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Eleven Killed in Northern Kenya Ethnic Clashes

At least 11 people have been killed and several others wounded in fighting between rival clans in Wajir in Kenya's remote northeast, police said Friday.

The fighting broke out on Thursday when the attackers raided a settlement of the local Degodia clan. Kenyan media reports said the attack was believed to have been carried out by a militia from the rival Garre clan.

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UNICEF: 200,000 Kids May Starve in Somalia as Aid Runs Dry

The United Nation's children's agency said Tuesday that 200,000 children may die of starvation this year in war-ravaged Somalia if it does not raise enough funds to provide vital aid.

"If funding is not received immediately, UNICEF will have to suspend essential life-saving health services within one month," spokesman Christophe Boulierac said.

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Turkish Airlines Employee Killed in Somalia Attack

A Turkish Airlines security coordinator in Mogadishu was killed in a drive-by shooting on Tuesday, officials said.

"A vehicle carrying Turkish Airlines staff in Mogadishu came under attack," Turkish Airlines spokesman Ali Genc wrote on Twitter, naming the victim as Saadettin Dogan.

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Two Kenyan Soldiers Killed in Suspected Shebab attack

Two Kenyan soldiers were killed Monday when militants from Somalia's Shebab rebels ambushed a military convoy near Lamu on the Kenya-Somalia border, reports said.

The soldiers were attacked while transporting food supplies to a military camp across the border, the Nation newspaper said, adding that several other soldiers were also wounded.

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Somalia Security Chief Quits after Attack

Somalia's national security minister has resigned in the wake of a brazen attack by Shebab militants on the country's parliament, officials said Sunday.

The resignation came hours after the Al-Qaida-linked militants set off powerful car bombs outside the gates of the parliament and a group of fighters armed with explosive vests, grenades and machine guns stormed in while scores of MPs were meeting.

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U.S. Condemns 'Cowardly' Shebab Attack in Somalia

The U.S. government on Saturday condemned a "cowardly" Shebab rebel attack in Somalia that left at least 10 people dead.

"The United States strongly condemns today's Al-Shebab attack on the Somali parliament," said the U.S. State Department's deputy spokeswoman Marie Harf.

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Shebab Launch Major Assault on Somali Parliament

Somalia's Shebab rebels launched a brazen attack on the national parliament Saturday, setting off a car bomb and storming the building with suicide commandos, leaving at least ten dead, police and witnesses said.

Security sources said the "complex attack" -- involving bombs and gunmen with suicide vests -- was finally brought to an end after more than four hours by Somali security forces and African Union troops.

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Kenya Expels Hundreds of Somalis in Crackdown on Suspected Islamists

Hundreds of Somalis have been expelled from Kenya, with 98 in the latest batch detained and sent back in a major crackdown on suspected Islamists, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Friday.

The crackdown, which has seen people held in police cells or a football stadium, follows a spate of attacks in Kenya by suspected supporters of Somalia's al-Qaida-linked Shebab rebels.

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HRW: Kenya Expels Hundreds of Somalis

Hundreds of Somalis have been expelled from Kenya, with 98 in the latest batch detained and sent back in a major crackdown on suspected Islamists, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Friday.

The crackdown, which has seen people held in police cells or a football stadium, follows a spate of attacks in Kenya by suspected supporters of Somalia's al-Qaida-linked Shebab rebels.

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U.N. Security Council Seeks Tighter Somali Control of Weapons

The U.N. Security Council on Thursday urged Somalia to do a better job keeping track of its arsenal of weapons, which in the past have fallen into the hands of Islamic militants.

"The Security Council remains concerned about the diversion of arms and ammunition, including potentially to al-Shebab," it said in a unanimous declaration.

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