Fierce clashes in Somali regions
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Fighting erupts between forces of the self-declared Somaliland republic and those of Puntland, an autonomous region of Somalia.
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Fighting raged on in the western Sudanese region of Darfur where an African Union helicopter was fired on despite promises by both government and rebels to respect a ceasefire, an AU spokesman said.
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Several Somalis are killed in fighting between rival militias near the port city of Kismayo.
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Heavy fighting erupted in Mogadishu after about 100 insurgents attacked Somali interim government troops and their Ethiopian allies at a base inside the former defense headquarters on Tuesday, a witness said.
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A new wave of violence is sweeping through Somalia. Find out why peace remains an elusive dream for the shattered country.
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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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Gun battles in Mogadishu killed at least six people early on Friday and residents said they feared Ramadan would bring no let up in a months-long insurgency that has battered the Somali capital.
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Fighting erupts between forces of the self-declared Somaliland Republic and those of Puntland, an autonomous region of Somalia, over disputed territory.
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WANA, Pakistan Pakistani forces and militants are battling in a tense tribal region near the border with Afghanistan following air strikes that killed at least 50 people.
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Militias fought members of a former rebel group in the main town in the Darfur region of Sudan on Monday in clashes which the rebels said left up to seven people dead.
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Two tribes clashed over pasture in South Darfur state in western Sudan last week and a U.N. news bulletin cited a report that scores of people were killed.
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At least six explosions rocked the Somali capital, Mogadishu, on Friday, witnesses said, a day after Ugandan peacekeepers started arriving in the lawless Horn of Africa country.
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The attacks throw a region sundered by conflict into still deeper chaos, as rebels, government forces and ethnic militias jockey to control the area.
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Fighting surged in Mogadishu on   Monday between Islamist militias and fighters loyal to the   city's last warlords, pushing the death toll over two days to   at least 60 and pounding a key hospital with artillery and   gunfire.
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Government forces backed by Ethiopian troops reportedly clash with Islamists for a second day in Somalia.
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Fighting between rival militias intensified Thursday in the Somali capital, with battles spread across the city and at least 38 people dead, medical sources and a militia commander said.
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Heavy fighting killed at least six people in Mogadishu on Saturday as Ethiopian troops clashed with Islamist-led insurgents in the worst battles for weeks.