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No splitting hairs with al-Shabaab fashion police
Al-Shabaab’s religious police are imposing a reign of terror — as well as crew cuts and bushy beards — on Somalia’s youth.
Ali Musa Abdi
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Mogadishu weapons market booms ahead of battle
Islamist insurgents and fighters from Somalia’s government forces mingle peacefully at a weapons market, but both sides are stocking up.
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Somali govt plunged into further chaos
Six more Somali government ministers resigned on Tuesday citing the 18-month-old administration’s "unpopularity" officials said. The resignations of Culture Minister Abdi Hashi Abdullahi, Water and Natural Resources Minister Muhamoud Salat Nur and four assistant ministers brought to 24 the number of ministers who have quit the 102-member Cabinet.
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Somali Muslims vow death to US, warlord alliance
Thousands of angry Somali Muslims on Friday denounced the United States and a US-backed warlord alliance fighting Islamic militia in the lawless capital, Mogadishu, vowing to destroy their opponents. Chanting anti-US slogans and comparing President George Bush to a Nazi, about 5Â 000 Muslims gathered in southern Mogadishu.
