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HOW THE US WAR ON PIRACY BROUGHT ONE SOMALI TO A WEST VIRGINIA PRISON
They were indicted for piracy on the high seas, a charge that carries life in federal prison Farah and his crewmates denied the charges... READ MORE›
SUICIDE CAR BOMBER OUTSIDE MOGADISHU AIRPORT KILLS 3
Suicide car bomber outside Mogadishu airport kills 3 Police... READ MORE›
REFUGEES REINVIGORATE DECLINING UPSTATE NEW YORK TOWN
These teens are the new face of Utica, a Rust Belt town in upstate New York... READ MORE›
WORLD'S LAST WILD FRANKINCENSE FORESTS ARE UNDER THREAT
The various classes of resin are shipped to Yemen, Saudi Arabia and eventually Europe and America... READ MORE›
WORLD'S LAST FRANKINCENSE FORESTS THREATENED BY DEMAND FOR ESSENTIAL OILS
The world's last frankincense forests are under threat after prices soared in recent years thanks to the global appetite for essential oils, Somalia officials have warned... READ MORE›
ALONE IN PARIS, REFUGEE CHILDREN FRANTIC TO SEE THEIR BRITISH FAMILIES
For now, both Hassan and Jamil are in secure accommodation - Hassan said his sleep on Tuesday was the best he has ever had... READ MORE›
HUGE BLAST ROCKS MOGADISHU PORT AREA
So far, three civilians have died and seven others were injured, Major Abdikadi Ahmed of the Somali police told Reuters news agency... READ MORE›
HORN OF AFRICA REFUGEES FLOCK TO YEMEN DESPITE WAR
Despite the continuing violence, migration into Yemen rose this year compared with 2015, when 92,000 people from the Horn of Africa made the boat crossing... READ MORE›
SOMALI CIVILIANS CLASH WITH AL-SHABAB OVER TAX DISPUTE
The DPA news agency quoted Osman Isse Nur, a regional security minister, reporting 30 deaths, including those of 26 al-Shabab fighters... READ MORE›
10 DEAD AS RESIDENTS IN 1 SOMALI TOWN RESIST AL-SHABAB TAXES
Ahmed Mohamed said the clashes erupted Monday after al-Shabab fighters who control the port town of Harardhere ordered nomadic villagers to pay a tax... READ MORE›
AIR RALLY FEATURING VINTAGE PLANES REACHES KENYAN CAPITAL
The Vintage Air Rally bills itself as a flying rally across Africa, from Crete to Cape Town, for planes built in the early 20th century... READ MORE›
CAR BOMB ATTACK HITS SOMALIA'S MOGADISHU
At least 11 people killed in a car bomb attack on a police checkpoint next to a busy market in the Waberi district... READ MORE›
WORLD'S BIGGEST CAMEL PRODUCER TARGETS MIDDLE EAST, ASIA EXPORTS
Somalia, home to a third of the world's camels, is targeting new export markets as it looks to boost foreign-exchange earnings from its livestock trade... READ MORE›
KENYA DELAYS DADAAB REFUGEE CAMP CLOSURE BY SIX MONTHS
'Forcible returns are illegal' Since sending troops into neighbouring Somalia in 2011, Kenya has come under repeated attacks from the al-Shabab armed group... READ MORE›
KENYA EXTENDS DEADLINE TO CLOSE WORLD'S LARGEST REFUGEE CAMP
The volatile security situation in Somalia and upcoming elections had made it difficult for Kenya and other partners to meet the deadline, he said... READ MORE›
AFTER INITIAL DENIAL, PENTAGON DISCOVERS IT KILLED 10 ALLIES IN DRONE STRIKE IN SOMALIA
In other words, the United States appeared to have unwittingly entered into a war between two regional fighting forces, both its allies... READ MORE›
FIGHTING IN SOMALIA'S GALKAYO CITY KILLS 29
Fighting between militias in Somalia's central Galkayo city killed at least 29 people and wounded more than 50, officials from both sides said on Monday... READ MORE›
CAR BOMB BLAST KILLS SOLDIERS NEAR SOMALI PARLIAMENT
Al-Shabab claims responsibility for suicide car bomb attack targeting army convoy in the capital Mogadishu... READ MORE›
2016 ELECTIONS AROUND THE WORLD: TRUMP VS. CLINTON OVERSHADOWS OTHER GLOBAL ELECTIONS
