Insurgents target AU peacekeepers in Mogadishu
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Gunmen fired rockets near Mogadishu's airport on Wednesday, witnesses said, apparently heeding an Islamist call to fight African Union peacekeepers arriving to help the interim government restore order.
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Somali insurgents launch a rocket attack on an army base in southern Mogadishu, killing at least two civilians.
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Somalis in Mogadishu have broadly welcomed calls for an Arab-African peacekeeping force to replace Ethiopians troops supporting their interim government, which is being battered by an insurgency.
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Insurgents armed with rocket-propelled grenades and assault rifles attacked an Ethiopian army base in northern Mogadishu, triggering a deadly nighttime clash that sent stray mortar rounds crashing into homes, residents and witnesses said Sunday.
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Insurgents attacked the airport in Mogadishu on Tuesday and fought a heavy battle with government and Ethiopian troops as Ugandan peacekeepers arrived in Somalia's lawless capital.
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The powerful Islamists in Somalia warn they will fight peacekeepers, after the UN backs a peace force.
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Extremists in Somalia threatened to carry out suicide attacks against African Union peacekeepers who are to begin deploying in the coming days, as gunmen fatally shot two local government officials in the capital.
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The UN Security Council on Tuesday condemned attacks against African Union (AU) peacekeepers in Somalia and urged all Somali parties to foster an &quot;inclusive political process.&quot;
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Rebel ex-soldiers and armed residents attacked UN peacekeepers and Haitian police in several provincial towns yesterday. At least two rebels were wounded in shootouts.
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The Security Council urged the African Union on Friday to quickly send peacekeepers to Somalia so that Ethiopia could withdraw its forces and the government could lift its emergency security measures.
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Rebels have attacked a South Darfur oil pumping station, the police chief said Monday, and an African Union official said shots fired at an AU helicopter had hurt efforts to monitor military activity in the region.
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An African Union team visits Somalia on Monday to test the waters for deploying a peacekeeping force.
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KISMAYU, Somalia  - Ethiopian troops withdrew from the southern city of Kismayu, leaving it in the hands of Somalia's interim government until African Union (AU) peacekeepers arrive, officials said on Friday.
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Around 100 Burundian soldiers arrived in Somalia on Sunday as part of an African Union peacekeeping force trying to stabilise the war-torn country, an AU official said.
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MOGADISHU, Somalia, March 6 -- More than a dozen mortar shells slammed into Mogadishu's airport Tuesday shortly after the first major contingent of Ugandan peacekeepers landed there, and a deadly gun battle ensued as authorities searched nearby houses for suspects.
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Fighting killed at least four people in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Sunday as Islamist-led rebels attacked government troops and their Ethiopian allies.
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Newly-trained security forces clashed with police at a Mogadishu police station on Saturday in a gunbattle that killed one person and wounded two, witnesses said.