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Of interest in today's report:

-U.S. steps up training for African force in Somalia-Top U.S. Security Official Says 'Rigorous Standards' Used for Drone Strikes-Somalia MPs killed in al-Shabaab suicide attack

-UN and Partners Issue 'Unambiguous' Warning Against Peace Process Spoilers-Dutch Anti-Piracy Policy to Set Foot On Somali Soil-Exercise Africa Endeavor final planning conference kicks off in Ghana

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U.S. steps up training forAfrican force in Somalia

05/01/2012 Reuters

SINGO, Uganda - At a training camp in Uganda, a dozen soldiers crouch, weapons raised as they maketheir way down a dirt road between shipping containers set up to look like buildings in the Somali capital.

Top U.S. Security OfficialSays 'RigorousStandards' Used forDrone Strikes

05/01/2012 New York Times

WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration on Monday offered its first extensive explanation of howAmerican officials decide when to use drones to kill suspected terrorists -- a tactic that the government oftentreats as a classified secret even though it is ...

Suicide bomber kill sixincluding lawmakers inSomalia

05/01/2012 AFP

Seven people, including two MPs, have been killed in a suicide attack in central Somalia, authorities in the

town of Dusa Mareb have said.

UN and Partners Issue'Unambiguous' WarningAgainst Peace ProcessSpoilers

05/01/2012 AllAfrica.com

The United Nations and its partners in Somalia today warned individual groups against jeopardizing aroadmap for ending the transition in the east African country, adding that sanctions and restrictions could beimposed on those who seek to obstruct the pe...

East Africa: Dutch Anti- 05/01/2012 Radio

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%20%27Unambiguous%27%20Warning%20Against%20Peace%20Process%20Spoilers...&body=UN%20and%20Partners%20Issue%20%27Unambiguous%27%20Warning%20Against%20Peace%20Process%20Spoilers05/01/2012AllAfrica.comThe%20United%20Nations%20and%20its%20partners%20in%20Somalia%20today%20warned%20individual%20groups%20against%20jeopardizing%20a%20roadmap%20for%20ending%20the%20transition%20in%20the%20east%20African%20country,%20adding%20that%20sanctions%20and%20restrictions%20could%20be%20imposed%20on%20those%20who%20seek%20to%20obstruct%20the%20pe...Link:%20http://allafrica.com/stories/201205010663.htmlhttp://allafrica.com/stories/201205010663.htmlmailto:?subject=News%20Forwarded:%20Somalia%20MPs%20killed%20in%20al-Shabab%20suicide%20attack...&body=Somalia%20MPs%20killed%20in%20al-Shabab%20suicide%20attack05/01/2012BBCSeven%20people,%20including%20two%20MPs,%20have%20been%20killed%20in%20a%20suicide%20attack%20in%20central%20Somalia,%20authorities%20in%20the%20town%20of%20Dusa%20Mareb%20have%20said.Eyewitnesses%20told%20the%20BBC%20the%20attack%20targeted%20a%20group%20of%20about%2020%20politicians%20at%20an%20outdoor%20cafe.They%20had%20trav...Link:%20http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Suicide+bomber+kill+six+including+lawmakers+in+Somalia/-/1066/1397584/-/ngtfnv/-/index.htmlhttp://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Suicide+bomber+kill+six+including+lawmakers+in+Somalia/-/1066/1397584/-/ngtfnv/-/index.htmlmailto:?subject=News%20Forwarded:%20Top%20U.S.%20Security%20Official%20Says%20%27Rigorous%20Standards%27%20Used%20for%20Drone%20Strikes...&body=Top%20U.S.%20Security%20Official%20Says%20%27Rigorous%20Standards%27%20Used%20for%20Drone%20Strikes05/01/2012The%20New%20York%20TimesBy%20Charlie%20SavageWASHINGTON%20--%20The%20Obama%20administration%20on%20Monday%20offered%20its%20first%20extensive%20explanation%20of%20how%20American%20officials%20decide%20when%20to%20use%20drones%20to%20kill%20suspected%20terrorists%20--%20a%20tactic%20that%20the%20government%20often%20treats%20as%20a%20classified%20secr...Link:%20http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/01/world/obamas-counterterrorism-aide-defends-drone-strikes.htmlhttp://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/01/world/obamas-counterterrorism-aide-defends-drone-strikes.htmlmailto:?subject=News%20Forwarded:%20U.S.%20steps%20up%20training%20for%20African%20force%20in%20Somalia...&body=U.S.%20steps%20up%20training%20for%20African%20force%20in%20Somalia05/01/2012Thomson%20ReutersBy%20Jocelyn%20EdwardsSINGO,%20Uganda%20(Reuters)%20-%20At%20a%20training%20camp%20in%20Uganda,%20a%20dozen%20soldiers%20crouch,%20weapons%20raised%20as%20they%20make%20their%20way%20down%20a%20dirt%20road%20between%20shipping%20containers%20set%20up%20to%20look%20like%20buildings%20in%20the%20Somali%20capital.Standing%20by,%20o...Link:%20http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-rt-us-somalia-uganda-usabre84011e-20120501,0,1261189.storyhttp://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-rt-us-somalia-uganda-usabre84011e-20120501,0,1261189.storymailto:?subject=News%20Forwarded:%20East%20Africa:%20Dutch%20Anti-Piracy%20Policy%20to%20Set%20Foot%20On%20Somali%20Soil...&body=East%20Africa:%20Dutch%20Anti-Piracy%20Policy%20to%20Set%20Foot%20On%20Somali%20Soil05/01/2012Radio%20NetherlandsBy%20Saskia%20HouttuinIn%20line%20with%20European%20decisions,%20the%20Netherlands%20will%20intensify%20its%20anti-piracy%20policy%20off%20the%20Somali%20coast.%20The%20EU%20hopes%20to%20get%20a%20grip%20on%20the%20problem%20by%20tackling%20pirate%20munity%20on%20the%20shoreline%20itself.%20Started%20in%202008,%20the%20operation%20i...Link:%20http://www.rnw.nl/africa/article/dutch-tackling-somali-pirates-sea-and-landhttp://www.rnw.nl/africa/article/dutch-tackling-somali-pirates-sea-and-landmailto:?subject=News%20Forwarded:%20UN%20and%20Partners%20Issue%20%27Unambiguous%27%20Warning%20Against%20Peace%20Process%20Spoilers...&body=UN%20and%20Partners%20Issue%20%27Unambiguous%27%20Warning%20Against%20Peace%20Process%20Spoilers05/01/2012AllAfrica.comThe%20United%20Nations%20and%20its%20partners%20in%20Somalia%20today%20warned%20individual%20groups%20against%20jeopardizing%20a%20roadmap%20for%20ending%20the%20transition%20in%20the%20east%20African%20country,%20adding%20that%20sanctions%20and%20restrictions%20could%20be%20imposed%20on%20those%20who%20seek%20to%20obstruct%20the%20pe...Link:%20http://allafrica.com/stories/201205010663.htmlhttp://allafrica.com/stories/201205010663.htmlmailto:?subject=News%20Forwarded:%20Somalia%20MPs%20killed%20in%20al-Shabab%20suicide%20attack...&body=Somalia%20MPs%20killed%20in%20al-Shabab%20suicide%20attack05/01/2012BBCSeven%20people,%20including%20two%20MPs,%20have%20been%20killed%20in%20a%20suicide%20attack%20in%20central%20Somalia,%20authorities%20in%20the%20town%20of%20Dusa%20Mareb%20have%20said.Eyewitnesses%20told%20the%20BBC%20the%20attack%20targeted%20a%20group%20of%20about%2020%20politicians%20at%20an%20outdoor%20cafe.They%20had%20trav...Link:%20http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Suicide+bomber+kill+six+including+lawmakers+in+Somalia/-/1066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Piracy Policy to Set FootOn Somali Soil

