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INTERVIEW-Central bank chief turns recovery skills on Somalia
Reuters* Governor seeks to shore up shaky recovery * Islamists still pose threat to stability * Commercial bank licences expected by end of 2013 * New Somali currency a possibility By Edmund Blair NAIROBI, May 17 (Reuters) - When Washington D.C. was in...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Somalia, Politics, Government, Central Bank
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Somali prime minister to face confidence vote in parliament
ReutersMOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somalia's prime minister is expected to face a vote of confidence next week, lawmakers said on Friday, and backers of the challenge said they were frustrated with the pace of political reform. Prime Minister Abdi Farah Shirdon Saaid...Tags: Parliament, Somalia, Politics, Government, Crime, Law and Justice
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EU to step up security involvement in Somalia
Reuters* Somalia recovering from two decades of civil war * EU has trained around 3,000 Somali soldiers in Uganda * Somali president says security his top priority By Drazen Jorgic MOGADISHU, May 15 (Reuters) - The European Union is to move military training...Tags: Politics, Armed Forces, Crime, Law and Justice, Human Rights, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Former Islamist warlord elected president of Somali region
Reuters* Ex-warlord fought al Shabaab but is not liked in Mogadishu * Central government struggling to assert control * Clan-based divisions threaten bid to rebuild Somalia By Drazen Jorgic MOGADISHU, May 15 (Reuters) - A former Islamist warlord was declared...Tags: Politics, Somalia, National Government, Government, Al-Qaeda
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INTERVIEW-Somali banker sees hope in business order after chaos
Reuters* Dahabshiil boasts offices in London, Dubai * Confidence growing in ragged Somali shilling * Businesses operate amid poor security, clan rivalries By Edmund Blair NAIROBI, May 8 (Reuters) - Somalia's government must lure more investors to drive the...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Dubai (United Arab Emirates), Somalia, Business, Finance
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Somalia's security forces hamstrung by corruption, infiltrators
Reuters* Al Qaeda-linked militants weakened but remain potent force * West fears slide back into anarchy if gains not cemented * Security to top agenda of May 7 London conference By Richard Lough and Abdi Sheikh MOGADISHU, May 3 (Reuters) - Somalia's...Tags: Politics, Ethiopia, Armed Forces, Armed Conflicts, Al-Qaeda
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Militants kill Somali prosecutor, threaten more
ReutersMOGADISHU, April 26 (Reuters) - Islamist militants killed Somalia's deputy chief prosecutor and will target more judiciary staff while the government tries to reform the courts, a militant spokesman said on Friday. The al Shabaab rebel group, which is...Tags: Shootings, Lawyers, Somalia, Politics, National Government
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Somali reporter killed in fourth journalist murder this year
ReutersMOGADISHU, April 21 (Reuters) - A Somali journalist working for the government broadcaster was shot dead outside his home in the capital Mogadishu on Sunday, the fourth reporter to be murdered in the country this year, the union of journalists said....Tags: Somalia, Radio, Journalism, Emergency Incidents, Entertainment
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Gunmen attack Somalia Supreme Court complex killing at least 35
The death toll rose Monday to at least 35 killed in the most serious Islamic extremist attack in years on Mogadishu, a government official said. Islamic radicals from al-Shabab launched a multi-pronged attack against the country's Supreme Court...
Tags: Somalia, Politics, Emergency Incidents, Government, Armed Conflicts
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Armed men attack Mogadishu courthouse, triggering gun battles
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- Militants attacked Mogadishu’s main courthouse Sunday in one of two attacks in Somalia that were linked to an Al Qaeda-affiliated group. About nine gunmen wearing Somali police uniforms and suicide vests stormed the...
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In Somalia, music festival aims to spread peace
MOGADISHU, Somalia — Lihle Muhdin was 11 years old when he first picked up a Kalashnikov rifle, pushed into combat by an Islamist militia in Mogadishu. That was 15 years ago. Now he wields a microphone in his fight for peace. Muhdin is a member of...Tags: Arts and Culture, Music Industry, Philosophy, Al-Qaeda, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Mogadishu suicide bombing kills 10 people
MOGADISHU, Somalia -- Ten people died and more than 15 were wounded Monday in a suicide bombing close to the presidential palace in the capital, according to Somali officials. The attack in central Mogadishu targeted a vehicle carrying Somali...
Tags: Somalia, Emergency Incidents, Government, African Union, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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