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ISLAMIST MILITANTS in Somalia have warned local contractors to stop helping the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) distribute aid by January 1. Full Article at The Voice
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Good morning. It is a great pleasure to be here. I've been a devoted reader of Jamestown publications since you first stepped up to the challenge of the radically changed post-9/11 security environment, with the introduction of the "Terrorism Monitor". Full Article at News Blaze
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Somalis stand by a man injured during heavy fighting between Islamic insurgents and Somali government forces backed by African Union soldiers in Mogadishu, Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009. View Photo »
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The investigation is still under way to uncover evidence of who might have been behind the attack, but we already know that this is the work of al-Qaida through their affiliated group al-Shabab, because of the nature of the attack and the tactics used
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Thursday, December 10, 2009 KARACHI: Somali pirates have hijacked a Pakistan-flagged fishing vessel MV Shahbaig according to unconfirmed reports, Minister for Ports and Shipping Babar Khan Ghauri said here on Wednesday. Full Article at The News
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Somalia's president Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed on Wednesday visited the country's marine force to urge them in the fight against the piracy along the lawless Somali waters. Full Article at AllAfrica.com
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RED DEER, Alta. - A spokeswoman for a freelance journalist who was held captive in Somalia for 15 months says she has returned to Canada. Sarah Geddes says Amanda Lindhout and her family are back safely in Alberta. Full Article at Macleans.ca
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Displaced Somalis make knives in Mogadishu, Somalia, Thursday, Oct. 8, 2009. Displaced people earn their daily living from making knives and axes. View Photo »
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These guys had a speedboat with two motors because it bears passengers crossing from Yemen to Somalia. The reason they were carrying a gun is because that place is risky
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Delegations from Africa Oil and Range Resource have held talks with the representative of Somalia's Puntland state in the administrative capital of Garowe, where they discussed the amendment of an oil exploration accord. Full Article at AllAfrica.com
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.At least 10 civilians were killed and 25 others injured in heavy fighting between Somali government forces and insurgents in the Somalia's restive capital Mogadishu, witnesses said on Wednesday. Full Article at AllAfrica.com
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Somalia (Somali: Soomaaliya; Arabic: الصومال translit: aṣ-Ṣūmāl), officially the Somali Republic and formerly known as the Somali Democratic Republic, is located on the Horn of Africa in East Africa. Full Article
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Somalis stand by a man injured during heavy fighting between Islamic insurgents and Somali government forces backed by African Union soldiers in Mogadishu, Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009. Mortars slammed into Somalia's capital killing and wounding people, Mogadishu's ambulance service said.
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Displaced Somalis make knives in Mogadishu, Somalia, Thursday, Oct. 8, 2009. Displaced people earn their daily living from making knives and axes.
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Somalia President Sheik Sharif Sheik Ahmed, center, speaks at a rally as Deputy Prime Minister of Finance Sharif Hassan Sheikh Aden, left, and Foreign Minister Abdul Rahman Jangeli, right, look on in Minneapolis, Sunday, Oct. 4, 2009.
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Somalia President Sheik Sharif Sheik Ahmed, center, speaks at a rally as Deputy Prime Minister of Finance Sharif Hassan Sheikh Aden, left, and Foreign Minister Abdul Rahman Jangeli, right, look on in Minneapolis, Sunday, Oct. 4, 2009.
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Somalia President Sheik Sharif Sheik Ahmed, center, speaks at a rally as Deputy Prime Minister of Finance Sharif Hassan Sheik Aden, left, and Foreign Minister Abdul Rahman Jangeli, right, look on in Minneapolis, Sunday, Oct. 4, 2009.
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Somalia President Sheik Sharif Sheik Ahmed, left, speaks at a rally as Foreign Minister Abdul Rahman Jangeli, right, look on in Minneapolis, Minn. , Sunday, Oct. 4, 2009. Ahmed is meeting with members of Minnesota's Somali community to build support for a stable government in his country.
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Somalia President Sheik Sharif Sheik Ahmed, speaks at a rally as Foreign Minister Abdul Rahman Jangeli, right, looks on in Minneapolis, Sunday, Oct. 4, 2009. Ahmed is meeting with members of Minnesota's Somali community to build support for a stable government in his country.
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The president of Somalia, Sheik Sharif Sheik Ahmed, speaks at a Books for Africa breakfast Saturday, Oct. 3, 2009 in St. Paul during his three-day stop in the Twin Cities. Ahmed is meeting with members of Minnesota's Somali community to build support for a stable government in his country.
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The president of Somalia, Sheik Sharif Sheik Ahmed, speaks at a Books for Africa breakfast Saturday, Oct. 3, 2009 in St. Paul during his three-day stop in the Twin Cities. Ahmed is meeting with members of Minnesota's Somali community to build support for a stable government in his country.
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Gunmen from Hizbul Islam head for Somalia's southern port of Kismayu October 1, 2009. Rival Islamist rebels battled in southern Somalia's Kismayu port on Thursday, killing at least 20 people and the fighting threatened to spread to other parts of the failed Horn of Africa state.
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NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 25: President of Somalia Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed waits to address the United Nations General Assembly at the UN headquarters on September 25, 2009 in New York City.
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NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 25: President of Somalia Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed addresses the United Nations General Assembly at the UN headquarters on September 25, 2009 in New York City.
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NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 25: President of Somalia Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed addresses the United Nations General Assembly at the UN headquarters on September 25, 2009 in New York City.
