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

Andrew Mitchell visits Mogadishu

Wednesday, August 17th 2011, 18:52
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: Mogadishu

The UK international development secretary warns of a race against time to tackle the "devastating famine" during a trip to the Somali capital.
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Eritrean leader in 'peace trip'

Tuesday, August 16th 2011, 12:08
related countries: Eritrea, Uganda

Eritrea's president visits Uganda, which contributes African Union troops to Somalia, in an attempt to boost peace in the Horn of Africa, Ugandan officials say.
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South Sudan offers Somalia troops

Monday, August 15th 2011, 18:55

Newly independent South Sudan offers to send African Union troops to Somalia to back the weak interim government fighting Islamist militants.
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VIDEO: Somali abuses blamed on all sides

Monday, August 15th 2011, 6:59

Human Rights Watch has said all sides in Somalia's conflict are guilty of serious violations of international law.
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'All guilty' in Somalia conflict

Monday, August 15th 2011, 0:50

Human Rights Watch says all sides involved in Somalia's conflict are guilty of serious violations of international law, and criticises the West for inaction.
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Somalia PM orders aid protection

Saturday, August 13th 2011, 16:54

Somalia's PM Abdiweli Mohamed Ali announces the creation of a special force to protect convoys delivering aid to drought-affected people.
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Dutch court jails Somali pirates

Friday, August 12th 2011, 19:39
related countries: Netherlands, South Africa

A Dutch court sentences two Somali pirates who hijacked a South African yacht last November to prison sentences of up to seven years.
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Somalia army issues mine warning

Friday, August 12th 2011, 16:05
related places: Mogadishu

The Somali army warns people not to return to their homes in the parts of the capital, Mogadishu, recently abandoned by Islamist militants.
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Tragedy revisited

Wednesday, August 10th 2011, 15:47

Watching history repeat itself with Somalia's famine
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VIDEO: New refugees strain Kenyan camp

Wednesday, August 10th 2011, 15:20
related countries: Kenya

Experts are now warning that the drought in the Horn of Africa will last for a few more months, raising the prospect of yet more people arriving from Somalia at the Dadaab refugee camp in Kenya.
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Ghana boy raises aid for Somalia

Wednesday, August 10th 2011, 15:18
related countries: Ghana

An 11-year-old Ghanaian boy launches a campaign to raise money for Somali famine victims during his school holidays - so far raising $500 in a week.
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More Somali peacekeepers 'needed'

Tuesday, August 9th 2011, 15:13
related places: Mogadishu

The African Union force commander in Somalia appeals for thousands of extra troops to secure the capital after militant Islamists withdrew from the city.
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VIDEO: Refugees flood world's largest camp

Tuesday, August 9th 2011, 12:48
related countries: Kenya

Refugees fleeing hunger in Somalia continue to arrive at Dadaab, the world's largest refugee camp, in neighbouring Kenya.
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Black Hawk remembered

Tuesday, August 9th 2011, 1:02

Somalia needs help, survivor of 1993 Mogadishu battle says
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UN famine aid arrives in Somalia

Monday, August 8th 2011, 15:30

The UNHCR flies famine aid to Somalia's capital - its first airlift for five years to the city where militants have been seen despite news of their withdrawal.
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Somali rebels pull out of capital

Saturday, August 6th 2011, 13:34
related places: Mogadishu

Somalia's al-Shabab Islamist rebels leave their positions in Somalia's capital of Mogadishu, calling it a change of military tactics.
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Several dead in Somali aid raid

Friday, August 5th 2011, 15:40
related places: Mogadishu

At least seven people are killed and several wounded when a gunfight breaks out as food aid is distributed at a camp in the Somali capital, Mogadishu.
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VIDEO: In the heart of Somalia's famine

Thursday, August 4th 2011, 21:40

More than 11 million people have been affected by the worst drought in 60 years in the Horn of Africa.
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VIDEO: More Somali areas hit by famine

Thursday, August 4th 2011, 2:31

The United Nations has declared famine zones in three more regions of Somalia, because of the rates of malnutrition and death brought on by the worst drought in 60 years.
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More Somali areas hit by famine

Wednesday, August 3rd 2011, 19:27
related countries: United States

Three new areas of Somalia are classified as being hit by famine as the worst drought in 60 years affects the Horn of Africa, the UN says
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VIDEO: Crossing front lines for aid in Somalia

Tuesday, August 2nd 2011, 17:31

The United Nations says the famine is spreading across southern Somalia, as aid struggles to get through the war-torn country.
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Hard place to help

Tuesday, August 2nd 2011, 9:03
related places: Mogadishu

The difficulties of getting food to Somali famine victims
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VIDEO: Serving food to thousands in Somalia

