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We ‘strongly’ urge Somalia leaders to de-escalate tensions – U.S. Embassy
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - The United States Embassy in Somalia on Monday called for a de-escalation of tensions in the Horn...
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Somali President, PM trade accusations over delays to ongoing elections
MOGADISHU (Reuters) -Somalia's president and prime minister each accused the other on Sunday of holding up ongoing parliamentary elections, in...
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Cheetah cubs threatened by pet trade, global warming in Somaliland
By Katharine Houreld NAIROBI (Reuters) - The two starving cheetah cubs squeak and tug at their string leashes in the...
Read moreSeven killed in clashes between pro-government Somali forces
By Abdiqani Hassan BOSASO, Somalia (Reuters) - Fighting between elements of Somali pro-government forces killed at least seven people and...
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Migrants help Pope Francis celebrate 85th birthday
By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - A group of migrants from refugee camps in Cyprus who are being resettled...
Read moreSomali Islamist insurgents make gains as government and allies fall out
By Abdi Sheikh MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somali Islamists have captured a town in the semi-autonomous central state of Galmudug, residents...
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Suspected Islamist kills two in western Kenya – police
By Humphrey Malalo NAIROBI (Reuters) - A suspected member of Somali Islamist group al Shabaab detonated an explosive device that...
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Islamist bombing near school in Somalia kills 8, wounds 13 children
By Abdi Sheikh MOGADISHU (Reuters) - An Islamist suicide bombing outside a school in Somalia's capital killed eight people and...
Read moreSomali suicide bomber kills well-known Somali journalist
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - An al Shabaab suicide bomber in the Somali capital killed himself and a well-known Somali journalist on...
Read moreSaudi Arabia reopens embassy in Somalia: state news agency
CAIRO (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia has reopened its embassy in the Somali capital Mogadishu, state news agency(SPA) quoted the Saudi...
Read moreThree convicted militants recaptured after Kenya prison break
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Three convicted militants, one of whom had taken part in a 2015 attack that killed 148 people,...
Read moreKenyan police say three ‘dangerous’ inmates flee maximum security prison
NAIROBI (Reuters) -A Kenyan serving a 41-year sentence for involvement in one of the country's worst militant attacks escaped from...
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U.S. top diplomat Blinken to visit Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal next week
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to Kenya, Nigeria and Senegal from Nov. 15-20, the...
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Keeping tradition alive, Somalia’s last camel bone carving artisans
By Abdi Sheikh MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somali artisan Muse Mohamud Olosow carefully sorts through a huge pile of camel bones,...
Read moreIranian-supplied arms smuggled from Yemen into Somalia, study says
By Katharine Houreld NAIROBI (Reuters) - Guns supplied by Iran to its Houthi allies in Yemen are being smuggled across...
Read moreIran thwarts pirate attack on oil tanker in Gulf of Aden – TV
DUBAI (Reuters) - The Iranian navy thwarted a pirate attack against an Iranian oil tanker in the Gulf of Aden...
Read moreSomalia death toll in fighting between army and former allied group rises to 120
By Abdi Sheikh MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Fighting in Somalia's Galmudug state between the Somali army and its former ally, the...
Read moreDozens killed in fighting between Somalia army and former allied group
(Corrects dateline to Oct 24, not Oct 23; adds TV and PIX to story slug) By Abdi Sheikh MOGADISHU (Reuters)...
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Man accused of murdering UK lawmaker Amess to face trial next year
LONDON (Reuters) - The man accused of stabbing to death British lawmaker David Amess at a church where he was...
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Somalia’s president, prime minister agree to speed up election
By Abdi Sheikh MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somalia's president and prime minister resolved a dispute over appointments to security bodies, allowing...
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