There are notable presidential elections taking place in November outside the United States... READ MORE›
SAILORS REUNITED WITH FAMILIES AFTER 4 YEARS HELD CAPTIVE
Meanwhile, Nasirin, another Indonesian sailor from Cirebon who was also on board the hijacked vessel, died from malaria in 2014, while in captivity... READ MORE›
NEW BRANCH OF ISIS SEIZES ITS FIRST SOMALI TOWN
Before Qandala's phone lines were cut off, fisherman Abdirahman Hussein told Reuters We just saw Daesh Islamic State with their black banner as we were fishing... READ MORE›
KENT WOMAN, 1 OTHER CONVICTED OF RAISING MONEY ONLINE FOR AL-SHABAB
Dhirane's lawyer, Paula Deutsch, said the women's advocacy for al-Shabab should be understood in the context of Somalia's history of corrupt and at times nonexistent government... READ MORE›
AL-SHABAB SUICIDE BOMBER HITS AU BASE IN BELEDWEYNE
A suicide bomber has driven a vehicle loaded with explosives into an African Union military base in central Somalia, according to a Somali security official... READ MORE›
SOMALI PIRATES FREE 26 HOSTAGES HELD SINCE 2012
Chinese naval fleets have been involved in escort missions in the Gulf of Aden and waters off Somalia since 2008... READ MORE›
ASIAN SAILORS HELD HOSTAGE BY SOMALI PIRATES FOR 4 1/2 YEARS ARE FREED
NAIROBI - Twenty-six Asian sailors freed after being held hostage by Somali pirates for more than four years arrived in Nairobi on Sunday... READ MORE›
CALAIS 'JUNGLE' CAMP CLEAR OUT BEGINS
Chinese naval fleets have been involved in escort missions in the Gulf of Aden and waters off Somalia since 2008... READ MORE›
AL-SHABAB SEIZES SOMALI TOWN AFTER PEACEKEEPER PULLOUT
African Union forces abandon Halgan town in the Hiran region, allowing al-Qaeda-affiliated fighters to enter soon after... READ MORE›
AL JAZEERA JOURNALIST HAMZA MOHAMED FREED IN SOMALIA
Al Jazeera journalist Hamza Mohamed has been released from detention by Somali security agents in the capital Mogadishu... READ MORE›
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GUNMEN IN KENYA CARRY OUT DEADLY ATTACK ON UNIVERSITY
In March, the embassies of Australia, the United States and Britain issued security alerts about possible terrorist attacks... READ MORE›
40 PERCENT OF SOMALIS DON'T HAVE ENOUGH FOOD TO EAT
Many are returning to south-central Somalia, the nation's breadbasket, where poor rainfall has reduced cereal production to half the long-term average, the UN said... READ MORE›
NETANYAHU SAYS PALESTINIAN GAVE HITLER IDEA FOR THE HOLOCAUST
Instigated by the Mufti of Jerusalem Haj Amin al-Husseini who allied himself with Adolf Hitler and the Nazis during World War II... READ MORE›
MEET THE EDMONTON MAN NO COUNTRY WANTS
Abdikarim gelle has been detained for months awaiting deportation but somalia won't accept mentally ill people... READ MORE›
AL-SHABAB MASSACRES 36 IN KENYA
There is growing concern in Kenya about security in regions bordering Somalia after a spate of attacks... READ MORE›
KENYA BUS GUNMEN 'WANT RELIGIOUS WAR'
Al-Shabab said the attack was in retaliation for recent killings of Muslims by the Kenyan security forces in the coastal town of Mombasa... READ MORE›
AU TROOPS KILLED IN AL-SHABAB ATTACK
Somalia african union troops killed in al-shabab attack... READ MORE›
KENYAN MUSLIM WHO SHIELDED CHRISTIANS FROM TERRORISTS DIES
That's what Salah Farah told Al-Shabaab gunmen who ambushed a bus he was riding in the Kenyan county of northeast Mandera in late December... READ MORE›
SOMALI TROOPS 'CAPTURE KEY PORT TOWN' FROM AL-SHABAB
Somalia Failed State Somali government troops backed by African Union AU forces have taken the last coastal stronghold of the al-Shabab Islamist group... READ MORE›
