Somalia

United Nations running out of food aid for Somalia

ROME -- The United Nations says it is running out of food for millions of starving Somalis, in part because the United States is delaying aid amid fears it could be intercepted by militants linked to al-Qaeda.

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Somalia: Fighting Kills Two, Wounds Five Others in North Mogadishu

MOGADISHU (Sh. M. Nwetwork ) - At least two people have been killed and five others injured after heavy fighting with bitter shelling between the Islamist fighters and transitional government troops started in the north of...

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Smooth sailing off Somalia

Chinese navy supply ship Qiandaohu escorts merchant vessels in the Gulf of Aden off the coast of Somalia. The ship was part of China's third fleet assigned to protect merchant vessels from pirates in the Gulf of Aden. The fleet...

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Somalia - Al-Shabaab Accuses Kenyan MPs Over Youth Recruitment

Somalia Al-Shabaab group has accused Kenyan lawmaker, particularly those from Somali-inhabited region, for backing the secret recruiting of fighters from among young Kenyan Somalis to help the Somalia's weak government fight...

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Measuring Democracy - The ICFTU’s Reports on Violations of Union Rights - Artur Victoria Studies

and has 225 affiliated organizations in 148 countries. Affiliates are unions, union confederations or peak level associations. Association maintains close links with different UN bodies and has consultative status in some of...

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Learn about Somalia piracy, terrorism issues

A public forum on Somalia piracy and the future of terrorism is scheduled at 9 a.m. Sunday at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Northern Nevada, 780 Del Monte Lane. The guest speaker will be Ted Morse, a diplomat and...

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UN: US delays threaten food aid to Somalia

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Sheep meat price may fall

JEDDAH (Arab News) - The price of sheep meat should fall by about a fifth after an import ban on Somalia was lifted, according to the head of the livestock committee at the Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and Industry (JCCI). Fahd...

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African refugees seized off Yemen

Published: Nov. 7, 2009 at 9:42 AM SANA‘A, Yemen, Nov. 7 (UPI) -- A boat carrying refugees from Somalia, Ethiopia, and Eritrea was seized in the territorial waters of Yemen, authorities said Saturday. "The smuggling boat was...

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Man stoned to death in Somalia for adultery

From correspondents in Africa, 02:01 PM IST Somali insurgent group al-Shabaab has stoned a man to death in the port town of Marka for committing adultery, officials said. 'The 33-year-old man Abbas (Hussein Abdurahman)...

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