A Call to Jihad From Somalia, Answered in America

Al-Shabaab’s first attack on Kenyan soil was in 2008. Since then the Kenyan government has responded with force. United Nations Photo/Flickr
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Hargeisa, 12 July 2009- MINNEAPOLIS — The Carlson School of Management rises from the asphalt like a monument to capitalist ambition. Stock prices race...

Spokesman: Third American Killed In Somalia

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Hargeisa, 12 July 2009  - Another Minnesota man recruited to join an Al Qaeda-linked group in Somalia has been killed in the war-torn African...

Saudi ‘genie’ sued for harassment

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A family in Saudi Arabia is taking a "genie" to court, accusing it of theft and harassment, reports say. They accuse the spirit of threatening...

Obama speaks of hopes for Africa

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US President Barack Obama, on his first trip to sub-Saharan Africa since taking office, has said Africa must take charge of its own destiny...

Text of President Obama’s speech in Ghana

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Hargeisa, 11 July 2009  - The following is the text of President Obama's speech Saturday in Accra, Ghana, as prepared for delivery and provided...

Fleeing Somali MPs Seek Refuge in Somaliland

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Somali MPs, chased from their houses in Mogadishu, unable to find a secure den to convene meetings or venture into the streets, flee in...

President Obama visit to Ghana

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My few words reflect the writing of Mrs. Elizabeth Ohene about President Obama's schedule visit to Ghana. Somaliland held high the achievement reached by...

African Pride: Obama Trip To Ghana

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Accra, Jul 9 2009 --- In our series of weekly viewpoints from African journalists, Elizabeth Ohene, a former government minister in Ghana and former BBC...

South Africa strike hits stadium work

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Durban, Jul 9, 2009  --- Some 70,000 construction workers in South Africa have gone on strike, halting work on stadiums being built for the 2010...

African Union Sending More Troops To Somalia

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Addis Ababa, Jul 8, 2009 --- Somalia's prime minister signaled his regime is expanding the 4, 300 strong African Union troops by several thousand...