Tuesday, August 2nd 2011, 5:22
related places: Mogadishu

The BBC's Andrew Harding reports from an aid station in the capital Mogadishu, as the African Union says it will hold a summit to pledge help for the victims of Somalia's drought.
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VIDEO: On the frontline of Somalia's famine

Sunday, July 31st 2011, 19:55

The crisis in Somalia is becoming more desperate with the famine threatening thousands of lives - and the United Nations warning the worst is yet to come.
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Africa summit for Somali famine

Sunday, July 31st 2011, 10:30

The African Union calls the continent's leaders to a "pledging summit" to help the Somali people hit by drought and famine.
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Somali clashes after 'aid threat'

Thursday, July 28th 2011, 17:05
related places: Mogadishu

Africa Union peacekeepers say they have seized key territory from Islamist insurgents in Somalia's capital after they allegedly threatened aid camps.
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VIDEO: First aid drop for drought victims

Wednesday, July 27th 2011, 21:25
related places: Mogadishu

In Somalia, an operation to airlift emergency supplies into the capital Mogadishu is underway.
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WFP begins Somalia food airlift

Wednesday, July 27th 2011, 16:41
related places: Mogadishu

The UN's World Food Programme begins airlifting emergency food supplies to Mogadishu, capital of famine-hit Somalia.
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UN Somali famine airlift delayed

Tuesday, July 26th 2011, 15:22

The UN World Food Programme is set to begin airlifting food aid to Somalia, says the WFP head at crisis talks on East Africa's drought.
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VIDEO: Iman: Somalia famine 'heartbreaking'

Tuesday, July 26th 2011, 9:52

The Somali-born model, Iman, has added her voice to calls for greater help from the international community for famine relief in the African country.
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VIDEO: Hunt for food in famine-hit Somalia

Monday, July 25th 2011, 21:51

The World Food Programme is to begin airlifting supplies to parts of the Horn of Africa affected by a devastating drought, which the UN has described as the worst there for 60 years.
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Aid reaches Somalia Islamist area

Sunday, July 24th 2011, 21:25

The Red Cross delivers food into one of Somalia's worst hit drought areas, controlled by the Islamist militant group al-Shabab.
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Tanker seized off western Africa

Sunday, July 24th 2011, 19:40
related countries: Benin, Italy

Pirates hijack an Italian diesel tanker off the coast of the west African state of Benin in an attack of the kind more usually associated with Somalia.
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VIDEO: Aid reaches Islamist area in Somalia

Sunday, July 24th 2011, 14:23
related places: Mogadishu

The Red Cross has managed to deliver food to 24,000 people to a town, north-west of Somalia's capital, Mogadishu.
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Somali Islamists maintain aid ban

Friday, July 22nd 2011, 13:24

Somalia's al-Shabab Islamists deny lifting their ban on some Western aid agencies and reject UN reports of famine in parts of the country.
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VIDEO: Islamists dismiss famine as 'nonsense'

Friday, July 22nd 2011, 13:10

Somalia's al-Shabab Islamists deny lifting ban on Western aid agencies and reject UN reports of famine in parts of the country.
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VIDEO: Famine drives victims to violent Mogadishu

Thursday, July 21st 2011, 21:37
related places: Mogadishu

Aid will be airlifted into the Somali capital Mogadishu within days according to the UN as famine grips East Africa.
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VIDEO: Famine aid to go to Islamist areas

Thursday, July 21st 2011, 16:20
related countries: United States

The US has said it will send aid to famine-hit areas of Somalia controlled by the Islamist group al-Shabab.
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US to aid Islamist Somali areas

Wednesday, July 20th 2011, 20:35
related countries: United States

The US says it will send aid to parts of Somalia controlled by al-Shabab if it receives assurances the Islamist militants will not benefit.
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VIDEO: UN warning over Somalia famine

Wednesday, July 20th 2011, 18:44

The UN says famine will spread across Somalia within two months unless the international community sends more aid to the region.
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UN declares south Somalia famine

Wednesday, July 20th 2011, 16:18

The UN declares a famine in two areas of southern Somalia, as conditions deteriorate amid the region's worst drought in over half a century.
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VIDEO: UN declares famine in Somalia

Wednesday, July 20th 2011, 8:17

The United Nations has declared a famine in two areas of southern Somalia as it suffers the worst drought in more than half a century.
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VIDEO: Somali children lured into warfare

Wednesday, July 20th 2011, 1:56

Amnesty International says children in Somalia are being systematically recruited as child soldiers by Islamic insurgents.
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VIDEO: Famine to be declared in Somalia

Tuesday, July 19th 2011, 22:35

A famine will be officially declared in parts of Somalia on Wednesday, following reports regarding the situation in the Horn of Africa from multiple aid agencies.
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Famine in Somalia

Tuesday, July 19th 2011, 12:35

The UN about to declare famine after East Africa drought
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