The UN office for Somalia is moving to Mogadishu from Nairobi, Ban Ki-moon announces on a rare visit to the Somali capital.

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UN head Ban Ki-moon in Mogadishu

Manchester, N.H., has taken in more than 2,000 refugees from countries like Somalia and Sudan, but officials there say they now need a break.

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Halt Is Sought to Manchester, N.H., Refugee Resettlement

The efforts of its troops have put the African Union in the driver’s seat of an intensifying international effort to wipe out Somalia’s Shabab militants, once and for all.

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Africa Forces Surprise Many With Success in Subduing Somalia

The Obama administration is intensifying its campaign against an al-Qaeda affiliate in Somalia by boosting the number of proxy forces in the war-torn country, expanding drone operations and strengthening military partnerships throughout the region. In many ways, the American role in the long-running conflict in Somalia is shaping up as the opposite of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan: relatively inexpensive, with limited or hidden U.S. footprints. Read full article > >

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U.S. intensifies its proxy fight against al-Shabab in Somalia

At least three people have been killed in grenade attacks in eastern Kenya, near the border with Somalia, officials say.

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Three dead in east Kenya attacks

Ethiopian troops have crossed the border into Somalia in significant numbers, eyewitnesses say – an incursion denied by the Ethiopian authorities.

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Ethiopia troops ‘enter Somalia’

Ethiopian troops have crossed the border into Somalia in significant numbers, eyewitnesses say – an incursion denied by the Ethiopian authorities.

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Ethiopia troops ‘enter Somalia’

Kenya is prepared to send troops to bolster the African Union (AU) force in Somalia to tackle the militant Islamist group al-Shabab, Foreign Minister Moses Wetangula tells the BBC.

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Kenya offers troops for Somalia

Kenya is prepared to send troops to bolster the African Union (AU) force in Somalia to tackle the militant Islamist group al-Shabab, Foreign Minister Moses Wetangula tells the BBC.

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Kenya offers troops for Somalia

An air raid hit a camp for displaced civilians in southern Somalia, killing at least three people and wounding dozens of mostly women and children, an international aid agency said.

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3 Killed, Dozens Hurt in Somalia After Airstrike

An Islamist militia in Somalia said that Abdisalan Hussein Ali, who spent his formative years in Minneapolis, was one of two bombers in a suicide attack in Mogadishu.

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Shabab Identify American as Bomber in Somalia Attack

The Air Force has been secretly flying armed Reaper drones on counterterrorism missions from a remote civilian airport in southern Ethi­o­pia as part of a rapidly expanding U.S.-led proxy war against an al-Qaeda affiliate in East Africa, U.S. military officials said. The Air Force has invested millions of dollars to upgrade an airfield in Arba Minch, Ethi­o­pia, where it has built a small annex to house a fleet of drones that can be equipped with Hellfire missiles and satellite-guided bombs. The Reapers began flying missions earlier this year over neighboring Somalia, where the United States and its allies in the region have been targeting al-Shabab , a militant Islamist group connected to al-Qaeda. Read full article > >

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U.S. drone base in Ethi­o­pia is operational

Kenya’s sudden incursion into Somalia over the weekend caught the United States by surprise, American officials said.

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Kenya Reportedly Didn’t Warn U.S. of Somalia Incursion

Kenya says it has sent air and ground troops into Somalia to pursue al-Shabab militants following a spate of cross-border kidnappings of Westerners.

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Kenya targets Somali insurgents

Kenyan troops cross the border into Somalia to pursue militants it suspects of carrying out a spate of high-profile kidnappings.

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