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A Somalia transitional federal soldier stands guard during a visit of Somalia's President to Afgoye on July 30, 2012. The head of Somalia's corruption-riddled government said on July 23 he expects to be re-selected as president of the war-torn Horn of Africa nation when his current mandate expires next month. "I am a strong candidate and I am very confident that I will win," President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed told reporters last week. AFP PHOTO / Mohamed Abdiwahab
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US citizen admits to supporting Somali terrorist group

  A US citizen arrested in 2010 has plead guilty to charges…

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Refugees from Mali rest in the shade of a tree inside a refugee camp (photo: AFP / Ahmed Ouoba)
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Spanish foreign minister: Mali a ‘platform for terrorism’

A dozen aid workers are evacuated from the border of Algeria in…

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Morsy’s Ramadan Speech, Africa and Sulieman’s death

Morsy’s Ramadan Speech, Africa and Sulieman’s death After President Morsy addressed the…

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Israel deports migrants

Israel pushes ahead with the deportation of migrants to several African countries

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Lighting the dark continent

By Adnan Amin, Achim Steiner, and Kandeh Yumkella NAIROBI: Nineteenth-century European explorers called…

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Egypt’s OT completes sale of stake in Congo Unit

Cairo-based Orascom Telecom (OT) said on Monday it had signed a deal…

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