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Somalia celebrates the 50th Anniversary of the OAU in Mogadishu [In Pictures]
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The President of the Federal Republic os Somalia, H.E. Hassan Sheikh Mohamud attended a ceremony in Mogadishu to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Organization of the African Union (OAU). Dignitaries present in the event included the Special ...
AMISOM celebrates 50th Anniversary of the OAUMareeg
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K'naan turns to film to tell Somalia's story
Hamilton Spectator
TORONTO Canadian rapper K'naan has long drawn musical inspiration from his troubled homeland of Somalia. Now he says he's ready to make a film about his war-torn roots. The Toronto poet, rapper, singer and songwriter has penned a screenplay he ...

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Slow food
A Tree Grows in Somalia
Slow food
At the end of last year Sid Ali Mohamed Abdi set out from his native Somalia to represent his country in Turin at Salone del Gusto and Terra Madre 2012. A long time friend of Slow Food, his work has always been fundamental and carried forth the values ...

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Outside View: Somalia's Jubaland
UPI.com
Recent reporting on events across Somalia has delivered piecemeal information but provides little context for those who haven't been carefully following the complex developments and relationships taking shape within in the nascent state of Somalia.
Kenya cautioned over new crisis in SomaliaThe Standard Digital News

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PM Welcomes Progress in Parliament and Outlines Road Ahead On Jubaland ...
AllAfrica.com
They recognized that this would be a step backwards towards the chaos of the past, at the same time as providing a negative image for Somalia. They came to the right decision." The Prime Minister congratulated Somalis for making their voice heard ...

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Somalia Celebrates the 50th Anniversary of the OAU in Mogadishu
AllAfrica.com
Mogadishu, 23 May 2013 - The President of the Federal Republic os Somalia, H.E. Hassan Sheikh Mohamud attended a ceremony in Mogadishu to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Organization of the African Union (OAU). Dignitaries present in the event ...
African peacekeeping: challenge of budgets, bureaucracyCapital FM Kenya
The OAU: Fifty years onBBC News

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BBC News
AU's 50th Anniversary Marked in Mogadishu
AllAfrica.com
The ceremony was attended by the president of the federal republic of Somalia Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, AU's special representative to Somalia Ambassador Annadif, ambassadors from different countries, representatives from EU and representatives from ...
Mogadishu culture shock for diaspora SomalisBBC News

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Somalia: PM Shirdon Outlines the Road ahead on Jubaland and Somaliland
Somaliland Sun
They recognized that this would be a step backwards towards the chaos of the past, at the same time as providing a negative image for Somalia. They came to the right decision." The Prime Minister congratulated Somalis for making their voice heard ...

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Violence in Somalia Scares Investors, Aid Workers
ABC News
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. African Union and Somali troops pushed al-Shabab insurgents out of the ...
Mystical branch of Islam has resurgence in SomaliaKXAN.com
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The Gulf of Guinea
The Economist
THE MV City of Xiamen, a container ship flagged in Antigua and Barbuda, was about 160km (100 miles) off the Nigerian coast in the evening of April 25th when 14 pirates, armed to the teeth, boarded her and broke into the ship's safe room. They made off ...

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SOMALIA: Somalia celebrates the 50th Anniversary of the OAU in Mogadishu
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Mogadishu, 23 May 2013 – The President of the Federal Republic os Somalia, H.E. Hassan Sheikh Mohamud attended a ceremony in Mogadishu to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Organization of the African Union (OAU). Dignitaries present in the ...
African Unity After 50 Years of OAU/AU - a Dream Deferred?AllAfrica.com

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SOMALIA: Prime Minister welcomes progress in parliament and outlines road ...
Horseed Media
SOMALIA: Prime Minister welcomes progress in parliament and outlines road ahead on Jubaland and Somaliland. His Excellency Prime Minister Abdi Farah Shirdon today praised parliament's decision to withdraw a planned no-confidence vote in the ...

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Polio Cases Found in Kenya and Somalia, WHO Says
Midnimo Information Center
The World Health Organization says the Horn of Africa is experiencing an outbreak of polio with cases confirmed in Kenya and Somalia. WHO said Wednesday that a 4-year-old girl near the Dadaab refugee camp in Kenya and two of her contacts tested ...
Kenya reopens registration of asylum seekersPeople's Daily Online
Kenya urged to permit, register Somali refugeesCapital FM Kenya
World Health Organisation declares regional polio outbreakSabahi Online

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Armed conflicts see thousands displaced
Midnimo Information Center
Human rights abuses by Islamist armed groups and security agencies in the name of “counter-terrorism” continued last year in Somalia and Nigeria. Use of child soldiers was also documented in Somalia, Mali, Congo and Chad. There were also some cases ...

Puntland Court Issues Death Sentences for Islamic Mufti's Killers
AllAfrica.com
Garowe — The Puntland military court in northern Somalia has convicted 7 persons of committing acts of terrorism and has sentenced them to death, Garowe Online reports. The Puntland military court for Nugal, Mudug, Sool, and Ayn regions convened the ...

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Kenya cautioned over new crisis in Somalia
The Standard Digital News
Updated Thursday, May 23rd 2013 at 16:02 GMT +3. By Geoffrey Mosoku. Nairobi, Kenya: Kenya has been asked to rethink its support for the self-declared state of Jubaland in southern Somalia as the region and the Federal governments squabble. Tweet ...
Kenya reopens registration of asylum seekersPeople's Daily Online
Kenya urged to permit, register Somali refugeesCapital FM Kenya

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Toronto Star
Canadian sisters on front lines of rebuilding Somalia
Toronto Star
MOGADISHU, SOMALIA—The Elman sisters are bathed in the honey glow of Somalia's late afternoon sun, the only sounds coming from an iPhone in a pink case that chirps continuously and the bursts of chatter from women upstairs. A sign in the corner of the ...

Refugee from war-torn Somalia has ultimate goal of being doctor
Arizona Daily Star
When Aden Abdi first arrived in the United States at 9 years old, he and his family had hopes of a better life, education and success. Abdi's family left war-torn Somalia for Kenya before making its way to Tucson in 2004. He enrolled in the fourth ...

Independent Online
Somali Parliamentarians Officially Abandon Motion Against Shirdon, Cabinet
AllAfrica.com
"I have received letters from parliamentarians saying they have abandoned their motion against the cabinet, and the few remaining lawmakers were 30 which nullifies the motion," Jawari said, according to Somalia's Hiiraan Online. Jawari urged the ...
Somalia: PM Shirdon receives AU Envoy, MPs withdraw confidence voteGarowe Online
Confidence vote against Somali PM withdrawnIndependent Online

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Amisom Spokesman Refutes Casualty Numbers, Outlines Long-Term Plans
AllAfrica.com
Mogadishu — In a much publicised news briefing on May 9th, UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson told reporters that as many as 3,000 troops with the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) were killed in action since the force began fighting ...

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