News: Somalia

We have started to collect the most important news related to Somalia in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.

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Somalia: news

Hitting the beach in Mogadishu after Islamist withdrawal

Saturday, November 26th 2011, 8:39
related places: Mogadishu

Learning to have fun in Mogadishu after years of warfare
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Border grenade attacks in Kenya

Friday, November 25th 2011, 9:04
related countries: Kenya

At least three people have been killed in grenade attacks in eastern Kenya, near the border with Somalia, officials say.
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Ethiopia troops 'enter Somalia'

Saturday, November 19th 2011, 17:59
related countries: Ethiopia

Ethiopian troops have crossed the border into Somalia in significant numbers, eyewitnesses say - an incursion denied by the Ethiopian authorities.
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Somalia famine zones downgraded

Friday, November 18th 2011, 13:31

Famine no longer exists in three of the worst-affected areas of Somalia after the intervention of aid agencies, the UN says but warns the situation is still critical.
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Kenya offers troops for Somalia

Thursday, November 17th 2011, 9:56

Kenya is prepared to send troops to bolster the African Union (AU) force in Somalia to tackle the militant Islamist group al-Shabab, Foreign Minister Moses Wetangula tells the BBC.
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Paris trial for Somali 'pirates'

Tuesday, November 15th 2011, 13:28
related countries: France
related places: Paris

Six men go on trial in Paris over an attack on a yacht in September 2008, in the first French prosecution of suspected Somali pirates.
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Pirates defeated by fishing crew

Monday, November 7th 2011, 15:36

The crew of a Taiwanese fishing vessel have overwhelmed a group of armed Somali pirates who hijacked their boat last week.
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Kenya warns of al-Shabab donkeys

Friday, November 4th 2011, 11:32
related countries: Kenya

Kenya's military spokesman says large groups of donkeys in Somalia will be considered "al-Shabab activity" following reports the militants are using the animals to transport weapons.
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Eritrea denies arming al-Shabab

Wednesday, November 2nd 2011, 16:10
related countries: Kenya

Eritrea denies reports that it delivered weapons by air this week to the Somali Islamist group al-Shabab which is battling Kenyan troops in Somalia.
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VIDEO: Somali famine 'a crisis without end'

Wednesday, November 2nd 2011, 10:19
related countries: Ethiopia

Hundreds of Somalis continue to cross the border to seek help Ethiopia, three months after famine was declared in the region.
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Al-Shabab attacks Kenyan convoy

Wednesday, November 2nd 2011, 9:45
related countries: Kenya

Somalia's government says its forces, backed by Kenyans, have repulsed an Islamist ambush as Kenya's military warns via Twitter of attacks.
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Kenya warns al-Shabab by Twitter

Tuesday, November 1st 2011, 19:32

Kenya's military spokesman warns the residents of 10 towns in Somalia via Twitter that they "will be under attack continuously".
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VIDEO: Somalia 'on top' of drought aid effort

Monday, October 31st 2011, 21:54

Somalia's Prime Minister, Mohamed Abdiweli, says Somali forces are taking the lead to defeat Al Shabab and are delivering aid to the regions worst affected in the drought.
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'Children killed' in Somalia raid

Monday, October 31st 2011, 13:36
related countries: Kenya

At least five people, including three children, die after a refugee camp in southern Somalia is bombed, the MSF charity says - Kenya blames al-Shabab.
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Are Kenyans seeking a buffer zone in Somalia?

Friday, October 28th 2011, 17:25
related countries: Kenya

Are Kenyan troops seeking to set up a buffer state in Somalia?
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US launches drones from Ethiopia

Friday, October 28th 2011, 17:05
related countries: Ethiopia, United States

The US military begins flying unarmed drone aircraft from a base in Ethiopia, as part of its fight against Islamist militants in neighbouring Somalia.
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Kenya in first al-Shabab battle

Friday, October 28th 2011, 10:57
related countries: Kenya

Kenyan troops clash with Islamist militants inside Somalia for the first time since crossing the border nearly two weeks ago.
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Attack near Kenya-Somalia border

Thursday, October 27th 2011, 17:17
related countries: Kenya

Armed men launch a rocket-propelled grenade attack on a vehicle near Kenya's border with Somalia, killing four people, reports say.
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Pirate hostages plead for release

Wednesday, October 26th 2011, 20:08
related countries: South Africa

A South African couple kidnapped by Somali pirates a year ago make a direct appeal for their release in a recorded conversation with relatives.
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Somali deployment hampering aid

Wednesday, October 26th 2011, 18:11

A combination of a military build-up in Somalia and heavy rains are making the humanitarian relief effort in the country even harder, the UN warns.
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AUDIO: Pirate hostages appeal for release

Wednesday, October 26th 2011, 16:01

A hostage being held by Somali pirates has made a direct appeal for his release.
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Kenya suspect in al-Shabab claim

Wednesday, October 26th 2011, 15:27
related countries: Kenya
related places: Nairobi

A Kenyan man arrested after two grenade blasts exploded in the capital, Nairobi, admits in court to being a member of a Somali militant group.
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VIDEO: Somalis go back to the beaches

Tuesday, October 25th 2011, 20:42
related places: Mogadishu

For the first time in years residents of the Somali capital Mogadishu are able to enjoy the beaches after militants withdrew from the city.
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Aid workers abducted in Somalia

