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We have started to collect the most important news related to Somalia in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.
United KingdomSave the Children calls for the unconditional and immediate release of a British security consultant who was kidnapped in Somalia.
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Two Save the Children staff - a British consultant and a local worker - are kidnapped in Somalia, the charity says, although reports say the Somali was later freed.
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A government minister kidnapped by pirates in Somalia's semi-autonomous region of Puntland is freed without a ransom being paid, officials say.
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The African Union says its troops are now in control of more than 40% of the Somali capital, as splits are reported in the main Islamist group.
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After almost two decades of war Islamist militia are trying to seize power in Somalia.
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EU training Somali troops to take on Islamist hardliners
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EU navies warn Somali piracy may enter deadly new phase
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KenyaKenya's government ends a deal with the EU to host trials of suspected Somali pirates, saying the international community has not fulfilled its obligations.
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India, 
TanzaniaSomali pirates have hijacked a cargo ship with 15 Indian crew off the coast of Tanzania, a maritime watchdog said.
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PakistanA pirate ringleader is sentenced to death by a court in the Somali region of Puntland for the murder in June of the Pakistani captain of a hijacked cargo ship.
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United StatesThe US plans to strengthen its ties with Somalia's breakaway regions, Somaliland and Puntland, in a bid to head off Islamist insurgents.
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Kenya, 
SpainSeven Somali pirates are sentenced to five years each in prison by a court in Kenya for attacking a Spanish ship in 2009.
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The African Union appeals for funds to increase its force in Somalia amid a crisis summit in New York.
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Somali journalists refuse to obey the editorial orders of an Islamist group which seized their radio station, amid heavy fighting in the capital, Mogadishu.
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Somalia's Prime Minister Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke resigns amid a power struggle with the country's president.
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Militants who took control of a Somali radio station on Sunday say it will now broadcast only Islamic messages.
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Netherlands, United KingdomA British man of Somali origin is arrested at Amsterdam's Schiphol airport on suspicion of being a terrorist, officials say.
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Islamist insurgents seize control of two radio stations in the Somali capital Mogadishu.
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United StatesUS Marines have boarded and seized a vessel hijacked by pirates off the coast of Somalia, navy officials say.
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United StatesUS Marines have boarded and seized a vessel hijacked by pirates off the coast of Somalia, navy officials say.
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A carload of suspected Islamist suicide bombers attack Mogadishu airport, killing soldiers and civilians, officials say.
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Trying to survive as fighting in Mogadishu spikes
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Four African Union peacekeepers are killed as a mortar hits Somalia's presidential palace, officials say.
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United StatesA Somali man pleads guilty to piracy-related charges in the US, saying he attacked a US warship believing it was a merchant vessel.
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New ZealandA Somali refugee woman resident in New Zealand is jailed for attempting to hijack a domestic plane.
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Islamist gunmen storm a hotel near Somalia's presidential palace and kill at least 32 people, including six MPs in a suicide attack.
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Islamist gunmen have stormed a hotel close to Somalia's presidential palace and killed at least 32 people, including six MPs.
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At least 10 anti-government militants are believed to have died in Mogadishu when their bombs exploded prematurely.
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United StatesA federal judge throws out piracy charges against six Somali men accused of attacking a US Navy ship off the coast of Africa, although other charges stand.
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Pirates abandon a sugar cargo ship a day after seizing it in the Gulf of Aden, the EU naval task force off Somalia says.
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United Kingdom, United StatesA Chicago man is accused of seeking to join Somali hardline Islamist group al-Shabaab, which the US and UK consider a terror organisation.
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PanamaSomali pirates hijack the Panama-flagged MV Suez cargo ship sailing in a recommended shipping lane in the Gulf of Aden, the European Union naval force says.
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PanamaSomali pirates hijack the Panama-flagged MV Suez cargo ship sailing in a recommended shipping lane in the Gulf of Aden, the European Union naval force says.
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KenyaKenya's government is threatening to end its trials of Somali pirates, saying the international community has not lived up to its promises to help with the "burden" of prosecuting and imprisoning pirates.
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KenyaKenya's government is threatening to end its trials of Somali pirates, saying the international community has not lived up to its promises to help with the "burden" of prosecuting and imprisoning pirates.
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Saudi ArabiaThe UN refugee agency urges Saudi Arabia to stop deporting Somalis, saying 2,000 have recently been sent to Mogadishu.
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Saudi ArabiaThe UN refugee agency urges Saudi Arabia to stop deporting Somalis, saying 2,000 have recently been sent to Mogadishu.
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UgandaAfrican Union leaders meeting in Uganda agree to reinforce their peacekeeping force in Somalia to counter al-Shabab militants.
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India, 
Indian Ocean, 
SeychellesEleven Somali men are sentenced to 10 years in jail in the Seychelles for piracy on the Indian ocean, in the country's first case of its kind.
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A cell of the Somali Islamist group al-Shabab is attacked for the first time in the Puntland region.
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GuineaGuinea is to send a battalion of troops to join a peacekeeping force in Somalia, the African Union says.
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UgandaTwo Ugandan troops are killed fighting Somali militants, the African Union peacekeeping force says.
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