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World News tagged with somalia

Somali Militants Execute 'Spies'
World  (tags: Somalia, militants, violence, executions, government, freedoms, death, human rights )

Dee
- 88 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
Islamist militants in Somalia have executed two people they accused of spying for foreign organizations.
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Somali Camps 'Unfit for Humans'
World  (tags: Somalia, Refugees, civil war, Anarchy )

Ben
- 113 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
The aid agency Oxfam has decried the conditions in which hundreds of thousands of refugees from the conflict in Somalia are being forced to live. It says the overcrowded and badly managed camps in Somalia, Ethiopia and Kenya are "barely fit for humans"
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Half of Somalis Need Aid, Says UN
World  (tags: Somalia, Chaos, Anarchy, Islamic fundamentalists )

Ben
- 122 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
More than half of the Somali population is in need of humanitarian aid, the UN says, as it warns of deteriorating conditions since the start of the year. UN food-security officials say one-in-five children are acutely malnourished and the number of...
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Alarm Over Somalia's Child Soldiers
World  (tags: government, Somalia, war, children soldiers, violence, drugs, human rights, children, conflict, corruption, freedoms, UnitedNations, death )

Dee
- 150 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
For years warlords have conscripted children to fight in bitter conflicts over money, power and land. The BBC Somali service's Mohamed Mohamed reveals widespread alarm that the practice is now becoming entrenched in Somalia.
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Ethiopian Troops Cross Deeper Into Somalia: Residents
World  (tags: ethiopia, somalia, africa, violence, world )

Cal
- 196 days ago - reuters.com
Heavily-armed Ethiopian soldiers crossed into central Somalia on Friday and entered a town controlled by a pro-government militia nearly 30 kms (19 miles) from the border, residents said.
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The Real Story of the Somali Pirates
World  (tags: Somalia, Somali Pirates, pirates, hijack, hijacked ship, capitalism, poverty, imperialism, toxic dumping )

Simon
- 247 days ago - greenleft.org.au
Like the piracy of the "golden age", modern Somali piracy is a response of the downtrodden to the devastating effects of globalising capitalism (plus the destruction of local fisheries by industrial fishing & first world toxic dumping in Somali waters).
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'I'M Not a Pirate, I'M the Saviour of the Sea' - Times Online
World  (tags: somalia, pirates, fishermen, kidnapping, violence, crime, world, humans, conflict, ethics, interesting )

David
- 249 days ago - timesonline.co.uk
Who are the pirate bands menacing commercial and tourist shipping off Somalia? Our writer meets one of the leaders. Boyah is a pirate. One of the original "Old Boys", he quietly pursued his trade in the waters of his coastal home town of Eyl, years ago.
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The Human Rights Crisis in Somalia
World  (tags: Mogadishu, somalia, africa, rape, murder, world, war, violence, terrorism, conflict, death, human rights, abuse )

Tom
- 256 days ago - hrw.org
The Somalia situation is one of the world's starkest and most neglected tragedies. In basic human terms the scope of the crisis is enormous. It is also a situation with serious regional implications that must be squarely addressed by the Security Council.
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Somali Mortars Miss US Politician
World  (tags: Somalia, USA, Pirates, lawlessness )

Ben
- 256 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
A US congressman has had a narrow escape on a visit to Mogadishu after Somali insurgents fired mortars towards his plane as it was about to take off... (BBC)
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Somalia to Get Sharia-Based Law - Al Jazeera
World  (tags: world, Somalia, Sharia, Islamic law, humanrights, freedoms, middle-east, violence, war, politics, government, women, oppression, stoning, honor killings, beheadings, africa )

Tom
- 289 days ago - english.aljazeera.net
Farhan Ali Mohamed, the information minister, said implementing sharia, or Islamic law, would help end attacks by the militias. Tuesday's move was an attempt to isolate more extreme armed groups by agreeing to a demand supported by much of the Somali pop
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UN Envoy Decries Illegal Fishing, Waste Dumping Off Somalia
World  (tags: unitednations, illegal fishing, somalia, toxic dumping, sickness, European Union )

Elderberr
- 397 days ago - afp.google.com
The UN special envoy for Somalia on Friday sounded the alarm about rampant illegal fishing and the dumping of toxic waste off the coast of the lawless African nation. "Because there is no (effective) government, there is so much irregular fishing from
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Somali Piracy Connected to Toxic Dumping, Illegal Fishing
World  (tags: Somalia, pirates, toxic dumping, illegal fishing, illness )

Elderberr
- 398 days ago - finalcall.com
"The Somali toxic waste dumping issue is of great concern to me because it spills over to other African nations," Mr. Akuetteh said. "Did you know that when the Islamic Courts Union was in charge of Somalia, piracy had come to a virtual halt? But thanks t
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Hijacked Oil Tanker Nears Somalia - Africa
World  (tags: africa, somalia, oil tanker, pirates, US navy )

Chrissy
- 401 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
A giant Saudi oil tanker seized by pirates in the Indian Ocean is nearing the coast of Somalia, the US Navy says. The Sirius Star is the biggest tanker ever to be hijacked, with a cargo of 2m barrels - a quarter of Saudi Arabia's daily output - worth more
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Somali Pirates 'Hard to Defeat'
World  (tags: Somalia, Pirates, Shipping )

Ben
- 430 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
The commander of Nato's anti-piracy patrol due to start soon off Somalia says it will be difficult to defend ships from pirate attacks.
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The Mystery Ship - What Killed the Somali Pirates?
World  (tags: international shipping, Somalia, Germany, Itan, pirates, cargo )

RC
- 450 days ago - somaliweyn.org
In August, Somali pirates surrounded an Iranian merchant vessel, the Iran Deyanat, in the Gulf of Aden. Armed with AK-47s, they boarded the ship. The declared cargo was minerals & industrial products, but something sickened those pirates & killed some.
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