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Violent insurgency in Somalia fuels refugee crisis

                   
guardian.co.uk: Somali refugees fleeing fighting in their home country walk to a registration centre for a camp in Kenya guardian.co.uk
guardian.co.uk
28-Aug-2008
        
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Somali refugees fleeing fighting in their home country walk to a registration centre for a camp in Kenya. Photograph: Simon Maina/AFP An increasingly violent insurgency in Somalia is fuelling a fresh refugee crisis with nearly 40,000 people arriving at a desert camp in north-eastern Kenya this year despite the border being closed. The Dadaab settlement now hosts more than 210,000 people, making it the world's... [read full story]                    

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Somalia: Country Moving Into A 'Serious Crisis'

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Somali Insurgents welcome Ethiopian hint of military withdrawal

xinhuanet.com
29-Aug-2008
        

MOGADISHU, Aug. 29 (Xinhua) -- Somali insurgents welcomed Ethiopia's hint that it will withdraw its troops from Somalia even before the current Somali interim government is stable and effective, spokesman for the group...

                   

What will be left if Ethiopia withdraws from Somalia?

libdemblogs.co.uk
28-Aug-2008
        

Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi has hinted at a possible withdrawal of Ethiopian troops from Somalia. He said, "The operation has been extremely expensive so we will have to balance the domestic pressures on the one...

                   

Ethiopia may withdraw troops

news24.com
28-Aug-2008
        

Nairobi - Ethiopia could withdraw its troops from war-torn Somalia even if the transitional government is not stable, but will hold on at least until the AU deploys additional peacekeepers, Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles...

                   

Somali aid worker says he's been freed after 2 months in captivity

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28-Aug-2008
        

By: THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MOGADISHU, Somalia - The head of the United Nations refugee agency's office in Somalia says kidnappers have released him from captivity after more than two months. Hassan Mohamed Ali, head of the...