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Useful analysis by Abdurahman Warsame on the splintering of UIC into groups that include Al Shabbab, which looks increasingly like an al-Qaeda style organization that favors suicide bombings
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UN special envoy asks for more attention to Somali refugee crisis, either through better support of AU efforts or via UN peacekeepers
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Al Shabab embraces new status as terrorist organization according to US State department due to Al Qaeda connections
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New API from google allows for beautiful maps to be colored via extremely simple calls. Something I’ve needed for 5 years with my GAP work