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Somali troops, peacekeepers advance on Bakara market

African Union peacekeepers and Somali government forces advanced on Mogadishu`s Bakara market, a rebel stronghold, ...

Russia calls for international peacekeepers in Libya

Russia called on Friday for a U.N. and African Union peacekeeping force to stem violence in war-torn Libya, a Foreign ...

Somalia shelling kills 14 civilians at market

Shells fired in battles between insurgent militant Islamists and African Union forces at a Mogadishu market on ...

African Union invites Libya govt, opposition to talks

The African Union has invited representatives of Muammar Gaddafi`s government, the Libyan opposition and others to ...

Libyan army announces new ceasefire

A Libyan military spokesman announced Sunday a new ceasefire in the campaign against an uprising, as a second night of ...

AU panel opposed to military intervention in Libya

A high-level African Union panel on the Libyan crisis Saturday rejected "any kind of foreign military intervention" in ...

Fighting in Mogadishu kills 17

Exchanges of heavy artillery fire between Islamist rebels linked to Al-Qaeda and government forces backed by African ...

Kadhafi troops advance as EU, US condemns Libyan leader

Libyan fighter jets bombed anti-Kadhafi forces Friday as the European Union called on the Libyan leader to go and ...

Russia objects foreign military intervention in Libya

Foreign military intervention in Libya is inadmissible in any form, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement. ...

African Union to send team to help end Libya crisis

The African Union (AU) has set up a panel of five heads of state which will travel to Libya shortly to help end ...

Somali troops, militia take two towns from rebels

Somali troops backed by pro-government militia took two towns from rebel Islamist group al Shabaab in fighting on ...

Kenya arrests six Shabaab fighters in border town

Kenyan police have arrested six suspected fighters from Somalia`s al Shabaab rebel group in Mandera on the Kenyan side ...

Libya armed intervention would be negative: France

Any international military intervention in Libya would have "absolutely negative" effects, France`s Foreign Minister ...

Kadhafi seeks UN, AU probe into Libyan unrest

Moamer Kadhafi said he wanted the United Nations or the African Union to probe the unrest rocking Libya and promised ...

ICC prosecutor to probe Libyan violence

The International Criminal Court prosecutor said on Wednesday he would investigate the violence in Libya after the ...