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.

World news related to Somalia – overview

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Somalia: news

Somalia MPs flee assassinations

Wednesday, June 24th 2009, 17:24

Scores of Somali MPs flee political assassinations and escalating insecurity in the Horn of Africa nation.
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Somali 'thieves' face amputation

Monday, June 22nd 2009, 16:46

Hardline Islamists condemn four young Somali men to have a hand and a leg cut off each for stealing mobile phones and guns.
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Ethiopia rejects Somali request

Sunday, June 21st 2009, 2:18
related countries: Ethiopia

Ethiopia says it will not provide military support requested by Somalia without an international mandate for such an intervention.
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Somali appeal for foreign troops

Saturday, June 20th 2009, 11:07
related places: Mogadishu

A Somali official calls for foreign military assistance within 24 hours, as fighting rages in the north of the capital.
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Somali MP gunned down in capital

Friday, June 19th 2009, 18:40
related places: Mogadishu

A Somali politician is shot dead in Mogadishu, the government says, the third killing of a public figure in as many days.
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Pirates expand to Oman's waters

Friday, June 12th 2009, 23:28
related countries: Oman

A cargo vessel is hijacked by suspected Somali pirates off Oman - the first such attack in the area, Nato says.
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Lost innocents

Wednesday, June 10th 2009, 12:44

How Mogadishu mayhem is destroying families
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Somali pirates 'expanding reach'

Wednesday, June 10th 2009, 12:23
related countries: United States

Somali pirates are expanding their range of operations far beyond the East African coast, the US Navy warns.
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Somali Islamist leader not killed

Monday, June 8th 2009, 12:25

A hardline Islamist opposition leader mocks reports he was killed in fighting.
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Grave error?

Monday, June 8th 2009, 7:00

Somali fury as Islamists desecrate 'idolatrous' graves
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Gunmen kill Somali radio director

Sunday, June 7th 2009, 13:41
related places: Mogadishu

The director of one of the largest radio broadcasters in Somalia is shot and killed in the capital, Mogadishu.
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'Dozens dead' in Somalia fighting

Friday, June 5th 2009, 18:39

At least 36 people die in fighting in Somalia between pro-government fighters and Islamist hardliners, reports say.
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Ethiopia admits Somalia presence

Thursday, June 4th 2009, 15:59
related countries: Ethiopia

Ethiopia says it has "reconnaissance missions" in Somalia but denies it is re-deploying its troops there.
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Seized by pirates

Thursday, June 4th 2009, 9:06

The inside story of an attack off Somali coast
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Somalia crisis 'Africa's worst'

Tuesday, June 2nd 2009, 15:47

The "very dire" humanitarian crisis in Somalia is the worst in Africa for many years, the aid agency Oxfam warns.
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Roadside bomb kills Somali police

Monday, June 1st 2009, 13:07
related places: Mogadishu

At least five Somali policemen are killed in a roadside bomb blast in Mogadishu, while the government retakes a police station.
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Mogadishu victims swamp hospitals

Wednesday, May 27th 2009, 16:07

One of the Somali capital's main hospitals says it is swamped with patients, as a radical cleric takes over an armed rebel group.
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Yemen fishing boat 'sunk by warship'

Wednesday, May 27th 2009, 11:35
related countries: Yemen

Yemen says an international vessel on patrol against Somali pirates in the Red Sea opened fire on local fishermen, killing two.
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Troops reinforce Somalia airport

Tuesday, May 26th 2009, 13:04
related places: Mogadishu

Somalia's transitional government sends 600 extra troops to reinforce Mogadishu's airport.
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Somali gunmen 'renounce piracy'

Monday, May 25th 2009, 13:22

Around 200 Somali pirates reportedly renounce piracy at a meeting in north Somalia, after pressure from local leaders.
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Rebels claim Somali suicide bomb

Monday, May 25th 2009, 11:12

Somalia's militant group al-Shabab says it carried out Sunday's suicide bombing in the capital.
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Booty call

Sunday, May 24th 2009, 23:48

Chasing the Somali piracy evaporating money trail
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Booty call

Sunday, May 24th 2009, 23:48

Chasing the Somali piracy evaporating money trail
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Blast kills seven in Mogadishu

Sunday, May 24th 2009, 14:20
related places: Mogadishu

A suicide bomber kills a civilian and six government guards in the Somali capital, as Islamists battle pro-government troops.
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AU calls for sanctions on Eritrea

Saturday, May 23rd 2009, 21:38
related countries: Eritrea

The African Union calls on the UN Security Council to impose sanctions against Eritrea for supporting insurgents in Somalia.
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Fierce battle in Somali capital

Saturday, May 23rd 2009, 0:26
related places: Mogadishu

Both pro-government forces and Islamist militants claim success as 36 people die in fierce fighting in Mogadishu.
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Somali 'pirate' pleads not guilty

Thursday, May 21st 2009, 22:53
related countries: United States
related places: New York

A Somali man arrested over the kidnap of a US captain pleads not guilty to 10 charges including piracy in a New York court.
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Call to blockade Somali Islamists

Wednesday, May 20th 2009, 17:10

Somalia's neighbours call for the UN to impose a blockade on air strips and sea ports to stop Islamists getting fighters.
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Child killed by Somalia shelling

Wednesday, May 20th 2009, 11:09
related places: Mogadishu

At least three civilians, including a child, are killed during fierce overnight fighting in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, residents say.
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US charges Somali man with piracy

Wednesday, May 20th 2009, 9:22
related countries: United States

A Somali teenager captured by the US during the rescue of an American sea captain from pirates is indicted on piracy charges.
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Rough justice

Wednesday, May 20th 2009, 7:55

Somali Islamists use amputations to deter thieves
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Ethiopia troops 'back in Somalia'

Tuesday, May 19th 2009, 11:47
related countries: Ethiopia

Ethiopian military forces have crossed back into Somalia, four months after leaving, witnesses tell the BBC.
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Somali anti-pirate coastguard bid

Monday, May 18th 2009, 11:39

Somalia asks the international community to help it set up a coastguard to tackle the pirates plaguing shipping off its coast.
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Somali militants capture key town

Sunday, May 17th 2009, 12:07
related places: Mogadishu

Hardline Islamist militants capture a strategically important town north of the Somali capital, Mogadishu, eyewitnesses say.
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Eritrea denies Somali involvement

Saturday, May 16th 2009, 18:32
related countries: Eritrea

Eritrea denies reports that it has been supplying hardline Islamists in Somalia with weapons and ammunition.
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US alarmed at Eritrea 'arms link'

Saturday, May 16th 2009, 10:43
related countries: Eritrea, United States

The US is "seriously concerned" by reports that Eritrea is supplying hardline Islamists in neighbouring Somalia with arms.
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Somalia peace overture rejected

Friday, May 15th 2009, 16:29

Somalia's president appeals to insurgents to negotiate, but they reject the overture as civilians continue to flee the capital.
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The face of exile

Friday, May 15th 2009, 7:03

After 18 years, a Somali gives up hope of going home
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Somali pirate ships 'work as one'

Thursday, May 14th 2009, 11:43

There is evidence that Somali pirate ships are co-ordinating their attacks, the commander of the EU's anti-piracy mission says.
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Mogadishu mired in fresh mayhem

Wednesday, May 13th 2009, 15:53
related places: Mogadishu

Heavy fighting erupts again in the Somali capital Mogadishu as some of the fiercest clashes in months show no sign of abating.
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Somalia 'worst drought in decade'

Wednesday, May 13th 2009, 7:20

Somalia faces its worst drought for at least a decade, with nearly half the population suffering malnutrition, says the UN.
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