AFP
East Africa new frontier for oil exploration
AFP
HOUSTON, Texas — East Africa has become a promising new frontier for oil exploration and major multinationals are jostling for the rights to search for ...

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East Africa: Rwanda, DRC Women Denounce Sexual Abuse
AllAfrica.com
Kigali — Women from Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Monday called for an end to sexual abuse used as a weapon by armed groups operating ...

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Antiwar.com
Folly in Somalia
Pittsburgh Post Gazette
Part of the reason is because the United States has its only base in Africa up the coast from Mogadishu, in Djibouti, the former French Somaliland. ...
Africom commander says US supports Somali government to retake MogadishuXinhua
US Drones Reported Over Somali CapitalAntiwar.com
US commander backs bid for MogadishuAFP

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New York Times
UN report: Much of Somalia's food aid diverted
The Associated Press
According to the newspaper, Somali officials deny the visa problem is widespread. Somalia's government, with US military aid, is readying a military ...
Somalia Food Aid Bypasses Needy, UN Study FindsNew York Times
Report: Half of Somalia food aid divertedUPI.com
Half the food sent to Somalia does not make itDigitalJournal.com
Minneapolis Star Tribune
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Reuters South Africa
Somali Islamist Commander Slain in Mogadishu
NewsBlaze
By Shafi'i Mohyaddin Abokar Unidentified assailants have shot and killed top Somali Islamist commander of the Hezbal Islam insurgent group, ...
Senior Islamist Leader Assassinated in SomaliaVoice of America
Somali Islamist Who Opposed Merger With Rival Group Shot DeadBusinessWeek
Somalia: Senior Islamist guerrilla assassinated in MogadishuGarowe Online
News24 -The Associated Press -Earthtimes (press release)
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East Africa: Plans for Region's US$900 Billion Railway On
AllAfrica.com
The major project provides for a vast network of additional railway lines within East Africa and others linking the region to neighbouring Ethiopia, ...

East Africa: EAC Governments Urged to Address Unemployment
AllAfrica.com
This has resulted into increasing numbers of unemployed people especially the youth, the ILO Director for East Africa based in Dar Es Salaam Alexio Musindo ...

CBC.ca
Somali leader welcomes US military support
Independent
Somalia's president yesterday welcomed any US military involvement in a long-awaited offensive in his country aimed at driving Islamist ...
Somali Shabab 'ready to fight' USAljazeera.net
Is the tide turning in Somalia?The Guardian
Brought to US, Man Is Charged With Aiding Somali TerroristsNew York Times
Christian Science Monitor -CBC.ca -The Associated Press
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Eritrean pleads not guilty to aiding terrorists
The Associated Press
NEW YORK — Evidence collected by the United States against an East African charged with providing support to a Somali terrorist organization linked to ...
Man Accused of Aiding Somali Terror Group Pleads Not Guily in NYNBC New York
African man accused of aiding terror group pleadsNewsday (subscription)

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Los Angeles Times
Kenyan-flagged fishing boat hijacked off Somalia
AFP
MOMBASA, Kenya — Suspected Somali pirates have hijacked a Kenyan-flagged fishing boat with 16 crew which may be used as a "mother ship" to launch more ...
Gulf of Aden pirates are having less successLos Angeles Times
EU: Somali pirates seize Kenyan fishing vesselThe Associated Press
Somali Pirates Seize Spanish Fishing VesselRTT News
Press TV -FIS -Christian Science Monitor
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Boston Globe
McDonald's Sales on the Rise - Zacks Tale of the Tape
Benzinga
McDonald's Corporation's (MCD) comparable sales are on the rise. After climbing 2.6% in January 2010, comparable sales rose 4.8% in February, ...
McDonald's Posts Robust SalesWall Street Journal
Summary Box: A look at McDonald's February sales around the globeLos Angeles Times
McDonald's February same-store sales rise 4.8%MarketWatch
Forbes -BusinessWeek -Calgary Herald
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Mirror.co.uk
UK hostage couple 'not in danger': Somali president
AFP
"It's easy for some people to despair looking at the situation in Somalia but I believe this is the best chance we have ever had, considering people are ...
Somali President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed has said efforts are being made to ...BBC News
Somali leader 'hopeful' couple kidnapped by pirates will be releasedIndependent
Somali President Pushing for Release of UK Couple HeldTransWorldNews (press release)
Scottish Daily Record -Earthtimes (press release) -ISRIA (registration)
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Dutch seek more info in alleged Somali terror case
The Associated Press
Around 20 youths of Somali descent are believed to have traveled to Somalia from Minnesota since 2007 to help al-Shabab. Omar's lawyers say he never ...

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No sympathy for ex-Somali official now living in Fairfax
Washington Post
What Mr. Samantar, who now lives in Fairfax and is being sued in US court, doesn't say is that Somalia was not ruled by laws but men during his years in ...
Foreign officials suspected of rights abuses should be deportedSomalilandPress

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East Africa: URA Streamlines Temporary Online Car-Importation Process
AllAfrica.com
Kampala — Uganda becomes the first country in the East African Community to launch a web-based application to facilitate the temporary importation of ...

East Africa: Akamba Buses to Ferry Fans for World Cup
AllAfrica.com
Kampala — Akamba Public Road Services has designed 30 special buses to carry football fans from the East African region to watch the World Cup in South ...

Business Daily Africa
East Africa Com 2010, 400% growth in registrations
IT News Africa
East Africa Com 2010 Congress, to be held on 27-28 April 2010 in Nairobi, Kenya, has so far registered a record breaking number of delegates, with over 140 ...
East Africa: State to Compete in EA Rugby TourneyAllAfrica.com
EA edges closer to having common laws on fake goodsBusiness Daily Africa
Twigas to face Kenya in rugbyThe Citizen Daily
The South African Star -New York Times -Cape Business News
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BBC News
Brown presses Somali leader over kidnapped Britons
AFP
LONDON — Prime Minister Gordon Brown pressed the Somali president during talks in London on Monday to help secure the release of a British couple held ...
Kent couple kidnapped by Somali pirates 'temporarily reunited'Kent Online
Britons held by pirates together againIreland Online
Miliband is not at faultShields Gazette
Daily Mail -The Associated Press -The Press Association
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Reuters
International Women's Day absurd says supermodel
Reuters
Waris Dirie (R) from Somalia receives the 'World Social Award' from the former president of the Soviet Union and president of the World Awards Mikhail ...
'Desert Flower' Screening: Seeing DoubleWomen's Wear Daily

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Los Angeles Times
French Navy Arrests 35 Suspected Pirates Off Somali Coast
RTT News
(RTTNews) - French navy has arrested some 35 suspected pirates off the coast of Somalia in an operation stretching nearly three days, claimed the French ...
Somali pirates: Does France have the most effective navy against the buccaneers?Christian Science Monitor
France seizes 35 Somali 'pirates'BBC News
Somali Pirates Free 23 Russian SailorsThe Moscow Times
AFP -Stars and Stripes -Ukrainian Globalist
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