The global nature of Somalia's troubles is also visible on the ground, where an influx of foreign fighters is swelling the ranks of militant oppositionists who are openly aligned with al Qaeda.

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Nature - Amid battles for water and grazing land, ... Somalia, tells Nature how he copes with the risks while doing fieldwork amid conflict in the drought-stricken country. ...

Sudan has more than six times the population that Somalia did in 1991. Sudan also sits at a strategic crossroads between Africa and the Middle East, and between the ungoverned deserts of the Sahel ...