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Somalia`s Al Shabaab attacks AU base, two injured

Two African Union peacekeepers were injured on Saturday when Somalia`s al Shabaab rebels attacked one of the mission`s ...

South Sudan wants to join Commonwealth

The world`s newest nation, South Sudan, wants to join the Commonwealth, the bloc`s Assistant Secretary General Stephen ...

Somali Shebab rebels show dozens of dead AU peacekeepers

Somalia`s Al-Qaeda-linked Shebab rebels displayed "over 70" dead bodies outside Mogadishu Thursday, that they claimed ...

Kenyan troops enter Somalia to attack rebels: government

Kenyan troops have crossed the border into war-torn Somalia to attack Islamist Shebab rebels they accuse of being ...

Somali rebels vow more attacks after Mogadishu carnage

Somalia`s Shebab Wednesday vowed more attacks after a massive car bombing killed more than 70 people in Mogadishu in ...

Returned Darfur leader says working to topple regime

A top Darfuri rebel leader, back from Libya, told AFP he is working with other armed groups to topple the Sudanese ...

Indonesia calls for UN reform

Indonesia expressed hope the United Nations could strengthen its central role of promoting cooperation among countries ...

Somalia peacekeepers admit killing Malaysian journalist

The African Union peacekeeping force fighting Islamist rebels in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, acknowledged on Monday ...

AU peacekeepers foil bomb plot in Mogadishu camp

Peacekeepers from the African Union in Somalia foiled a bomb plot targeting Turkish aid workers in a Mogadishu camp on ...

UN-sponsored reconciliation talks open in Somalia

Somalia`s leaders opened a national reconciliation conference in this war-shattered capital on Sunday aimed at ...

China urges "stable transition" in Libya

China urged a "stable transitionof power" in Libya and said it is in contact with the rebel National Transitional ...

Somali goverment forces warily enter former rebel areas

Somali government forces backed by African Union troops moved cautiously on Sunday into areas of the famine-struck ...

Sudan threatens to terminate Darfur peacekeeping mission

Sudan`s foreign minister said on Tuesday that any attempt to "impose new commitments" on the UN peacekeeping force in ...

AU troops, would-be bombers killed in Mogadishu

Two African Union soldiers and two would-be suicide bombers were killed Monday during a shootout in Mogadishu, an AU ...

Gunmen kill Somali lawmaker: official

Armed men shot and killed a Somali lawmaker in the capital Mogadishu on Sunday, officials and witnesses said. ...