Abdi Guled

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Somalia's new president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, a political newcomer, speaks at a ceremony after being elected by the Parliament over outgoing President Sheik Sharif Sheikh Ahmed who conceded defeat, in Mogadishu, Somalia Monday, Sept. 10, 2012. Somalia's Parliament elected a new president of the country's fledgling government Monday, a move that members of the international community say is a key step toward the east African nation's transition from a war-torn failed state to a nation with an effective government. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)

Somalia elects a new president

Abdi Guled · September 10, 2012 4:00 am

Somali Pirates kill hostage over delayed ransom

Abdi Guled · September 1, 2012 4:00 am

Somalia lawmakers select new speaker

Abdi Guled · August 28, 2012 4:00 am

In Somalia, presidential election with few voters

Abdi Guled · August 18, 2012 2:12 pm

Somali comedian who dared mock militants is killed

Abdi Guled · August 2, 2012 2:42 pm

Somalia constitution allows abortion to save mom

Abdi Guled · July 26, 2012 4:00 am

Somali militants execute 3 said to inform CIA, MI6

Abdi Guled · July 22, 2012 7:23 pm

Somalia seizes weapons said to be from al-Qaida

Abdi Guled · July 21, 2012 11:18 am

Pro-govt forces push militants out of Somali town

Abdi Guled · June 26, 2012 1:23 pm

Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Johnnie Carson, center, speaks with U.S. Ambassador to Kenya Scott Gration, left, at a hotel in Nairobi, Kenya Sunday, June 10, 2012 shortly after Carson returned from a trip to Mogadishu, Somalia. The highest ranking U.S. official to visit Somalia's capital in years landed in Mogadishu on Sunday in another sign of improving security in the Horn of Africa's most chaotic nation. (AP Photo/Jason Straziuso)

Somalia progress: US official visits Mogadishu

Abdi Guled · June 10, 2012 6:41 pm

FILE - This July 27, 2010 file photo shows Johnnie Carson, the assistant secretary of state for African affairs, addressing journalists in Kampala, Uganda. Carson, the highest ranking U.S. official to visit Somalia's capital in years landed in Mogadishu on Sunday, June 10, 2012 in another sign of improving security in the Horn of Africa's most chaotic nation. (AP Photo/Stephen Wandera, file)

APNewsBreak: US official lands in Mogadishu

Abdi Guled · June 10, 2012 3:02 pm