Somalia
Former MP was one of the Somalia suicide bombers that killed 13
A former Islamist MP turned al Shabaab militant was one of the drivers in Tuesday’s double car bomb attack on the African Union’s main peacekeeping...
12 dead as twin blasts and gunfire rock Mogadishu hotel
At least 12 people were killed and 25 injured Friday as twin blasts and gunfire rocked a hotel and neighbouring park in central Mogadishu, police said,...
Extremists storm AU base in Somalia, leaving many dead
Islamic militants from the Al-Qaida-linked al-Shabab group attacked a remote African Union base in Somalia on Friday, causing many casualties, the AU mission...
Sexual violence, unreported rapes another legacy of the war in Somalia
Sexual violence is widespread in Somalia and rarely prosecuted. If anyone is punished at all it is often the victim, not the perpetrator.
Al-Shebab detonates bomb on UN employee bus in Somalia
At least six UN workers were killed in Somalia on Monday when a bomb destroyed their bus in the northeastern town of Garowe.
Peace talks bring East African leaders to Somalia for first time in decades
For the first time in three decades, East African foreign ministers are meeting in Mogadishu to push peace efforts in war-torn Somalia.
Wanted Islamic extremist surrenders to Somali police
Zakariya Ismail Ahmed Hersi, a leader with the Islamic extremist group al-Shabab who has a US$3 million bounty on his head, surrendered to police in Somalia...
Somali, African troops take key port from Shebab terror group
Somali troops backed by African Union peacekeepers on Sunday recaptured the last major port held by Al Shebab, key to the financing of the Islamist militia.
U.S. drone strikes in Somalia may have killed top al-Shabaab leader
The U.S. military has said it carried out an operation against al-Shabaab militants in Somalia as reports emerged of a drone strike against the group’s...
Car bomb targets Somalia parliament complex
A suicide car bomb has killed at least three soldiers in an attack at the entrance of the Somali parliament, witnesses say.
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