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Ethiopian tanks advance on key Somali town
Laaska News Feb. 22, 2012
By AFP
Ethiopian troops in battle tanks thrust into rebel-held Somalia regions Tuesday, sparking heavy fighting as they advanced towards the major Shebab stronghold of Baidoa, witnesses said. Read more…
Kenya, Somalia seek int’l aid for internal displaced Somalis
Laaska News Nov. 2 ,2011
By Christine Lagat
NAIROBI, Nov. 1 (Xinhua) — Kenyan and Somali governments on Tuesday appealed for humanitarian support to help internal displaced Somalis who are facing acute food shortages. Read more…
War in Southern Somalia:Push to take Kismayu ‘is on course’ + Related News
Laaska News Oct. 28,2011 Kenya Media
Laban Walloga | Nation A Kenya Army jeep at the Ishakani border point in Kiunga as it heads for the battlefront in Somalia on October 27, 2011. Kenyan troops killed nine Al-Shabaab fighters and injured several others during an ambush. Photo:Nation Read more…
Somalia:Somalia’s Al Shabaab vows to “foil Kenyan aggression”
Laaska News Oct. 17,2011
MOGADISHU, Oct. 17 (Xinhua) — Somalia’s Islamists rebels Al Shabaab who control much of southern Somalia said on Monday that they will fight against Kenyan troops after they crossed over into Somalia to pursue the radical fighters. Read more…
US ‘opposed Kenya on Somalia buffer zone’ – Nation
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Laaska News Sept. 8,2011
By KEVIN J. KELLY
The United States strongly opposes Kenya’s effort to establish a buffer zone in southern Somalia, a leaked diplomatic cable shows.
In the December 2009 message recently posted by WikiLeaks, a US State Department official is said to have “forcibly underscored” Washington’s concerns over reports that Kenya was “recruiting and training an ethnic Somali force as part of a ‘Jubaland’ initiative”.
