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- Ethiopia: Off Political Taboos and Woos
- Chinua Achebe as Metaphor
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- The curious case of Africa’s Progress and the missing Millennium Development Goals
- Somalia And The Slippery Slope Of ‘Jubbaland’
- The Legacy of Queen Victoria and Zimbabwean Culture
- The Parable Of The Cockroach And Nigeria
- My relationship with Chinua Achebe - Wole Soyinka
- Somalia’s future: IGAD’s captivity or donors’ rescue
- Israel and the Arab Gulf States: An Undeclared Alliance
- The United Nations’ Hezbollah Protection Force
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- World Malaria Day: highlighting awareness of a preventable disease that still kills thousands
- Excusing Jihad In Boston
- Lessons from Boston and Chechnya
- Analysis: How do you solve a problem like Apartheid?
- Somalia: Frail Leadership, Federalism Frenzy, and the Fragile Peace
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Tag Archives: War in Somalia
Ethiopian troops need a mandate
Nairobi – A Somali government spokesperson on Monday denied that Ethiopian troops have entered Somalia to help fight insurgents despite several witnesses reporting the movement of troops. Abdirahman Omar Osman said Ethiopian troops would only be welcome if they had … read more
Posted in East Africa, Ethiopia, News
Tagged African Union, Al-Shabaab, breaking news, East Africa, Ethiopia, Ethiopian National Defense Force, IndepthAfrica, IndepthAfrica Magazine, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, Islamic Courts Union, Nigeria, Nigeria news, North Africa, Pan African News, Politics of Somalia, Somalia, Southern Africa, War in Somalia, West Africa
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Somali lawmaker killed in Mogadishu
Mogadishu – Several armed and masked men on Wednesday shot to death a Somali lawmaker in front of his house in the capital Mogadishu, witnesses and colleagues said. Adan Bule Mohamed was killed after being shot several times in the … read more
Posted in East Africa, News, Somali
Tagged African Union, Al-Shabaab, AlQaeda, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthAfricaMagazine, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, Kenya, Mogadishu, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigeria online, North Africa, Pan African News, Sharif Ahmed, Somalia, Southern Africa, War in Somalia, West Africa
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Sudan Bashir rules out dual citizenship for Southerners
The Sudanese president Omer Hassan Al-Bashir on Friday made it clear that there is no prospect for Southerners living in the North to have dual citizenship if the referendum vote comes in favor of creating a new state. The oil-producing … read more
Posted in Election, News, North Africa, Sudan
Tagged African countries, African Union member states, Arab League member states, geography, Ghazi Salaheddine, Horn of Africa, H̨alfā al-Jadīdah, IndepthAfrica, International response to the War in Darfur, Irregular military, Khartoum, Least Developed Countries, National Congress, News local news, newspapers, North Africa, Omar al-Bashir, Peace Talks, political-news, Politics of Sudan, Qatar, rica, Secession, Second Chadian Civil War, Somali people, Somalia, South Sudan, Southern Sudan, sports-news, Sudan, Sudan People’s Liberation Army/Movement, Umm Durmān, United Nations, Unity, War Conflict, War in Somalia, World news
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Sudan vote tests Obama’s Africa diplomacy
South Sudan’s independence referendum on Sunday marks the start of a new test for U.S. diplomacy in the region, which analysts say could yet present President Barack Obama with his “Rwanda moment” if violence explodes in its wake. U.S. officials … read more
Posted in Election, News, North Africa, Sudan
Tagged Africa news, African countries, African news, African Union member states, Arab League, Arab League member states, breaking news, CIA activities in Sudan, Darfur Conflict, Doha, East Africa, geography, Ghazi Salaheddine, Horn of Africa, H̨alfā al-Jadīdah, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, International response to the War in Darfur, Irregular military, Khartoum, Least Developed Countries, National Congress, News local news, newspapers, North Africa, Omar al-Bashir, Peace Talks, political-news, Politics of Sudan, Qatar, Secession, Second Chadian Civil War, Somali people, Somalia, South Sudan, Southern Sudan, sports-news, Sudan, Sudan People’s Liberation Army/Movement, Umm Durmān, United Nations, Unity, War Conflict, War in Somalia, World news
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Who’s funding Al Shabaab’s war in Somalia?
MOGADISHU, Somalia — Rake-thin young men wearing headscarves covering their faces shoulder AK-47 rifles and rocket propelled grenade launchers. They clamber through the ruins of Mogadishu, heading to the frontlines where they begin firing upon positions held by the Transitional … read more
Posted in Analysis, Article, Conflict/Tragedy, East Africa, News, Somali
Tagged Abu Mansoor Al-Amriki, Africa news, African Union, Al-Qaeda, Al-Shabaab, disasters-news, IndepthAfrica, Islamic Courts Union, Islamist groups, Kenya, modern history, Mogadishu, political-news, Politics of Somalia, Somalia, timeline of the War in Somalia, Transitional Federal Government, War Conflict, War in Somalia
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Al-shabab vows they would kill all Ugandan, Burundian in Somalia
One of the high officers of Al-shabab Sheik Fuad Mohamed Khalaf has Thursday talked with more people in a mosque at Heliwa district in the capital saying that they would revenge for the Somali people bombed by the Burundian and … read more
Posted in East Africa, News, Somali
Tagged African Union, African Union Mission to Somalia, Al-Shabaab, Al-Shabab, Burundi, Burundian, disasters-news, geography, Horn of Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Kampala, Mogadishu, Mohamed Khalaf, Political geography, Somali people, Somalia, Uganda, Ugandan, War Conflict, War in Somalia
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Somalia: The biggest source for rebels’ arms is the government forces, official says
Somalia’s former military commander, Gen Yusuf Osman Dhumal has revealed that soldiers working for the UN backed government are selling their weapons to the Islamic militant factions who are fighting against them. Though the details of this process have been … read more
Posted in East Africa, News, Somali
Tagged Africa news, Al-Qaeda, Al-Shabaab, geography, Horn of Africa, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, militant, Mogadishu, Outline of Somalia, Political geography, political-news, Somalia, Transitional Federal Government, United Nations, War Conflict, War in Somalia, weapon, Yusuf Osman Dhumal
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