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  Filed under: news , Piracy , Somalia , video
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• Wild poliovirus in Somalia (WHO, May 11 2013, edited)

  
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  [Source: World Health Organization, full page: ( LINK ). Edited.] Wild poliovirus in Somalia 11/05/2013   An investigation has been launched into a preliminary report of the detection of a wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) in the Banadir region of Somalia . This is the first WPV to be reported from ...
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• Mobile clinic for displaced opens in Puntland, Somalia

  
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  GENEVA, Switzerland, – African Press Organization (APO) –IOM and Puntland’s Ministry of Health this week jointly opened a mobile health clinic that will cater for some 10,000 internally... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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• Captain Phillips

  
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  Basato su una storia vera, Captain Phillips racconta la storia dell’abbordaggio pirata della Maersk Alabama, una nave porta container statunitense. Nel 2009 la Alabama ha subito il primo attacco da parte di pirati ad una nave battente bandiera degli Stati Uniti dopo oltre duecento anni. La Maersk ha postato ...
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• General Wesley Clark Reveals US Plan To Invade Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, And Iran

  
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• What Next for Nigeria’s Oil Patch?

  
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  With Mali’s implosion, Islamic extremism in the Sahel, and the “Boko Haram” insurgency in Nigeria’s north drawing international attention, the Niger Delta has dropped off the radar of many West Africa watchers. Yet, only five years ago an insurrection there resulted in a major reduction in Nigeria’s oil ...
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• AU Special Representative has called on the Somali Diaspora in the UK to contribute towards their country’s reconstruction process

  
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    AU Special Representative has called on the Somali Diaspora in the UK to contribute towards their country’s reconstruction process   MOGADISHU, Somalia, May 10, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ – The Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission (SRCC) for Somalia, ...
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• AMISOM donates assorted medical supplies to flood victims in Jowhar region

  
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      AMISOM donates assorted medical supplies to flood victims in Jowhar region   MOGADISHU, Somalia, May 10, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ – The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) has donated 21 boxes of assorted medical drugs to the Governor of Middle Shabelle, Honorable Abdi Gino ...
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• Flash floods in Somalia kill 7 children

  
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  Recent flash floods in Somalia have killed seven children and displaced 50,000 others, the UN says. Following UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Somalia Public information, Baidoa, Jowhar, Miido and Lower Shebelle areas of southern Somalia are worse affected by recent floods. Flash foods have ...
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• Mobile Clinic for Displaced Opens in Puntland, Somalia

  
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    Mobile Clinic for Displaced Opens in Puntland, Somalia   GENEVA, Switzerland, May 10, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ – IOM and Puntland’s Ministry of Health this week jointly opened a mobile health clinic that will cater for some 10,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) and their ...
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• World Briefing | Africa: Somalia: Thousands of Peacekeepers Have Died During Mission, U.N. Says

  
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  As many as 3,000 African Union peacekeepers have been killed in Somalia in recent years trying to bring stability, the United Nations deputy secretary general said.        
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• Is the reduction in Somali piracy permanent?

  
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  International efforts to limit Somali piracy are having someeffect, with the story dropping out of the headlines over the past year. In thefirst three months of this year, there were only five attempts and only one successful hijacking (a fishing vessel), according to the latestquarterly report from the International ...
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• Somali bank resumes semi-annual, half-million dollar payments to al-Shabaab

  
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  An international Somali-based financial institution is reported to have resumed its recurring transfers of $500,000 twice a year to the al-Shabaab terrorist organization.  The longstanding transfers of money from Dahabshiil to al-Shabaab had allegedly stopped temporarily during a dispute between the bank and the ...
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