Kenya deports three aliens accused of terrorism
Kenya has deported three foreign men, accused of fighting alongside Somalia’s Al-Qaeda linked Al-Shabaab insurgents, to Belgium to face trial on terrorism charges, diplomatic sources said Friday.The...
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View ArticleLife in former Al-Shabaab turf slowly returning to normalcy
By JECKONIA OTIENOSomali: Dhobley town on the Somalia-Kenya border was a stronghold of Al-Shabaab terrorists before they were kicked out by Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) forces under the aegis of the...
View ArticleNairobi police anti-terror unit has to get by on US$735 a month
Kenya’s lead counterterrorism agency is working to stop another Westgate Mall-style terrorist attack – which many in Nairobi believe Somali militants will try again – on a shoestring budget: the...
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Somali traffic cops battle gridlock and chaos
By Hamza MohamedMogadishu, Somalia - “Tow it away, tow it away!” shouts a short man at a group of men wearing white shirts and navy blue trousers.They are the Somali traffic police, and Ali Hirsi...
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Car bomb targets African Union troops in Somalia
AFP/AU-UN IST Photo/AFP/File – This handout photo released by the African Union-United Nations Information Support Team (AU-UN IST) shows AU troops standing on top of an APC on the outskirts of Burubow...
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Second phase of relief projects launched in Somalia, Philippines
Officials of Qatar Relief Alliance of Charitable Societies holding a meeting on relief projects.Doha: Qatar Relief Alliance of Charitable Societies yesterday announced the launch of phase II of relief...
View ArticleSomali Islamists attack hotel in central region
BY ABDI SHEIKHomali Islamist militants drove a car bomb at a hotel in a town in central Somalia that was being used by African Union and Somali military forces, a resident and the militant group...
View ArticleDifficult to find grooms for Hyderabad’s ‘over qualified’ Muslim women
ushra Baseerat,TNNHYDERABAD: City match-maker, Shahid Farooqui, has been faced with an unusual problem of late: of ‘over qualified’ brides-to-be. Though his bag is teaming with profiles of several...
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Counterproductive Reactive Saudi Policies
By Nicola Nasser Writing in The Washington Post on February 27, 2011, Rachel Bronson asked: “Could the next Mideast uprising happen in Saudi Arabia?” Her answer was: “The notion of a revolution in the...
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View ArticleDjibouti confirms 5 soldiers killed in Somalia attack
DJIBOUTI, (Xinhua) — Djibouti has confirmed that five soldiers from the Red Sea country were killed in a recent attack in Somalia, where Al-Qaida linked terrorists launched two attacks on the targets...
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Oscar nominee Barkhad Abdi on track for Judd Apatow’s Trainwreck
Winner of best supporting actor Bafta to follow Captain Phillips success with role in new Apatow comedyBy Andrew PulverIn the swim … Barkhad Abdi. Photograph: Anthony Harvey/Getty ImagesBafta-winning...
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No detente until Qatar mends its ways: KSA
Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal.Saudi Arabia announced on Tuesday that its dispute with Qatar would not be resolved unless Doha changed its policy. It also ruled out any US mediation to resolve...
View ArticleShebab says latest suicide bomber was 60-year-old from Norway
Somalia’s Al Qaeda-linked Shebaab rebels on Wednesday identified a suicide car bomber who struck a town recently captured by African Union troops as a 60-year-old Somali man who held Norwegian...
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Somalia: UN envoy welcomes progress in regaining key towns from insurgents
A sniper serving with the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) is seen at daybreak on a frontline position. Credit: UN Photo/Stuart Price.The United Nations envoy for Somalia, Nicholas Kay, has...
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View ArticleEthiopia Sees Output at Africa’s Biggest Power Plant by 2015
By William DavisonEthiopia will begin generating electricity within 18 months from what will be Africa’s largest power plant, the government said.The sale of 7.1 billion birr ($367 million) of bonds...
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The man who established Somaliland’s ‘yellow cab’ service
By Sean Williams, for CNNAbdikarim Salah Mohamud left Somaliland in 1988 for Melbourne and returned 23 years later to start Hargeisa Taxi. It’s a typically buttoned-up, breezy night in Hargeisa when a...
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