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7 killed in suicide bomber attack at a cafe in Somalia's capital

Oct. 18, 2024 00:22 AM EDT

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Seven people died and six others were injured after a suicide bomber detonated an unidentified device at a café outside a police training school in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, police said Thursday. Police say the victims included officers and...

Lawsuit in US targets former Salvadoran colonel in 1982 killings of Dutch journalists

Oct. 11, 2024 18:16 PM EDT

CENTREVILLE, Va. (AP) — The brother of a Dutch journalist slain in 1982 covering El Salvador's civil war has filed a lawsuit against a former Salvadoran military officer who has lived for decades in the northern Virginia suburbs and is accused of orchestrating the killing. The...

Somalia says it welcomes Egypt's offer to deploy peacekeepers there

Oct. 11, 2024 03:34 AM EDT

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Somalia says Egypt has offered to deploy peacekeeping troops to the Horn of Africa nation in a security partnership that is emerging as the mandate of a long-time group of African Union peacekeepers winds down. Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi on...

Thousands gather in Ethiopia's capital to celebrate a religious festival. Many are thinking of peace

Sep. 26, 2024 23:25 PM EDT

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Thousands of Ethiopians gathered in the capital Thursday to celebrate an annual religious festival distinguished by the lighting of bonfires according to the beliefs of the local Orthodox Christian faithful. National celebrations of the festival, known...

Ethiopia is worried over a defense deal between Egypt and Somalia as tensions rise in Horn of Africa

Aug. 30, 2024 15:06 PM EDT

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Ethiopia is increasingly concerned over a recent defense deal between Egypt and Somalia, two countries that Addis Ababa is embroiled in disputes with amid rising tensions in the Horn of Africa region. Cairo and Mogadishu earlier this month signed a...

UN takes key steps toward Somalia's takeover of its own security

Aug. 15, 2024 21:57 PM EDT

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously Thursday to authorize the African Union to maintain its peacekeeping operation in Somalia until the end of the year, while also calling for plans for a successor mission, a key step toward the country’s takeover of its own...

Turkey says Ethiopia and Somalia have made 'notable progress' in talks to settle dispute

Aug. 13, 2024 11:45 AM EDT

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Ethiopia and Somalia have made “notable progress” in efforts to settle a dispute sparked by Ethiopia’s deal with the breakaway region of Somaliland, Turkey’s foreign minister said Tuesday. Hakan Fidan made the comments at the end of a second round of...