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MOGADISHU
Al-Shabaab seize third Somali town this month after peacekeepers withdraw
Militant group Al-Shabaab on Sunday seized control of yet another town in central Somalia after it was abandoned by African Union peacekeepers, a militant spokesman and a local official said, the third to fall to insurgents this month. 
On Sunday, (...)

24 - 10 - 2016
UN chief Ban Ki-moon arrives in Mogadishu
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says that the U.N. will move its Somalia office to Mogadishu in January, a relocation from neighboring Kenya that signals a promising step forward for the war-torn Horn of Africa nation, AP reported. Ban described (...)

09 - 12 - 2011
Four Somali Soldiers Killed In Suicide Bomb Attack
A suicide bomber dressed in a military uniform triggered his explosives at the headquarters of the Somali army on Wednesday, killing four soldiers, officials said. Gen. Abdikarim Yusuf Dhagabadan, the chief of Somalia's armed forces, said he (...)

30 - 11 - 2011
Airstrike on Somali Camp Kills 5, wounds 45
AlHijjah 4, 1432, Oct 31, 2011, SPA - An airstrike on Sunday in Somalia killed five people and wounded 45, mostly women and children, in a camp for people displaced by drought and violence, aid agency Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) said. "I can (...)

31 - 10 - 2011
Last Batch of Saudi Relief for Somali People arrives in Mogadishu
AlQa'dah 28, 1432, Oct 26, 2011, SPA -- Upon directives of Prince Naif bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Second Deputy Premier, Minister of Interior and Supervisor General of the Saudi Relief Campaign for the people of Somalia, the last batch of campaign (...)

26 - 10 - 2011
At Least 65 Dead In Blast in Somali City
AlQa'dah 6, 1432, Oct 4, 2011, SPA - An explosion outside government buildings in Mogadishu on Tuesday killed at least 65 people and wounded 50, the coordinator of the capital's ambulance service said. "We have carried 65 dead bodies and 50 injured (...)

04 - 10 - 2011
AU peacekeepers foil bomb plot in Mogadishu camp
Peacekeepers from the African Union in Somalia foiled a bomb plot targeting Turkish aid workers in a Mogadishu camp on Saturday, officials said, according to Reuters. The government said a remote controlled bomb was planted in Rajo, a camp in the (...)

10 - 09 - 2011
Somali reconciliation talks open in Mogadishu
Key Somali politicians gathered on Sunday in Mogadishu at the start of a three-day conference focused on national reconciliation and the creation of a stable federal government for the war-torn country, dpa reported. The talks, sponsored by the (...)

04 - 09 - 2011
Malaysian TV journalist killed in Somali capital
A Malaysian journalist was shot dead in the Somali capital Friday, his employer said. Noramfaizul Mohd Nor, 41, was killed in Mogadishu as he accompanied the aid agency Putera 1Malaysia Club on a humanitarian mission, said a statement on the (...)

02 - 09 - 2011
Britain says 400,000 Somali children at risk of death
Britain said on Wednesday that hundreds of thousands of children could starve to death in Somalia if the international community did not ramp up its response to the famine there, and pledged a further $48 million to aid children and livestock (...)

17 - 08 - 2011
Somalia wants humanitarian force to guard food convoys
Somalia called on Saturday for the creation of a humanitarian force to protect food aid convoys and camps in the famine-hit Horn of Africa country, according to Reuters. Islamist rebels mostly retreated from the capital Mogadishu last weekend but (...)

13 - 08 - 2011
'Al-Shabab' Movement Pulls Its Forces From Their Bases In the Somali Capital
Al-Shabab Movement Saturday pulled its forces from their bases in the Somali capital of Mogadishu after overnight fighting, a government spokesman said. "We have cleared out Mogadishu this morning. There are no al-Shabab (fighters) this morning in (...)