Netherlands

In line with European decisions, the Netherlands will intensify its anti-piracy policy off the Somali coast. TheEU hopes to get a grip on the problem by tackling pirate munity on the shoreline itself. Started in 2008, theoperation is to extend until at l...

One killed, 16 hurt in

grenade attack at Kenyanchurch

05/01/2012 Reuters

A gunman detonated a grenade in a Nairobi church on Sunday, killing one worshipper and wounding 16 inthe latest in a series of attacks in Kenya since it sent troops into Somalia to crush Islamist militants blamedfor cross-border raids.

Ping Condemns TerroristAttacks in Kenya, Nigeria

05/01/2012Ethiopian NewsAgency (ENA)

ADDIS ABABA -- The African Union Commission (AUC) Chairperson, Dr. Jean Ping strongly condemnedthe terrorist attack perpetrated in Nairobi, Kenya and in Kano, Nigeria, on April 29, 2012, which resulted inthe death of several worshippers, while injuring m...

Duty in Djibouti: Nationalguardsmen assist Africannations

05/01/2012 KSL Television

SALT LAKE CITY -- U.S. Army involvement in the campaign to track down rebel leader Joseph Kony ofUganda has thrown light on a little-known mission of U.S. troops in many countries across Africa. In theKony operation, they're advising local forces engaged...

Nigeria: We Will StabiliseNation's Democracy -Obama

05/01/2012 Leadership

United States President, Mr. Barrack Obama has pledged that his administration would help the Nigeriangovernment stabilise its democratic process.

Troops Battle in Mali;Junta Claims Control

05/01/2012AssociatedPress

BAMAKO, Mali--After fierce fighting in Mali's capital Tuesday, troops loyal to the junta overran the maincamp of the soldiers who tried to oust them in a countercoup.

Congo army clashes withwanted general, five dead 05/01/2012 Reuters

KINSHASA - At least five people have been killed in clashes between Democratic Republic of Congo's armyand soldiers loyal to a renegade general wanted by the International Criminal court for war crimes, U.N. andmilitary sources said on Monday.

Sorting through thedefense distortions

05/01/2012WashingtonPost

A Republican conference call on Thursday, titled "President Obama's Failed Foreign Policy," got me tothinking: How can voters hear an honest debate on national security and foreign policy issues in thepresidential campaign when candidates or their suppor...

Planning Conference onmilitary communicationsopens in Accra

05/01/2012 Business Ghana

ACCRA - Military communication experts from Africa, Europe and other Western countries are attending aone week-long planning conference to co-ordinate activities to improve security capabilities of Africanpartners on standard military communications prac...

United Nations NewsBriefs-Africa

05/01/2012 UN News centre

-Libya: UN mission voices concern over detainee deaths resulting from torture-UN official concerned over plight of South Sudanese stranded at river port

News Headline: U.S. steps up training for African force in Somalia |

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