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latest news & developmentsMore than 70 dead in Somali floods
Torrential rains continued to pound southern Somalia on Wednesday, exacerbating devastating floods as the death toll soared to 73 with reports of 21 more drowning deaths,…
Somali Islamists impose Sharia law
Somalia’s dominant Islamist militia on Monday imposed Sharia law in the former warlord stronghold of Jowhar, making good on their vows to bring Islamic theocracy to the shattered…
Somali warlord stronghold falls to Islamic militia
Islamic militia captured the Somali town of Jowhar on Wednesday as fighters from a United States-backed alliance of warlords fled one of their last strongholds in the war-ravaged…
Somali warlords gird for new fighting with Islamists
Fighters loyal to a United States-backed warlord alliance reinforced their last remaining stronghold on Friday as Islamist militia in control of the capital gathered for a feared…
Somali leader rejects UN reconciliation plan
Somali Prime Minister Ali Mohamed Gedi on Monday rejected a new action plan by the United Nations aimed at reconciling rival factions in the Horn of Africa nation’s transitional…