Somali leader to hold reconciliation conference
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MOGADISHU/LONDON  - Somali President Abdullahi Yusuf said on Thursday he would hold a national reconciliation conference soon that would be open to all clans in the country, still racked by violence after a December war.
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The president of Yemen on Monday called on Djibouti, Eritrea and Somalia to join the Sanaa Grouping of Red Sea and Horn of Africa nations to promote reconciliation and peace in the region.
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MOGADISHU, Somalia, Aug. 30  â Somali reconciliation talks, seen as the best hope for peace in the war-wracked nation, ended on Thursday with the interim president urging insurgents and militias to swap the bullet for the ballot box.
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Violence in Somalia could spill over into the greater Horn of Africa region if the government does not receive urgent help in bringing about peace and stability, President Abdullahi Yusuf said on Monday.
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Sudanese Vice President Ali Osman Taha will travel to Kenya on Monday for a new round of peace talks with John Garang, leader of the Sudan Peoples' Liberation Movement, Foreign Minister Mustafa Osman Ismail said.
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NAIROBI, 15 October (IRIN) - Eastern and central African leaders said on Friday they would recognise &quot;with immediate effect&quot; the new government in Somalia, which will be led by the newly elected President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed and urged the UN to send a
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Somalia's new president Abdullahi Yusuf promises to reunite and rebuild the country after 13 years of war.
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Somali President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed said on a visit to London that he was ready to talk with any moderate Islamists to prevent further violence and bloodshed in the wartorn country.
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The head of a separatist movement in Nigeria&#39;s southern oil-rich Niger Delta has announced that he intends to meet President Olusegun Obasanjo.
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Somalia's president agreed Tuesday to a national reconciliation conference to try to end 16 years of anarchy, under pressure from African governments considering sending peacekeepers to help him stabilize his country.
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President Thabo Mbeki will today join several African leaders in Nairobi, Kenya to witness the final signing of a peace accord between the government of Sudan and the Sudan People&#39;s Liberation Movement.
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East African leaders hastily turned a   high-level summit on Somalia into informal talks on Tuesday,   after rival powers in the lawless nation cut a deal to join   their military forces in a separate diplomatic effort.
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Ethiopia makes preparations for a conflict with Somalia's Islamist group, the prime minister says.
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African Union leaders gathered in Ethiopia were set Saturday to discuss means of containing the violence in Kenya and Chad during a special meeting on the last day of their summit.
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Organizers of a national reconciliation conference in Somalia due to start on Thursday have postponed it for one month in the second delay to long-awaited peace efforts in the chaotic Horn of Africa nation.
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At least two people are reportedly killed during fighting in the Somali capital, as peace talks are due to start.
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A peace forum in the Somali capital has been adjourned to allow delegates time to arrive, organisers say.