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

Drought camps form inside Somalia

Saturday, July 9th 2011, 11:27

Camps of people fleeing East Africa's worsening drought start forming inside Somalia, says medical aid agency Medecins Sans Frontieres.
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Drought emergency

Friday, July 8th 2011, 22:17
related countries: Ethiopia

Somali refugees engulf Ethiopia town
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'A vision of hell'

Friday, July 8th 2011, 10:18

The Somali mothers so desperate they let their children die
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VIDEO: Aid agencies let back into Somalia

Wednesday, July 6th 2011, 16:55

They were banned in 2009 for being "anti-muslim" but now the drought gripping the Horn of Africa has forced a rethink.
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Somalia Islamists lift ban on aid

Wednesday, July 6th 2011, 14:26

Somalia's militant Islamist group al-Shabab lifts a ban on foreign food aid to help curb the worst drought in 60 years - a move welcomed by the UN.
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Somali terror suspect in US court

Wednesday, July 6th 2011, 11:17
related countries: United States
related places: New York

A Somali man appears in court in New York on terror charges after a two-month interrogation on a US warship without hearing his rights.
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Horn of Africa hunger 'tragedy'

Wednesday, July 6th 2011, 6:29

Malnutrition among children fleeing Somalia's drought could lead to a "tragedy of unimaginable proportions", the UN refugee head says.
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VIDEO: Children starving in civil war exodus

Tuesday, July 5th 2011, 15:06
related countries: Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda

Rains have failed for the past three seasons and more than 12 million people across Ethiopia, Somalia, Djibouti, Kenya and Uganda are facing severe shortages of food.
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UK told to keep Somali criminals

Wednesday, June 29th 2011, 8:24
related countries: United Kingdom

The UK must not deport two Somalis convicted of serious crimes because their home country is too dangerous, the European Court of Human Rights rules.
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Uganda and Burundi to get drones

Tuesday, June 28th 2011, 15:31
related countries: Burundi, Uganda, United States

The US is supplying drone aircrafts to Uganda and Burundi to help them fight Islamist militants in Somalia, defence officials tell the BBC.
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Somalis flood across Kenya border

Tuesday, June 28th 2011, 10:40
related countries: Kenya

War and drought in Somalia are leading to an unprecedented number of people fleeing across the border into Kenya, Save the Children says.
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Three Britons pardoned in Somalia

Sunday, June 26th 2011, 17:17

Three Britons caught bringing $3m (£2m) in cash illegally into Somalia to pay a ransom to pirates are pardoned by the president.
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Freed Indian sailors reach Delhi

Friday, June 24th 2011, 11:06
related countries: India
related places: Delhi

Six Indian sailors, recently freed by Somali pirates after nearly 11 months in captivity, return home to joyous celebrations.
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Air raid targets Somali Islamists

Friday, June 24th 2011, 9:16

Somali Islamist militants come under attack in an evening raid by two foreign helicopters near their stronghold of Kismayo, their spokesman says.
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Somalia's prime minister resigns

Sunday, June 19th 2011, 11:51

Somalia's Prime Minister Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed resigns 'in the interests of the people', following a UN-backed deal to oust him.
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Somalia jails 'ransom' couriers

Saturday, June 18th 2011, 20:31

Somalia jails six foreigners for bringing $3m (£2m) in cash illegally into the country, allegedly to pay ransoms to pirates.
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'Mogadishu music'

Saturday, June 18th 2011, 11:01

The daily fight for life amid Somalia's gun battles
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VIDEO: The daily fight for life in Somalia

Friday, June 17th 2011, 15:25
related places: Mogadishu

Panorama hears from the refugees of Mogadishu in Somalia about the daily struggle for life in a country racked by a bloody civil war between a failing government and Islamist extremists.
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Somali militant's passport 'fake'

Wednesday, June 15th 2011, 15:27
related countries: South Africa

South Africa declares the passport found on the body of the senior African al-Qaeda militant Fazul Abdullah Mohammed a forgery.
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Somali PM vows to stay in power

Tuesday, June 14th 2011, 16:27

Somalia's Prime Minister Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo refuses to resign, defying a UN-backed deal to oust him.
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BBC vows to protect World Service

Sunday, June 12th 2011, 9:18

Lord Patten tells the Sunday Telegraph his love of the BBC World Service made protecting it a "priority" - particularly the "core" Arabic, Somali and Hindi services.
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VIDEO: Senior al-Qaeda militant shot dead

Sunday, June 12th 2011, 0:41

The man believed to be the leader of al-Qaeda in East Africa, Fazul Abdullah Mohammed, has been shot dead in Somalia.
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'African US embassy bomber dead'

Saturday, June 11th 2011, 17:08
related countries: United States
related places: Mogadishu

Fazul Abdullah Mohammed, a senior al-Qaeda figure suspected of playing a key role in the 1998 US embassy bombings in East Africa, is killed in Somalia, officials say.
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Somali minister killed by niece

