Positive news from Somalia
AU to send 8,000 troops to Somalia
The African Union agrees to send 8,000 peacekeepers to Somalia despite opposition from the Islamic courts.
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Rains Fall on Somalia, Easing Threat of FamineSomalia - The start of the rainy season in Somalia in late April may have averted a moderate famine in the poverty-stricken and chaotic northeastern African nation, a UN office said on Wednesday. |
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