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Somalia tells all visitors to seek govt approval
* Warning comes after Pakistani sheikhs killed
* Minister says clerics’ identity still unclear
By Abdiaziz Hassan
NAIROBI, Aug 14 (Reuters) – Somalia’s new security minister warned foreigners on Friday not to visit the Horn of Africa nation without government approval after masked gunmen massacred seven Pakistani preachers at a mosque.
The clerics were killed on Wednesday in Galkayo,...
Captive Egyptians defeat Somali pirates, sail free
MOGADISHU, Somalia — Using machetes and guns, the men fought a desperate battle to take control of two boats off the Somali coast. But this time, it wasn’t pirates who launched the attack — it was Egyptian fishermen who had been held hostage for four months and who killed two brigands and took others captive as they regained control of their vessels.
On Friday, the roughly three dozen newly...