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Obama Expands Military Involvement in Africa
Analysis by Daniel Volman*

WASHINGTON, Apr 2 (IPS) - When Pres. Barack Obama took office in January 2009, it was widely expected that he would dramatically change, or even reverse, the militarised and unilateral security policy that had been pursued by the George W. Bush administration toward Africa, as well as toward other parts of the world.

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Al Jazeera
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Tuesday, March 16, 2010
10:01 Mecca time, 07:01 GMT

By Paul Peachey
Wednesday, 10 March 2010

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Somalia's president yesterday welcomed any US military involvement in a long-awaited offensive in his country aimed at driving Islamist rebels from the capital.

During a visit to London, President Sheikh Sharif Ahmed said US air support would help his troops to seize areas of Mogadishu as he seeks to enlarge his weak government's tiny power base.

The Economist
Middle East & Africa.
Somalia's civil war

The strongest Islamist militia is now formally linked to al-Qaeda
Feb 25th 2010 | NAIROBI | From The Economist print edition

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San Diego Union Tribune
“It is the easiest thing to do when you come from another country, and you know how to drive,” said Hakeem Kalif, 40, who arrived from Somalia in 1992 and ...
East Africans: face of San Diego taxi industry Nazret.com (blog)

BBC – Friday, 6 November 2009, 15:47 GMT

Islamists in southern Somalia have stoned a man to death for adultery but spared his pregnant girlfriend until she gives birth.

Abas Hussein Abdirahman, 33, was killed in front of a crowd of some 300 people in the port town of Merka.

An official from the al-Shabab group said the woman would be killed after she has had her baby. …

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Somali man marries girl 95 years his junior - India Business Blog (blog)
A 112-year-old Somali man has married a 17-year-old girl in central Somalia.
The wedding took place in the village of Guriceel in central Somalia, one of the poorest countries in the world.

DAILYTECH
Science

Michael Barkoviak - October 26, 2009 7:48 AM

The U.S. military is using its UAVs to help try and reduce the number of pirate attacks

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By Jamie Monday Oct 26, 2009 12:00pm

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If you have gone to whitehouse.gov since Saturday you may not have noticed any real changes. On the outside this is true, but underneath the hood they just replaced the entire engine and drive train.

From Times Online, September 15, 2009

Philippe Naughton

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Somalia’s extremist Islamist militia has vowed to avenge the killing of an al-Qaeda leader in a dramatic raid by American special forces yesterday.

US commandos killed Saleh Ali Saleh Nabhan in a helicopter raid on his convoy as it travelled through the Barawe district in lawless southern Somalia. US officials said that another foreign militant had been killed and two men captured.