Friday, June 10th 2011, 20:21
related places: Mogadishu

Somalia's interior minister is killed in a suicide attack carried out by his niece, amid ongoing political unrest in the capital in Mogadishu.
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Rival Somali leaders reach deal

Thursday, June 9th 2011, 15:56

After months of squabbling that angered donors and jeopardised gains from Islamist militants, rival Somali government leaders agree to delay elections for a year.
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Uganda threatens Somalia pullout

Friday, June 3rd 2011, 1:12
related countries: Uganda

Uganda's President Museveni calls for Somalia's transitional government to be given more time to consolidate gains against Islamist militants.
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Burundi's Somali force 'unpaid'

Thursday, June 2nd 2011, 10:45
related countries: Burundi

Burundian soldiers serving with the African Union peace force in war-torn Somalia tell the BBC they have not been paid since January.
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Somalia's child casualties surge

Tuesday, May 31st 2011, 18:11

There is a sharp rise in the number of children being injured in fighting in Somalia - almost all of May's total casualties were under the age of five, the UN says.
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Somali pirates jailed in S Korea

Friday, May 27th 2011, 11:47
related countries: North Korea

A South Korean court jails four Somali pirates over the hijacking of a Korean ship and the attempted murder of its captain in the Arabian Sea.
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Hijack proof

Thursday, May 26th 2011, 23:19

Is it possible to guard your yacht from Somali pirates?
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VIDEO: Anti-pirate training in West Virginia

Thursday, May 26th 2011, 20:12

On the Ohio River in West Virginia, a former captain and his company demonstrate how to defend against pirate attacks off the Somali coast.
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SA attacks on Somali-owned shops

Thursday, May 26th 2011, 15:31
related countries: South Africa
related places: Port Elizabeth

More than 50 Somali-owned shops in the South African city of Port Elizabeth are attacked and looted overnight by local residents.
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Foreigners held over Somalia cash

Wednesday, May 25th 2011, 10:41
related countries: Kenya, United Kingdom, United States
related places: Mogadishu, Six

Six foreigners are arrested as they fly into Mogadishu with $3.6m (£2.2m) in cash, Somali police say, amid reports the money may have been a ransom payment for pirates.
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Aid shortfall cuts Somali rations

Saturday, May 21st 2011, 13:53

The UN World Food Programme says it has been forced to cut food rations to Somalis in need of aid, due to a funding shortfall.
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Somali pirates plead guilty in US

Saturday, May 21st 2011, 0:40
related countries: United States

Three Somali men plead guilty in a US court to piracy charges for their role in a hijacking that ended in the deaths of four Americans.
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Drought hits a third of Somalis

Friday, May 13th 2011, 16:29

Almost one third of Somalia's population are living in crisis, because of intensifying drought, according to a coalition of aid agencies.
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Somali piracy 'costs $8bn a year'

Friday, May 13th 2011, 15:17

Piracy off the Somali coast costs the international community up to $8.3bn (£5.1bn) a year, and that could nearly double by 2015, a new study says.
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Spain jails pirates for 439 years

Tuesday, May 3rd 2011, 17:20
related countries: Spain

A court in Spain sentences two Somali pirates to 439 years in prison each for their involvement in the hijacking of a fishing boat more than a year ago.
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Children suffer in Somali drought

Friday, April 22nd 2011, 15:46

Children in Somalia are suffering some of the highest malnutrition rates in the world, says the United Nations, following years of drought.
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'Pirate negotiator' charged in US

Thursday, April 21st 2011, 22:25
related countries: Denmark, United States

A US grand jury indicts a Somali man accused of negotiating ransom on behalf of a band of pirates who captured a Danish cargo vessel.
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Stop Libya 'becoming new Somalia'

Tuesday, April 12th 2011, 0:09
related countries: Libya

Libya's former foreign minister warns against civil war taking hold in Libya, in his first public comments since his defection.
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UN ordered to return to Somalia

Tuesday, April 5th 2011, 11:39
related countries: Kenya
related places: Mogadishu

UN agencies involved in Somalia, but based in Kenya for safety reasons, are ordered to move to Mogadishu within three months by the interim government.
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Libya 'needs Gaddafi as leader'

Tuesday, April 5th 2011, 9:16
related countries: Iraq, Libya

The Libyan government says it is open to political reform but Muammar Gaddafi must stay in power to avoid a deadly power vacuum.
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Dutch marines kill Somali pirates

Monday, April 4th 2011, 16:23
related countries: Iran, Netherlands

Dutch marines kill two suspected Somali pirates and captured 16 others during an operation to free a hijacked Iranian fishing boat, officials say.
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Ex-Somali PM to be quizzed in US

Saturday, April 2nd 2011, 4:09
related countries: United States
related places: Virginia

A judge in the US state of Virginia rules that a former Somali prime minister can be questioned under oath over allegations of abuses and war crimes.
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Mogadishu lifeline

Friday, April 1st 2011, 8:18

Images of a clinic treating those caught up in Somalia conflict
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