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Al-Shabaab at loggerheads with Somali clan over tax

Al-Shabaab militants are increasingly losing Marehan clan support following constant disputes. The disputes follow heavy defections, assassinations, leadership wrangles and…

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Raila hosts Somalia leaders days after minister, MPs were blocked at JKIA

A section of Somalia political leaders on Thursday met former Prime Minister Raila Odinga at his Capitol Hill offices. This…

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Families of boys held at gunpoint by park police say they want answers

Representatives with the Council on American Islamic Relations is calling on the Minneapolis Park Police Department to release information about…

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U.S. airstrike kills 2 al-Shabab militants in southern Somalia

The United States military said Friday its special forces conducted an airstrike against al-Shabab network in southern Somalia on Wednesday,…

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Somalia Makes Significant Progress On Its Economic Reforms

Briefing the Council, Raisedon Zenenga, deputy head of the UN Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM), reported that Somalia had made…

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Death Toll From Mogadishu Car Bombings Rises To 12

Militant group Al Shabab exploded a suicide car bomb and killed at least nine people, including Somalia’s former foreign minister,…

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