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Market blast kills two in Somali capital

At least two people have been killed and seven wounded when a bomb ripped through a busy market in the Somali capital, a government official said. It is not clear who carried out Monday’s attack but in the past similar explosions in Mogadishu have … read more »

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Mogadishu TEDx talk challenged by security threats

(AP) MOGADISHU, SOMALIA — The short talks by artists and intellectuals at events known as TEDx have been held 7,500 times in more than 150 countries, but there may not be an event more challenging or dangerous as the TEDx … read more »

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Somali Islamist claims he’s uniting insurgents

By SALAD DUHUL – MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — A hardline Somali leader on a U.N. list of terror suspects claimed Tuesday to be making progress in uniting two Islamist insurgent factions as a single front against the Western-backed government. Militiamen … read more »

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