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Kenya, Somalia in dispute over violent port city

Speaking at the African Union summit in Ethiopia last month, Somalia's president accused Kenyan forces in Kismayo of mistreating a committee he sent to the town to initiate negotiations.

Drone crashes in Somalia's Puntland region

The U.S. also flies drones that occasionally fire at Somalia's Islamic extremist rebels in south and central Somalia.

In Somalia, some parents say no to polio vaccine

They warn that it is important for every child to get the polio vaccine in order to eradicate in Somalia the disease that causes limb paralysis and can be fatal.

Violence in Somalia scares investors, aid workers

A spate of attacks by Islamic insurgents in Somalia's capital is forcing investors, businessmen and aid workers to have second thoughts about expanding operations in Mogadishu.

Polio cases found in Kenya and Somalia, WHO says

The World Health Organization says the Horn of Africa is experiencing an outbreak of polio with cases confirmed in Kenya and Somalia.

Mystical branch of Islam has resurgence in Somalia

Al-Shabab, a group of al-Qaida-linked militants that seeks to instill an ultra-conservative brand of Islam across Somalia, controlled Mogadishu from roughly 2007 to 2011.

Correction: Somalia-Famine Deaths story

When asked about the report, Somalia Health Minister Maryan Qasim Ahmed said she didn't want to comment until she read it because of questions she had about the accuracy of the figures.

London hosts Somalia meeting to aid post-war gains

Britain and Somalia on Tuesday co-host a donors' conference to win support for the Mogadishu government as it leaves behind two decades of conflict.

'Off the charts': 133k Somalia famine child deaths

The first in-depth scientific study of famine deaths in Somalia in 2011 was released Thursday.

Somalia asks US to grant immunity for former PM

McLEAN, Va. -- Somalia's newly recognized government is asking the State Department to grant immunity to a former prime minister who was found responsible in a U.S. court for human-rights abuses.

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MOGADISHU, Somalia: Kenya, Somalia in dispute over violent port city

He said Kenyan forces are part of the African Union mission in Somalia, and are not taking sides.

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MOMBASA, Kenya: UK influenced Adebolajo release from Kenya police

A lawyer says British diplomats recommended that a British man detained in Kenya 2 1/2 years ago...

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Daily Kos: President Obama: 'Lives have been saved' by NSA surveillance

As an example of how the domestic calling log database has been used, Mr. Joyce cited the case...

Governor Scott, Champion of Public Health, Bans Sick Pay

The U.S. is keeping company with libertarian paradises like Chad, Somalia, Liberia, and India;...

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They call themselves the Volunteer Coastguard of Somalia - and ordinary Somalis agree.

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Attack on U.N. Compound in Somalia Leaves 15 Killed

Attack on U.N. Compound in Somalia Leaves 15 Killed

Report: Piracy in West Africa Outstrips Somalia

Report: Piracy in West Africa Outstrips Somalia

Kenyan police kill two in raids on suspected militants' homes

Today we would trace him in Kenya, tomorrow we would hear he is in Somalia.