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Horn of Africa

Somalia pirates threaten to blow up ship

The MV Faina is carrying a shipment of battle tanks Somali pirates holding a Ukrainian ship with a cargo of military tanks off the Somali coast have threatened to blow it up if they are not paid a ransom. A pirate spokesman...

100 Somalis feared dead off Yemen coast

• Sea search after migrants are forced overboard • UN says people-smuggling from Horn of Africa on rise As many as 100 migrants from Somalia were missing and feared drowned off the coast of Yemen after smugglers forced them...

Piracy Off the Somali Coast Still a Concern

A ship laden with cement was hijacked off the coast of Somalia today, while Somali pirates freed 20 Filipino seamen from another hijacked ship they held for more than 80 days.NATO today agreed today to send a 7 ship force to...

Race for Kenyan hearts and minds

Published Date: 11 October 2008 SCOTLAND'S Black Watch soldiers will take part in a midnight marathon in Kenya to raise money for an orphanage near the base they are using for a training exercise. The soldiers hope to raise...

Pirates vow to blow up arms ship

Last Modified: 10 Oct 2008 Source: PA News Pirates holding an arms-laden tanker off the coast of Somalia have threatened to blow up the ship in three days if no ransom is paid, a spokesman said. Sugule Ali said the bandits...

Crime › Abducted Japanese doctor says she, other aid worker safe in Somalia

Saturday 11th October, 12:58 AM JST NAIROBI — A Japanese female doctor abducted in Ethiopia in September told a Somali journalist over the phone on Friday that she and another aid worker are safe in the Somali capital...

WHO probes deadly mystery disease in S. Africa

GENEVA (AP) — The U.N. health agency says it is investigating a mystery disease that killed three people in the South African city of Johannesburg. The World Health Organization says the disease appears to be a form of...

Combating the piracy plague

SINGAPORE — The confrontation between foreign warships and well-armed pirates off the coast of lawless Somalia is a dramatic reminder to Asia of the importance of safeguarding busy channels used by international shipping. This...

Kenya: Views On Somalia Annexation Have Been Misinterpreted

Posted to the web 10 October 2008 Donald B. Kipkorir Nairobi When I called for Somali's division last week, I expected the vitriolic reaction I have received from the war-weary country's refugees in the US, Britain, Denmark,...

Joyce Meyer Ministries -- Relief Work in Ethiopia

Posted on: Friday, 10 October 2008, 18:00 CDT Dave and Joyce Meyer, along with a Hand of Hope missions team from Joyce Meyer Ministries (JMM), are preparing to depart for humanitarian relief work in Ethiopia. JMM provides...

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Djibouti , Eritrea , Ethiopia , Kenya , Somalia , Sudan