Central Somalia

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  Navy Units Being Deployed To Protect Merchant Vessels: Centre To Parliament

  Indian Navy units are being deployed in strategic waters in Djibouti, Gulf of Aden, East Coast of Somalia as well as in the North and Central Arabian Sea for protection of merchant vessels, the defence ministry said on Friday.

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  At Least 20 Killed, 90,000 Flee Somalia Clashes: UN

  At least 20 people were killed, 120 wounded and over 90,000 forced to flee days of rival militia battles in central Somalia, although the situation has now calmed, the UN said on Tuesday.

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  Somali Militants Attack Base, Kill At Least 4 Soldiers

  Gunmen from Somali militant group al Shabaab today attacked a military base in central Somalia, killing at least four soldiers, officials and militants said.

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  Kenya to Lift Somalia Cash Transfer Freeze

  Kenya's president ordered today that the central bank is to issue regulations and then lift restrictions on key money transfer services vital for Somalia suspended over suspected links to the Al-Qaeda-allied Shebab

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  Nearly 60% of Americans Back Drone Strikes Overseas

  Nearly 60 per cent of Americans approve of drone strikes that target extremists in Pakistan, Somalia and Yemen despite concerns that they endanger innocent civilians, a new poll found Thursday.

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  At Least 10 Killed in Car Bomb at Mogadishu Restaurant in Somalia: Police

  At least 10 people were killed and about a dozen wounded when a car rammed into a busy restaurant and exploded in the Somali capital Mogadishu today, police said.

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  Somali Militants Launch Attack in Central Town of Baidoa: Officials

  Suspected members of Somalia's Al-Qaeda-affiliated Shebab militants today attacked a fortified area containing regional government headquarters, an airport and a United Nations compound in the central town of Baidoa, security officials said.

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  Dutch-Somali Nationals Carried Out Mogadishu Hotel Suicide Bombings

  Twin suicide bombings at a Mogadishu hotel popular with government ministers and officials that killed 25 people were carried out by Dutch-Somali nationals, Somali intelligence sources said on Saturday.

• Nine Killed, 12 Wounded in Twin Bomb Attack in Somali Town

  At least nine people were killed Friday in a twin bomb attack in the central Somali town of Baidoa, police said, the latest in a string of attacks.

• Large Explosion, Gunfire at Somalia's Intelligence Headquarters

  Suspected Shebab militants attacked Somalia's intelligence headquarters and detention facility in central Mogadishu on Sunday, setting off a bomb and opening fire on the complex, police and witnesses said.

• In International Flight, Volatile Conflicts Abound

  In Libya, militias armed with shoulder-launched missiles are battling for control of the country's main airport. In Africa, the entire Sahel region is awash with weapons that include portable air defense systems leftover from the ouster of Moammar Gadhafi.

• Islamist Militants Raid Hotel in Central Somalia - Witnesses

  Islamist militants hurled grenades at the gate of a hotel in central Somalia on Thursday then opened fire as they burst into the building used by Somali soldiers and Djiboutian African Union peacekeepers, residents said.

• Africa sees violent, deadly start to 2014

  The death tolls are huge and the individual incidents gruesome.

• Moose milk? UN food agency says yes please

  Milk from a variety of animals including camels, llamas and moose should be more widely used to counteract high cow milk prices due to growing demand for dairy in the developing world, the UN food agency said on Tuesday.

• US broke international law by killing civilians with drones, claims human rights groups

  Human rights groups has accused the United States of breaking international law and perhaps committing war crimes by killing civilians in missile and drone strikes that were intended to hit militants in Pakistan and Yemen.