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NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 25: President of Somalia Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed addresses the United Nations General Assembly at the UN headquarters on September 25, 2009 in New York City.
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NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 25: President of Somalia Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed addresses the United Nations General Assembly at the UN headquarters on September 25, 2009 in New York City.
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NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 25: President of Somalia Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed waits to address the United Nations General Assembly at the UN headquarters on September 25, 2009 in New York City.
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NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 25: President of Somalia Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed addresses the United Nations General Assembly at the UN headquarters on September 25, 2009 in New York City.
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NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 25: President of Somalia Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed walks to address the United Nations General Assembly at the UN headquarters on September 25, 2009 in New York City.
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President of Somalia Sheikh Sharif Ahmed addresses the 64th United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York, September 25, 2009.
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President of Somalia Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed sits in a chair reserved for heads of state following his address to the 64th United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York, September 25, 2009.
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Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, president of Somalia, adjusts his cap after addressing the 64th session of the General Assembly at United Nations headquarters, Friday, Sept. 25, 2009.
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Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, president of Somalia, addresses the 64th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Friday, Sept. 25, 2009.
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Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, president of Somalia, right, is directed to the podium to address the 64th session of the General Assembly at United Nations headquarters, Friday, Sept. 25, 2009.
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Government soldiers patrol a street south of Somalia's capital Mogadishu September 24, 2009. Somali government forces are battling a deadly Islamist insurgency.
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A government soldier patrols a street south of Somalia's capital Mogadishu September 24, 2009. Somali government forces are battling a deadly Islamist insurgency.
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The investigation is still under way to uncover evidence of who might have been behind the attack, but we already know that this is the work of al-Qaida through their affiliated group al-Shabab, because of the nature of the attack and the tactics used
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These guys had a speedboat with two motors because it bears passengers crossing from Yemen to Somalia. The reason they were carrying a gun is because that place is risky
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It is also multifaceted as we have seen in the movement of young men, many of them motivated by a sense of ethnic duty, who have left their communities in Minnesota, been radicalised in Somalia, and fought and died for al-Shabaab
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The pirates have destroyed Somalia's reputation for small amounts of money by hijacking ships. The navy should be ready to defend ships against violent hijacking
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even back in colonial days when the only fuel we burned was wood. The only nations in the world today that emit at this low level are all poor developing nations, such as Belize, Mauritius, Jordan, Haiti and Somalia.
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If I can in any way explain my rationale for being in Somalia at all, and putting myself in harm's way, it was to highlight the plight of others not so fortunate
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Mainly because of the dramatic situation in Somalia, the region (East Africa) is becoming a free economic zone for all sorts of trafficking drugs, migrants, guns, hazardous waste and natural resources, in addition to having the world's most dangerous waterways because of piracy
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Somalia and Yemen or elsewhere.
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even back in colonial days when the only fuel we burned was wood. The only nations . . . today that emit at this low level are all poor developing nations, such as Belize, Mauritius, Jordan, Haiti and Somalia.
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Somalia is worst than Afghanistan, so we are telling the world to help us to restore stability in the country
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The more the situation in Somalia deteriorates, the greater the likelihood Al-Qaeda will find a foothold
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Our goal is to make sure they’re very uncomfortable in Pakistan and Afghanistan. And we have evidence that they’re moving, at least in some part, to Yemen and Somalia ... This organization will always seek the ungoverned spaces or the areas where they perceive they can operate under the radar.
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Where Al-Qaeda and its allies attempt to establish a foothold -- whether in Somalia or Yemen or elsewhere -- they must be confronted by growing pressure and strong partnerships.
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sea change in international support to troubled countries ... What is so startling is that all the conclusions are as true about Somalia as they are about Afghanistan.
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Demand in Iraq has gone down, Afghanistan never took off to the extent people expected – but Somalia is booming.
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I hate to use this term, but in a sense the (region is) spiritual centre, the symbolic centre of al-Qaeda, it strengthens their ability to do things in Somalia, Yemen, Germany, Great Britain, America, elsewhere
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If Nigeria did well in Liberia, some politicians think it can just be transplanted in Somalia.
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if honest... would require us to additionally invade and occupy western Pakistan, Somalia, Sudan, Yemen, etc.
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I came all the way from Somalia to witness the draw and be part of the excitement. South Africa is representing the whole of Africa by hosting the World Cup, and we have never been more proud to be Africans then we are right now. Even If South Africa doesn’t win the Cup, in our eyes it is already victor...
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Such attacks should only redouble the determination of the international community and the United Nations Security Council to use all possible efforts to bring about peace and stability in Somalia
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The African Union will spare no efforts to ensure that perpetrators of this act and such heinous crimes against humanity being carried out in Somalia will in due course be brought to justice
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This was the work of enemies who want to destroy Somali intelligentsia and create a hostile atmosphere in which the Somalis cannot reconcile. This is not the work of Somali nationals but it was an enemy operation, maybe assisted by elements who are serving the outsiders that want to occupy Somalia.
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At the head of the table, like a 'Mafia family', sat Al Qaeda. And that means, that Al Qaeda retained a capability to export terrorism to Yemen, Somalia or, indeed, Denver
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Suicide bombings are a worrying trend not only for Somalia but also the region. There has been a rise in fundamentalism in Somalia coming from the Middle East and Pakistan
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And whether or not the terrorists are home-grown, when we trace their roots, they almost all end up back in this border area of Afghanistan and Pakistan, whether they're from the United States or Somalia or the United Kingdom or elsewhere
SOURCE: OneIndia
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