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FACTBOX-Ships held by Somali pirates

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:07:58 +0000

Source: Reuters Feb 9 (Reuters) - Somali pirates said they received a $3.1 million ransom on Tuesday and had freed a Panama-flagged ship, the MV Al Khaliq, which they hijacked in October. Here is a list of ships ...

Somali pirates free Panama ship after ransom

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:59:10 +0000

Source: Reuters * MV Al Khaliq was carrying 24 Indians, 2 Burmese * Maritime official says it now heading for Mombasa (Updates with ship sailing away, quotes) By Abdi Guled and Abdi Sheikh MOGADISHU, Feb 9 ...

Somali pirates say to free Panama ship after ransom

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:28:48 +0000

Source: Reuters MOGADISHU, Feb 9 (Reuters) - Somali pirates said they received a $3.1 million ransom on Tuesday for a Panama-flagged ship which they hijacked in October and planned to free it in the coming hours. & ...

Rapid city growth threat to Africa's development-UN

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:15:28 +0000

Source: Reuters By Kylie MacLellan LONDON, Feb 8 (Reuters) - Rapid and chaotic urbanisation is threatening sustainable development in Africa, the head of the U.N. housing agency said on Monday, but taking steps to ...

Thousands flee south every year from Somalia, Ethiopia

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 11:21:11 +0000

Source: Reuters * Conflict, poverty force thousands to flee Horn of Africa * Human smuggling to South Africa valued at $40 million * Kenya cracks down on illegal migrants ...

Ethiopian troops cross into two Somali towns-locals

Sun, 07 Feb 2010 18:17:05 +0000

Source: Reuters * Residents say troops seeking man linked to insurgents * Say troops seize family of man they sought By Mohamed Ahmed and Abdi Sheikh MOGADISHU, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Ethiopian troops in armoured ...

Somali recruits trained for battle in Kenya

Fri, 05 Feb 2010 13:37:51 +0000

Source: Reuters * Security sources say 2,500 Somali troops ready * New offensive against insurgents expected soon * Uganda, Burundi and Djibouti to boost AU force By Noor Ali ISIOLO, Kenya, Feb 5 (Reuters ...

US court to rule on deporting Obama's aunt by May

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 22:12:25 +0000

Source: Reuters BOSTON, Feb 4 (Reuters) - U.S. authorities will decide by May at the latest whether to deport an aunt of President Barack Obama to her Kenyan homeland, the Justice Department said after a hearing in ...

Kenya: Landmark Ruling on Indigenous Land Rights

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 16:45:44 +0000

Source: Human Rights Watch (New York) - A ruling by the African Commission on Human and People's Rights condemning the expulsion of the Endorois people from their land in Kenya is a major victory for indigenous peoples across ...

KENYA: Bumper maize harvest in coast and southeast

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 09:20:51 +0000

Source: IRIN Kenya's coastal and southeastern regions will harvest a bumper maize crop from mid-February following El Nino-enhanced rains that fell in December, according to experts.