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• Somali pirate 'associate' says deal in the offing
A boat will carry the money from Djibouti and pirates are expected to release the ship in the coming two nights," a business partner of the pirates, who identified himself only as Farah, told Reuters. In the highest-profile of scores of pirate attacks ...
• Africans wary of new U.S. command
The new command is inheriting responsibility for a Centcom-run base in Djibouti, where 1,800 troops are deployed to keep Horn of Africa terror networks in check. It also takes over European Command's Trans-Sahara Counterterrorism Initiative and ...
• U.N.: 17 million need food in Horn of Africa
The overall food security situation in the Horn of Africa — which includes parts of Ethiopia, Somalia, Djibouti, Eritrea, Kenya, and Uganda — is getting even more serious than it was before because of the combined effects of drought and rising ...
• Famine threatens 11M in Horn of Africa - Africa - msnbc.com
People in Somalia, Kenya, Djibouti and Ethiopia need food aid, water, new livestock and seeds, the Rome-based Food and Agriculture Organization said in a statement.
• Somalia signs deal with foes - Somalia- msnbc.com
... step toward peace, but it remains to be seen if it will be respected by hard-line members of the opposition who have denounced those who took part in the U.N.-led talks in Djibouti