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ASEAN Secretariat to host int`l dialog on democracy

The Jakarta-based ASEAN Secretariat is scheduled to host an international dialogue on democracy here on May 1, 2012 - ...

Somalia sets $500 bounty on Al Qaeda-linked rebels

Somalia has set a $500 award for anyone who captures or kills a militant from the al Qaeda-linked militant group of al ...

Blast kills 12 in southern Somalia market

At least 12 people died in a bomb attack in Somalia on Monday targeting Somali and Ethiopian troops in a busy market ...

Death toll from Somali theatre bombing rises to 6: minister

The death toll from an attack on Somalia`s newly reopened national theatre by a female suicide bomber last week has ...

Ban calls for calm in Sudan after clashes

UN chief Ban Ki-Moon appealed for calm after Sudan on Tuesday suspended an April summit between President Omar ...

Two killed in Somali rebels` mortar attack on palace

At least two people were killed and 8 others wounded after mortar rounds fired by Somalia`s al Shabaab rebels towards ...

Mali`s capital returning to normal, north threatened

Life in Mali`s capital slowly returned to normal on Sunday after most mutinous soldiers returned to their barracks, ...

Mali hit by looting after coup, president "safe"

Soldiers looted petrol stations and hijacked cars in Mali`s capital Bamako on Friday, 48 hours after a military coup, ...

Car bomb rocks Somali capital, Al Shabaab says responsible

A car bomb exploded in the heart of the Somali capital on Wednesday, wounding two people, and the rebel al Shabaab ...

Six Somalis killed in Mogadishu mortar attack: witnesses

At least six Somali civilians were killed after mortar shells struck their camp for displaced people near the ...

New fighting in Sudan`s Darfur region

Sudan`s armed forces and a rebel group clashed in the Western Darfur region, both sides said on Wednesday, the latest ...

AU-backed troops seize Shebab positions in Mogadishu

African Union-backed Somali government troops attacked and seized positions of hardline Shebab insurgents in the ...

1 peacekeeper killed, 3 injured in Darfur: UN spokesman

One UN peacekeeper was killed and three others injured in an ambush in the Sudanese region of Darfur, a UN spokesman ...

Somali Shebab crumbling as foreign fighters flee: AU

Somalia`s Al-Qaeda allied Shebab fighters are close to collapse, with large numbers fleeing the war-torn country for ...

Ethiopia, Somali troops seize rebel bastion of Baidoa

Truckloads of Ethiopian and Somali troops on Wednesday captured the strategic Somali city of Baidoa from Al-Qaeda ...