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A birthday for hope
Some 30 years ago, I was walking the dry, hot, dusty streets of Berbera, Somalia. I was a young U.S. Navy sailor and our ship had pulled in to meet a destroyer tender for some essential repairs. We had been given a few precious hours of liberty, a gift...Tags: U.S. Navy, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Social Issues, Armed Forces, Vietnam
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Suicide blasts at Mogadishu cafe reportedly kill 15
World NowSuicide bombers set off at least two explosions at a popular restaurant in Mogadishu late Thursday, killing about 15 people including journalists and two police officers, authorities said.... -
Somali troops take key port of Kismayo after Al Shabab rebels retreat
World NowSomali troops and their foreign allies occupied the key city of Kismayo, the last strategic base for Islamist militants who had relied on the local port as an main source of revenue.... -
Mogadishu marks its first peaceful Eid al-Fitr celebration in years
World NowMogadishu, Somalia, is marking its first peaceful Eid al-Fitr celebration in years.... -
Somalia gets new parliament but still waiting for new president
World NowSomalia's new parliament was due to convene, but a scheduled presidential vote was not being held.... -
New Somali president survives double suicide bombing
World NowTwo days after Somali President Hassan Sheik Mohamud won office, militants sent him a grim message: double suicide bomb blasts at his temporary residence in a Mogadishu hotel. Mohamud was not harmed in the attack.... -
Somali lawmakers elect academic and civic activist as president
World NowLawmakers overwhelmingly elected an academic and civic activist as president of Somalia on Monday, in a United Nations-backed effort to put the country's lawless past behind it and forge the first stable central government in more than two decades.... -
Somalia's presidential newcomer faces tough job
World NowSomalia's presidential newcomer faces a mammoth job: While international leaders on Tuesday urged Somalia’s new president to move swiftly to establish an inclusive government in order to rebuild his ruined nation, the Islamic militia that controls... -
Angola's longtime president poised to get another term
World NowAngola's president Jose Eduardo dos Santos poised to retain power after 33 years at the helm: Angola's ruling Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) was set for victory in elections, which would mean a new presidential term for the... -
Must Reads: Hugo Chavez, Hillary Clinton and a tilting Tunisia
World NowFrom the hopes for Mogadishu to the barbs of the Venezuelan election, here are the five stories you shouldn't miss from the past week in global news.... -
As one Somali journalist is buried, a top poet and comedian is slain
World NowAs one Somali journalist is buried, a leading poet and comedian is slain: Hours after assassinated Somali radio journalist Mohamed Mohamud Turyare was buried Monday, gunmen killed one of Somalia's famous poets and radio comedians, Warsame Shire Awale,... -
Police reportedly open fire on striking South African miners
World NowSouth African police opened fire Thursday on striking mine workers at a Lonmin's Marikana platinum mine northwest of Johannesburg, killing at least seven protesters, according to media reports....
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