Somalia

Kenya military moves into Somalia with tanks and jets
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Kenya military moves into Somalia with tanks and jets

MOGADISHU - Kenyan tanks, artillery and hundreds of fighters are moving through militant territory in Somalia, residents said Monday. Fighter…
Somali rebels threaten more attacks after bombing
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Somali rebels threaten more attacks after bombing

MOGADISHU - Somalia's Shebab on Wednesday vowed more attacks after a massive car bombing killed more than 70 people in…
Truck bomb in Somalia kills 70
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Truck bomb in Somalia kills 70

MOGADISHU - Islamist militants detonated a truck bomb Tuesday in front of the education ministry in Somalia's capital as students…
Special from Kenya: Decades-old camps swollen with new wave of Somali refugees
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Special from Kenya: Decades-old camps swollen with new wave of Somali refugees

DADAAB, KENYA - When volunteers arrive at the Dabaab refugee camp on the Kenya-Somalia border, many believe they are coming…
Al-Azhar grand sheikh criticizes slow international aid to Somalia
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Al-Azhar grand sheikh criticizes slow international aid to Somalia

Al-Azhar Grand Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayyeb on Thursday criticized slow Arab and international efforts to send food and other aid to…
Cairo’s poorest residents help the less fortunate in Somalia
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Cairo’s poorest residents help the less fortunate in Somalia

Ezzbet Abu Qarn is a place that wealthy and upper middle-class Cairenes see as worthy of donations and campaigns, especially…
Somalis celebrate Islamist retreat from capital
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Somalis celebrate Islamist retreat from capital

MOGADISHU - Thousands of Somalis attended a rally on Tuesday to celebrate the withdrawal of Islamist rebels from bases in…
Special from Kenya: Famine brings profound tragedy to Somalia’s youth
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Special from Kenya: Famine brings profound tragedy to Somalia’s youth

NAIROBI/DADAAB, Kenya - Hadija Abdi and her two remaining children wait anxiously among a cluster of famished Somalis at the…
Somalia wants humanitarian force to guard food convoys
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Somalia wants humanitarian force to guard food convoys

MOGADISHU - Somalia Saturday called for the creation of a special humanitarian force to protect food aid convoys and feeding…
Egypt’s Mufti calls to direct zakat money to Somalia
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Egypt’s Mufti calls to direct zakat money to Somalia

Dar al-Ifta al-Masriyyah called on Muslims Friday to direct zakat (charity) to help Somalia’s famine victims. The institution said in…
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