AL-SHABAB BLAMED FOR ATTACK IN NORTHEAST KENYA
We highly suspect the attackers are members of the Shabaab insurgent group, who have sneaked across the porous border, he said... READ MORE›
SOMALI BOMB EXPLODES NEAR UN CONVOY
Al-Shabab, linked to al-Qaeda, has often carried out attacks in Somalia and neighbouring Kenya... READ MORE›
28 NON-MUSLIMS KILLED AFTER BEING UNABLE TO RECITE KORAN IN SUSPECTED AL-SHABAB ATTACK
The bus was travelling to the Kenyan capital Nairobi when it was stopped in the northern county that borders Somalia... READ MORE›
HUNDREDS DEAD AFTER CAPSIZE, SAY SURVIVORS
According to the group, about 240 migrants left the Libyan port city of Tobruk heading for Italy... READ MORE›
AL SHABAAB STORMS KENYAN UNIVERSITY, 14 KILLED
Al Shabaab was responsible for a deadly attack in 2013 on the Westgate shopping mall in Nairobi... READ MORE›
MILITANTS KILL AT LEAST 10 AT POPULAR HOTEL IN SOMALIA
Several Shabab fighters then scrambled into the hotel, shooting guests... READ MORE›
ROADSIDE BOMB KILLS AT LEAST 18 ON BUS
At least 18 civilians were killed when a roadside bomb went off in Somalia, close to the capital, blowing up a packed minibus, police said... READ MORE›
12 ARE KILLED IN BOMBING OUTSIDE HOTEL IN SOMALIA
In a statement, Somalia's president, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, strongly condemned the bombing, which he called a terrorist attack... READ MORE›
US STRIKES KILL 150 SHABAB FIGHTERS IN SOMALIA OFFICIALS SAY
The Shabab have also retaken several towns after African Union forces pulled out... READ MORE›
CONCERN FOR MISSING BOXING PROMOTER
Mr. Berjawi and Mr. Sakr, also from northwest London, tried again several months later and succeeded... READ MORE›
VIDEO NATO FIGHTER JETS INTERCEPT RUSSIAN BOMBERS
The special representative of the United Nations for Somalia, Nicholas Kay, and the United States special representative for Somalia, James P... READ MORE›
SOMALI TROOPS END SIEGE AT HOTEL DEATH TOLL AT 15
In February, 25 people were killed and dozens wounded at the Central Hotel, including government officials, in an attack claimed by the Shabab... READ MORE›
SOMALI PIRATES SEIZE IRANIAN THAI SHIPS
The potential is quite high for Somalia's piracy problem to come back altogether if we are not very careful, he said... READ MORE›
HOW BRITAIN'S KHAT BAN DEVASTATED AN ENTIRE KENYAN TOWN
Since her role in the ban of the town's most valuable export she's become a universally vilified figure... READ MORE›
AL-SHABAB SEIZES AFRICAN UNION BASE IN SOMALIA
Al-Shabab militants overrun an African Union base in southern Somalia, saying it has killed dozens of Kenyan soldiers in fierce fighting... READ MORE›
AL SHABAAB KILLS AT LEAST 147 AT KENYAN UNIVERSITY; SIEGE ENDS
The United States condemned the latest attack and offered Kenya help in fighting al Shabaab... READ MORE›
DOUBLE-DEALING: WORLD'S MOST CORRUPT COUNTRIES
North Korea and Somalia, were the joint-worst performers... READ MORE›
'THE WHITE MAN IS THE DEVIL' - WHAT THE NATION OF ISLAM TAUGHT MUHAMMAD ALI
The incident was captured by a visitor to Chiba Zoological park in the eastern part of Tokyo... READ MORE›
SOMALIA RAID: AL-SHABAB SAYS 43 ETHIOPIAN TROOPS KILLED
Somali rebel group al-Shabab says it has killed 43 soldiers in an attack on a base of Ethiopian troops serving with the African Union's AMISOM force Somalia... READ MORE›
AL-SHABAB BOMBS TARGET AFRICAN UNION TROOPS IN SOMALIA
At least 13 people killed in attack that targeted base used by AU troops near main airport in capital Mogadishu... READ MORE›
EXCLUSIVE: U.S.-FUNDED SOMALI INTELLIGENCE AGENCY HAS BEEN USING KIDS AS SPIES
Officials in Somalia declined to speak on the record about the intelligence agency's use of child informants... READ MORE›