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In 1960, the British Somaliland Scouts joined with the Police Corps of Somalia to form a new Somali Police Force, which consisted of about 3,700 men. The authorities also organized approximately 1,000 of the force as the Darawishta Poliska, a mobile group used to keep peace between warring clans in the interior.
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- Somali PM wants 'Marshall Plan' at London meet
Somali Prime Minister Abdiweli Mohamed Ali said Monday he hoped an upcoming conference in London on the war-torn country would produce a "Marshall Plan" to end two decades of chaos. - Man pleads guilty in Minn. Somali terror case
A Somali-American man admitted Monday that he helped raise money so others could travel from Minnesota to join the terror group al-Shabab in Somalia, and that he sent money to Somalia so one of those travelers could buy a firearm. - Somali-American admits aiding Al Qaeda terrorists
A Somali-American man admitted Monday that he helped raise money so others could travel from Minnesota to join the terror group al-Shabab in Somalia, and that he sent money to Somalia so one of those travelers could buy a firearm. - Higher speeds, hired guns drive Somali piracy cost
LONDON (Reuters) - Somali piracy in the Indian Ocean costs the global economy some $7 billion a year, a study said on Wednesday, with ships forced to travel faster over longer routes and increasingly hire armed security guards. "The question for the shipping industry is how long this is sustainable," said Anna Bowden, program manager for the research by the U.S.-based One Earth Future foundation ... - Somali Government Calls for End to Arms Embargo
Somalia says al-Shabab's union with al-Qaida, announced last week, will increase insecurity in the country and the region - UN: Somali famine over but warns of risks
The United Nations said Friday that conditions in Somalia have improved enough to downgrade the country's famine, but the world body's Food and Agricultural Organization warned that continued assistance is needed to stop the region from slipping back. - Somali-American admits in Minn. federal court to sending money, people to Somali terror group
MINNEAPOLIS - A Somali-American man admitted Monday that he helped raise money so others could travel from Minnesota to join the terror group al-Shabab in Somalia, and that he sent money to Somalia so one of those travelers could buy a firearm. - Somali pirates who captured ship with Pinoy seamen fighting over ransom
Somali pirates who captured a Greek-owned oil tanker with Filipino seamen aboard are fighting over ransom, a news site reported over the weekend. - Britain may try, jail Somali pirates
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Britain may put on trial and jail Somali pirates in the United Kingdom if its citizens are attacked at sea, but the government's priority is to help Somalia boost its inadequate prison capacity, a British minister said on Saturday. Pirates operating from the Somali coast have raked in hundreds of millions of dollars in ransoms from hijacking ships and currently hold up to ... - Somali insurgents shut down Red Cross food aid
Somali insurgents have shut down food aid distribution by a major aid group because they say the organization is distributing spoiled food in the famine-hit south.The al-Shabab militant group said late ...
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