Tuesday, October 25th 2011, 15:44

Gunmen abduct two foreign aid workers and a Somali national employed by a Danish aid agency in the north-central Somalia.
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France to help Kenya's incursion

Tuesday, October 25th 2011, 13:30
related countries: France, Kenya

France will give logistical support to Kenyan forces pursuing Islamist militants across the border in Somalia, a French military spokesman says.
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Chandlers criticise rescue effort

Monday, October 24th 2011, 19:07
related countries: United Kingdom

Paul and Rachel Chandler criticise the government for putting the Foreign Office in charge of securing their release from Somali pirates, rather than police.
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Somali protest at Kenya incursion

Monday, October 24th 2011, 12:40
related countries: Kenya

Somalia's president says his transitional government is opposed to Kenya's military incursion into Somalia last week in pursuit of Islamist militants.
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Horn backs Kenya's Somali attack

Saturday, October 22nd 2011, 13:34
related countries: Kenya

Governments in the Horn of Africa welcome Kenya's offensive into Somalia against al-Shabab militants.
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AU rejects Somalia bodies 'stunt'

Friday, October 21st 2011, 14:26
related places: Mogadishu

The African Union denies that 70 bodies displayed by Somalia's Islamist group al-Shabab were those of its troops killed in fighting in the capital, Mogadishu.
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Kenya to target Nairobi al-Shabab

Thursday, October 20th 2011, 15:16
related countries: Kenya
related places: Nairobi

Kenya announces that it will launch a major security operation in its capital to flush out sympathisers of the Somali Islamist group, al-Shabab.
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East Africa drought 'still huge'

Thursday, October 20th 2011, 1:24
related countries: United Kingdom

East Africa's drought remains huge, says the UK international development secretary, three months after famine was declared in Somalia.
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French woman held in Somalia dies

Wednesday, October 19th 2011, 16:28
related countries: France, Kenya

A 66-year-old French woman kidnapped from Kenya by Somali gunmen has died, say French officials.
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Somali suicide attack near talks

Tuesday, October 18th 2011, 18:01
related countries: Kenya

A suicide car bomb kills five civilians in Somalia's capital as Kenyan ministers hold talks nearby, two days after Kenyan troops enter southern Somalia.
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Kenyan terror police hold men, 18

Tuesday, October 18th 2011, 15:15
related countries: Kenya

Two 18-year-old men from Cardiff are being questioned by anti-terror police in Kenya after being arrested crossing the border into Somalia.
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Kenya troops 'advance in Somalia'

Tuesday, October 18th 2011, 13:51
related countries: Kenya

Kenyan troops with aerial support continuing their advance into Somalia, as a suspected suicide car bomb kills at least three civilians in Mogadishu.
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Britons detained by Kenya police

Monday, October 17th 2011, 22:59
related countries: Kenya

Two Britons, believed to be from Cardiff, are arrested in Kenya, near the border with Somalia.
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Somali militants threaten Kenya

Monday, October 17th 2011, 16:36
related countries: Kenya
related places: Nairobi

Somali militant group al-Shabab demands that Kenya withdraws its troops from Somalia, after Nairobi launches an operation to push the hard-line group back.
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Kenya targets Somali insurgents

Monday, October 17th 2011, 15:16

Kenya says it has sent air and ground troops into Somalia to pursue al-Shabab militants following a spate of cross-border kidnappings of Westerners.
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VIDEO: Kenya 'going after al-Shabab'

Monday, October 17th 2011, 11:38
related countries: Kenya

Kenyan troops and armoured vehicles have crossed into neighbouring Somalia, residents say, in pursuit of militants suspected of a spate of kidnappings.
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Kenya hunts kidnappers in Somalia

Monday, October 17th 2011, 3:17
related countries: Kenya

Kenyan troops cross into Somalia to pursue militants suspected of kidnapping, but a Somali diplomat at the UN says this could only worsen the situation.
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'Al-Qaeda' aids Somali refugees

Friday, October 14th 2011, 19:12

A man claiming to be from al-Qaeda distributes aid in Somalia, highlighting the group's links with al-Shabab militants.
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VIDEO: Doctors kidnapped from refugee camp

Thursday, October 13th 2011, 21:58
related countries: Kenya, Spain

Gunmen have kidnapped two Spanish doctors working for the medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) near Kenya's border with Somalia.
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Doctors snatched from famine camp

Thursday, October 13th 2011, 16:30
related countries: Kenya

Two Spanish women doctors working for a medical charity are seized from the world's largest refugee camp, near the Kenya-Somalia border.
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Naval forces rescue hijacked ship

Tuesday, October 11th 2011, 18:04
related countries: Italy, United Kingdom

UK and US naval forces have rescued a ship hijacked by Somali pirates after its crew sent an SOS message in a bottle, Italian officials say.
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Shelling shuts Mogadishu hospital

Tuesday, October 11th 2011, 16:04
related places: Mogadishu

Heavy fighting between government forces and militant Islamists in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, forces the closure of a hospital, an aid group says.
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Al-Shabab 'driven from Mogadishu'

Monday, October 10th 2011, 22:47
related places: Mogadishu

African Union troops say they have driven Islamist al-Shabab militants out of their last stronghold in the north of Somalia's capital, Mogadishu.
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