06 - 08 - 2011
One dead as Somali troops, residents loot famine aid
One soldier was killed and a dozen refugees wounded when three trucks loaded with food intended for famine victims were looted in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Friday, witnesses said, according to Reuters. Government troops fired shots and fought (...)

05 - 08 - 2011
Somali famine spreads to three new areas
The famine gripping parts of southern Somalia has spread to three new areas of the country, with the entire south likely to be declared a famine zone within the next six weeks, Reuters quoted the United Nations as saying on Wednesday. Acute (...)

03 - 08 - 2011
Somalia parliament approves new prime minister
Somali legislators have approved the appointment of Adiweli Mohamed Ali as prime minister, their speaker said on Tuesday, and the new government's main goal will be quashing an insurgency, Reuters reported. Ali was named to the post last Thursday (...)

28 - 06 - 2011
Somalia picks new prime minister
Somalia's president has appointed a Harvard-educated prime minister who said he would try to revive the country's war-wrecked economy, according to UPI. President Sheik Sharif Sheik Ahmed named Abdiweli Mohamed Ali, who pledged to establish better (...)

24 - 06 - 2011
Somalia Prime Minister Quits
Somalia's prime minister, Mohamed Abdullah Farmajo, quit Sunday, days after a deal was reached between the president and parliament to delay elections in return for his resignation, as dpa reported. "Considering the interest of the Somali (...)

19 - 06 - 2011
Somalia vows to defeat Qaeda after killing Mohammed
Somalia's president said his security forces will defeat al Qaeda and its affiliate militants in the war-ravaged country after they killed Fazul Abdullah Mohammed, Africa's most wanted al Qaeda operative, this week, according to Reuters. "We have (...)

12 - 06 - 2011
Somali Minister Killed in Suicide Bomb Attack
A Somali minister has been killed in a suicide bomb attack by his own niece, government officials confirmed Saturday. Interior Minister Abdishakur Sheikh Hassan Farah was killed by the blast set off by his niece when she came to visit him at his (...)

11 - 06 - 2011
Official: Explosion Kills Eight People In Somalia
A Somali official says that an explosion has killed eight people traveling in a minibus in southwestern Somalia. Abdullahi Ibrahim Ahmed, an official in the Gedo region, said Wednesday that the explosive went off late Tuesday, according to a report (...)

27 - 04 - 2011
Somali pirates hijack Italian bulk carrier
Awwal 17, 1432 H / April 21, 2011, SPA -- Somali pirates hijacked an Italian-owned bulk carrier on Thursday about 350 miles (560 km) off the coast of Oman, the European Union's anti-piracy taskforce and the vessel operator said, according to (...)

21 - 04 - 2011
Pirate: Don't try Danish hostage rescue again
Akhir 06 , 1432 H. / March 11, 2011 -- A Somali pirate warned Friday that a Danish family now being held in captivity on land will be killed if any more rescue attempts are made for the seven hostages, according to AP. The warning follows a botched (...)

11 - 03 - 2011
Somali rebels cede more ground in Mogadishu - president
Awwal 22, 1432 H/Feb 25, 2011, SPA -- Somali forces pushed deeper into rebel-controlled pockets of Mogadishu, the president said on Friday, as the beleaguered government sustained its offensive against insurgents in the city and in southern Somalia, (...)

25 - 02 - 2011
Clashes in Somalia: Gov't begins long-awaited push
Awwal 21, 1432 H/Feb 24, 2011, SPA -- Somalia, working with neighboring allied nations, has launched a coordinated offensive against al-Qaida-linked militants that has seen fighting in the capital and two border towns involving Ethiopian tanks, (...)

24 - 02 - 2011
At least 14 dead in suicide blast at Mogadishu police camp
Awwal 18, 1432 H/Feb 21, 2011, SPA -- Suicide bombers have detonated a vehicle at a police training camp in the Somali capital Mogadishu, killing at least 14 people, government and police officials said Monday. Police spokesman Abdullahi Hassan (...)

21 - 02 - 2011
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