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MOGADISHU, Nov. 17 (Xinhua) -- Sheik Adan Mohamed Madoobe, speaker of the Somali national parliament, called on lawmakers on Monday in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi, to return to the southern Somali town of Baidoa, the seat of...
President Abdullahi Yusuf of Somalia has admitted that his government is on the verge of collapse and that Islamist groups now control most of the country.In a speech to Somali MPs gathered in the Kenyan capital Nairobi at the...
Mr Yusuf said the al-Shabab group now controlled most of the country President Yusuf lamented that at this vital time when unity is needed, talks on forming a new transitional government had ended in failure. He and Prime...
Another major city in Somalia fell without a shot to Islamist insurgents on Wednesday, with Islamist guerrilla fighters seizing the strategic port of Merka, residents and Somali officials said. The Islamists are now in control...
