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Somali President escapes rebel ambush on convoy

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somalia's al Shabaab rebels ambushed an armored convoy carrying the country's president during a rare overland trip outside the capital on Tuesday, a Reuters witness said. President...
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Somali rebels shell peacekeepers, at least 9 dead

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Islamist rebels armed with mortars and machine guns attacked African Union forces in Somalia's capital Mogadishu overnight, sparking a battle that killed at least nine people, officials...
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Somali theatre attack snuffs out stirrings of hope

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Running her small business and bringing up six children in a part of rubble-strewn Mogadishu known as 'Kilometre Five', Safia Omar said a bombing of Somalia's national...
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Somali theatre attack snuffs out stirrings of hope

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Running her small business and bringing up six children in a part of rubble-strewn Mogadishu known as 'Kilometre Five', Safia Omar said a bombing of Somalia's national...
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Residents fear clashes as Somali rebel row worsens

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - A senior al Shabaab figure has openly disagreed with the Somali militant group's leader, in a sign of growing internal divisions that residents fear could lead to...
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Residents fear clashes as Somali rebel row worsens

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - A senior al Shabaab figure has openly disagreed with the Somali militant group's leader, in a sign of growing internal divisions that residents fear could lead to...