Somalia may be Kenya's Afghanistan but its army doesn't get it

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Children call for a return to reason to bring peace to Somalia

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Somalia food crisis recovery will take two years-ICRC

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War weary Mogadishu revels in new lease on life

Drought returns to West Africa's Sahel bringing hunger as crisis looms

Government threatens further attacks against Al-Shabab

Somalia fighting intensifies as African Union makes gains in Mogadishu

Kenya's Military Says Somalia Incursion Reaches Halfway Point

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Haiti, Somalia and global jobs

First oil well drilled in war-ravaged Somalia for 20 years

Top UN official warns of continued risk of famine in Somalia

Red Cross calls on Somalia to release food trucks

Kenya-Somalia: paying high price for military incursion

UN aid coordinator: Somalia still in crisis

AU wants to expand its mission in Somalia

Somali nationalism: a dead concept?

US Navy comes to rescue of 13 Iranians held captive by Somalia pirates

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World finally coming to Somalia'a aid

Ethiopian troops 'to hand over to AU force'

Somalia's al-Shabab being systematically destroyed

AU prepares big anti-Shabab military push in Somalia

Al-Shabaab vacates second largest town in Hiran region

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