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Face of Defense: Navy Boat Team Practices Counter-drug Mission

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Sailors with a special boat team extract from simulated enemy territory during a training exercise in the...

Ban and Security Council condemn fatal shooting down of UN helicopter in South Sudan

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UN peacekeepers in South Sudan with one of their helicopters.

Plight of Somali boat people must stop, UN expert says after latest Gulf of Aden tragedy

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People waiting to board a boat to take them across the Gulf of Aden.

Kenya, Somali Refugees Exchange Blame for Attacks

A series of grenade attacks in a Somali neighborhood of Nairobi this past year has killed dozens of people and injured more than 100 others. Members of the Somali community living in the area believe the attacks are politically motivated, and accuse...