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Somalia’s president OKs mandate extension, alarming US, EU

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MOGADISHU, Somalia — Somalia’s president has defiantly signed into law an extension of his mandate and that of his government as the United States...

Somalia’s parliament votes to extend president’s mandate

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MOGADISHU, Somalia — Somalia’s parliament on Monday voted to effectively extend the mandate of the president and federal government by two years in an...

Pentagon chief orders review of deadly 2020 attack in Kenya

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BERLIN — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Monday ordered an Army review of an investigation into a January 2020 militant assault on the Manda...

Explosions in two Somalia cities kill at least 5

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MOGADISHU, Somalia — A suicide bomber detonated his explosives outside a cafe in Somalia's city of Baidoa on Saturday, killing at least four people...

Explosions at 2 Somali army bases kill at least 9

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MOGADISHU, Somalia — Simultaneous large explosions were heard in and around two Somali army bases on Saturday, with the military confirming at least nine...

EXPLAINER: Who are the rebels in northern Mozambique?

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JOHANNESBURG — With more than a week of fierce fighting including beheaded bodies in the streets, the battle for the northern Mozambique town of...

UN urges Somali leaders to break impasse delaying elections

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UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. Security Council called on Somalia’s leaders Wednesday to meet “at the earliest opportunity” to break the impasse delaying the...

Bus in Kenya’s hostile north hits roadside bomb, 4 killed

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NAIROBI, Kenya — A Kenyan official says four passengers were killed and dozens wounded when a bus hit an improvised bomb on a main...

UN urges Somalia to organize elections without delay

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UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. Security Council urged Somalia’s government on Friday to organize elections “without delay” in a resolution that stressed the pressing...

Kenyan police believe man who shot 2 dead was an extremist

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NAIROBI, Kenya — Kenya's head of criminal investigations said Friday that police now believe that a man who grabbed a gun from a police...