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Mystical branch of Islam has resurgence in Somalia

Thu, 16 May 2013 11:33:08 -0400

MOGADISHU, Somalia - Hundreds of sweating Sufis chant and sway as the lead sheik moves into the middle of a circle of worshippers and bursts into a chant louder than anyone else's

Int'l donors pledge $300 million-plus for Somalia

Tue, 07 May 2013 15:19:18 -0400

LONDON - International donors heeded warnings about the need for increased support for Somalia by pledging more than $300 million Tuesday toward bolstering security, justice and financial institutions in the conflict-scarred east African nation.

London hosts Somalia meeting to aid post-war gains

Mon, 06 May 2013 11:22:24 -0400

MOGADISHU, Somalia - Somalia's president over the weekend received the country's first pieces of mail in more than two decades. It's the kind of small but hopeful development that leaders meeting in London on Tuesday want to see more of.

Car bomber kills 7 in Somali capital

Sun, 05 May 2013 16:46:40 -0400

MOGADISHU, Somalia - Seven people were killed Sunday morning when a suicide bomber attempted to ram a car laden with explosives into a military convoy escorting a four-member Qatari delegation.

Journalist killed in Somali capital; 5th this year

Sun, 21 Apr 2013 15:49:04 -0400

MOGADISHU, Somalia - A Somali radio station editor says unidentified gunmen have shot dead a journalist in Mogadishu, the fifth to be killed in the country his year.