74 Dead in Clash With Al-Shabaab

By Mohamed Sheikh Nor in Mogadishu RFI At least 74 people were killed in fighting near Somalia’s border with Ethiopia on Sunday, according to officials and witnesses. Somali and Ethiopian forces attacked the bases of Al-Shebab islamists near the south-western town of Ato. Local people say that this is the worst fighting they have seen

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Al Shabab leader hits popular chord in call to oust Kenyans and Ethiopians

The Christian Science Monitor By Alex Dick-Godfrey April 1, 2014 A version of this post appeared on Africa in Transition. The views expressed are the author’s own.  In a recent article on the Daily Maverick, Simon Allison identifies the “surprisingly perceptive” core message of Al

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