Somalia's first president dead at 99
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The first post-independence African leader to peacefully hand over power, Somalia's first President Adan Abdulle Osman, has died aged 99, the interim Somali government said on Saturday.
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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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A Somali lawmaker was fatally shot outside a mosque Friday, the latest blow to a virtually powerless administration that has watched helplessly as Islamic militants have taken over much of the country.
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Togo President Gnassingbe Eyadema,  Africa's longest serving ruler, died on Saturday after 38 years  in power and the army named his son as his successor.
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At least nine Somalis were killed and dozens wounded when a rocket fired at African Union troops hit a restaurant in an ambush that also slightly injured two of the peacekeepers, officials said on Thursday.
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BAIDOA, Somalia  - Somali Prime Minister Ali Mohamed Gedi resigned on Monday after a long feud with the president that frustrated Western backers and split the government while it faced an Islamist insurgency.
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In an official message broadcast on national TV and official news agency Saba, Yemenâs president conveyed his condolences to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for the demise of its president Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Aal Nahyan, who died at the age of 90
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In an old grain warehouse spruced up with posters and vinyl flooring, Somalia&#039;s president and prime minister watched the swearing in of a regional governor this week, an event that looked like a small step toward government control of this anarchic country.
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NAIROBI, Kenya - Members of Somalia&#39;s transitional Parliament on Sunday elected a former army colonel as interim president, the final stage of a peace plan meant to end 13 years of civil war in the Horn of Africa nation.
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British officials in Kenya are investigating claims that a Briton was killed in a US attack on suspected Islamic militants in Somalia.
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A senior Islamist leader on Friday rejected the prospect of African peacekeepers for Somalia, as fresh violence in the capital killed five civilians and underscored the continued threat in the war-ravaged country.
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MOGADISHU, Somalia, Sept. 18 -- Somalia's interim president narrowly escaped an assassination attempt Monday when a suicide car bomber struck outside the parliament building, officials said. The blast and a subsequent gun battle left 11 people dead, including the president's brother.
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A cholera outbreak in Somalia has killed more than 115 people and hospitalized 724 in towns where people were forced to use contaminated water from a flooded river, doctors said Wednesday. More violence hit the capital, a day after the president ruled out talks with a moderate leader of Somalia's ousted Islamic movement, a setback for efforts to hold broad reconciliation talks in the war-torn country.
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At least 100 Somalis are feared drowned in the massive waves produced by Sunday&#39;s undersea earthquake off the coast of Indonesia.
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After years of anarchy, Somalia is poised to set up a new parliament which will elect a president.
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SHEIKH Zayed bin Sultan al-Nahyan, the president of the United Arab Emirates, died yesterday after more than three decades in power.
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At least two people are reportedly killed during fighting in the Somali capital, as peace talks are due to start.