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(Photo: UN / JC McIlwaine)Gay African refugees face abduction, violence and rape in Uganda and Kenya
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(Photo: AP / Stephen Wandera)Americans Train Ugandans For Somalia Mission
U.S. Army Africa commander Major Gen. David Hogg, left, with Uganda Peoples Defence Force Gen. Andrew Guti, right, at the closing ceremony for operation ATLAS DROP 11 in Soroti, about 400 kilometers east of Uganda capital city Kampala Wednesday April 20, 2011....Full Story

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UAE seeks to increase energy exports to India
| New Delhi:  The UAE has expressed its keenness to increase its energy exports as well as downstream investments in India, Foreign Minister Shaikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan said. | "We would like to see more UAE energy exports to India especially when it c...Full Story
American-born 'jihadist' releases memoir about his road from 'privileged' childhood in Alabama to al-Qaida cell ...
| A suspected homegrown terrorist published a new autobiography online tracing his path from a small town in Alabama where he had enjoyed a 'privileged’ life to a Somali militant group linked to al-Qaida. | Omar Hammami, also known as Abu Mansur al-Amriki, said th...Full Story
Somali fishermen beg end to anti-piracy air strikes
| Somali fisherman pleaded Friday for international navies protecting shipping to halt air strikes on coastal villages, after the EU Naval Force struck a pirate base for the first time. | An attack helicopter staged a nighttime raid on the Somali coastline Tuesday, the ...Full Story
Record Number of Africans Flee to Yemen
A record number of African refugees and migrants have arrived in Yemen this year. Most are from Ethiopia. U.N. refugee agency spokesman Andrej Mahecic says more people are crossing the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden to get to Yemen. | “There are now more than 43,000 peo...Full Story
US jihadi in Somalia craves fast food, misses family
| AFP - Top in Bible school, missing his family, and craving Chinese takeaways: an American extremist in Somalia's Al-Qaeda affiliated rebels recounts his life in an autobiography. | Titled "The Story of An American Jihadi" and posted on Islamist websites, the book clai...Full Story
US jihadi in Somalia craves fast food, misses family
| Top in Bible school, missing his family, and craving Chinese takeaways: an American extremist in Somalia's Al-Qaeda affiliated rebels recounts his life in an autobiography. | Titled "The Story of An American Jihadi" and posted on Islamist websites, the book claims to ...Full Story
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Fri 18 May 2012
India, UAE to work together to counter piracy
Newstrack India | New Delhi, May 18 (IANS) India and United Arab Emirates (UAE) will work together to counter maritime piracy in the Gulf of Aden, for which the two sides will share intelligence and help build capacities in the troubled state of Somalia.  | Aft...
Gay African refugees face abduction, violence and rape in Uganda and Kenya
The Guardian | LGBTI people fleeing persecution in home country among most vulnerable and isolated of all refugees, finds study In Uganda, 'public rhetoric demonising homosexuality has been particularly vicious' since an anti-gay bill was introduced, says the stu...
Kenya's 2012 tourism earnings to dip on euro crisis, attacks
Reuters | NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenya's white sandy beaches look set to have fewer visitor footprints meandering over them this year. | While this may be good news for Europeans seeking escape from economic storms at home, it is bad news for Suresh Sofat's tou...
>Ethiopian court says 11 will face terror charges
Seattle Post | ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Ethiopia's federal court ruled Thursday that 11 people should face terror charges after prosecutors said they formed a cell with an al-Qaida-linked group from neighboring Somalia. | The charges come amid signs of incr...
>Somaliland court sentences 17 to death for attack
Seattle Post | MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — A military court in Somalia's breakaway region of Somaliland has sentenced 17 people to death for attacking a military base over a land dispute one day earlier, an official said Thursday. | Dozens of angry people marched...
>Official: 1 dead from attack on Kenya's coast
Seattle Post | NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Attackers fired shots and detonated four grenades outside a nightclub in Kenya's coastal town of Mombasa after they were denied entry, killing a security guard and wounding five people, including one of the assailants, polic...
>EU navy, helicopters strike pirate supply center
Seattle Post | MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — European Union naval forces in attack helicopters on Tuesday conducted their first onshore raid on a suspected pirate lair in Somalia. A pirate said the strike destroyed a supply center and set back operations. | No deat...
>Americans train Ugandans for Somalia mission
Seattle Post | KAKOLA, Uganda (AP) — American military advisers in Uganda are drawing on lessons learned from Iraq and Afghanistan to help train African Union soldiers to fight Somalia's most powerful insurgent group, al-Shabab. | Earlier this year, a small con...
>New rage keeps Somali boys off street: video games
Seattle Post | MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Inside a hot, cramped room in the Somali capital, 10 sweating children sat on wooden desks, not unlike those found in schools. These boys, though, were not in class. They were staring at a small TV and tightly gripping v...
Kenya's 2012 tourism earnings to dip on euro crisis, attacks
Yahoo Daily News | NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenya's white sandy beaches look set to have fewer visitor footprints meandering over them this year. | While this may be good news for Europeans seeking escape from economic storms at home, it is bad news for Suresh Sofat's tou...
Mogadishu On the Up
All Africa [IRIN] Mogadishu - It is Friday morning in Mogadishu and Lido beach presents a scene reminiscent of seaside towns around the world. At the top of the beach, women sit with their wares, selling water and ice-lollies from cool-boxes. | ...
Omar Hammami, American Jihadi In Somalia, Reveals Details On 'Privileged' Childhood
Huffington Post | KAMPALA, Uganda -- An American who serves as a commander with a Somali militant group says in a new autobiography that he had a "privileged" childhood in Alabama before he joined the al-Qaida linked militants. | Omar Hammami, also known as Abu Mans...
American militant in Somalia releases autobiography; says he always had a bad temper
Yahoo Daily News | KAMPALA, Uganda - An American who serves as a commander with a Somali militant group says in a new autobiography that he had a "privileged" childhood in Alabama before he joined the al-Qaida linked militants. | Omar Hammami, also known as Abu Mansu...
Disagreement Grows Large Among Galmudug Leaders
All Africa [Shabelle] Galka'yo - A rift grows larger and harder between the top leaders of Somalia's Galmudug state who are reportedly not in agreement over the presidential election deadline. | ...
Somalia - No Justification for Ratifying the Draft Constitution
All Africa [Fahamu] Widespread opposition to the document stems from the way it was formulated in secret without public mandate or the input of Somali civil society, intellectuals and constitutional experts. | ...
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