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

Drama as US crew recapture vessel

Wednesday, April 8th 2009, 22:58
related countries: United States

US crew members recapture their hijacked ship from Somali pirates but their captain is still being held on a lifeboat, reports say.
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Hijacked US crew 'retake vessel'

Wednesday, April 8th 2009, 19:11
related countries: United States

US crew members recapture their hijacked ship from Somali pirates but their captain is still being held on a lifeboat, reports say.
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Hijacked US crew 'retake vessel'

Wednesday, April 8th 2009, 16:15
related countries: United States

The US crew of a ship seized by pirates off Somalia has retaken control of the ship, Pentagon sources say.
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US crew seized by Somali pirates

Wednesday, April 8th 2009, 14:49
related countries: Denmark, India, Indian Ocean, United States

Somali pirates hijack a ship with a 20-strong US crew, after what maritime officials describe as a sustained night-time attack.
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Somali pirates seize more vessels

Monday, April 6th 2009, 11:23
related countries: United Kingdom

Somali pirates seize a British-owned ship and a Taiwanese vessel, officials say, after taking other vessels over the weekend.
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Pirates 'seize German cargo ship'

Sunday, April 5th 2009, 18:54
related countries: Germany, India, Indian Ocean

Somali pirates have hijacked a 20,000-tonne German container ship in the Indian Ocean, a merchant mariners' group reports.
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Kenya condemned on Somali exiles

Friday, April 3rd 2009, 15:53
related countries: Kenya

Kenya's deportation of Somali asylum-seekers could break international law, the UN refugee agency says.
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Gunmen target Somali ex-minister

Monday, March 30th 2009, 16:46
related places: Mogadishu

A former Somali minister and four other people accompanying him are killed in Mogadishu.
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Pirates seize tankers off Somalia

Thursday, March 26th 2009, 17:37

Pirates have seized two European-owned tankers off the coast of Somalia in the past day, Nato shipping officials say.
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Bombing targets Somali minister

Thursday, March 26th 2009, 13:26
related places: Mogadishu

Somalia's interior minister survives an assassination attempt in a deadly Mogadishu blast.
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Islamists seize Kenya officials

Thursday, March 26th 2009, 11:45
related countries: Kenya

Four Kenyan education officials are detained by Somali Islamists after crossing the border.
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Somalis reject Bin Laden threats

Friday, March 20th 2009, 11:58

Somali leaders tell Osama Bin Laden not to interfere, after he called for Somalia's president to be ousted.
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Pirates 'seize ship off Somalia'

Friday, March 20th 2009, 9:52
related countries: Greece

Pirates seize a Greek-owned cargo ship off the coast of Somalia, Greek officials say.
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Topple Somali leader - Bin Laden

Thursday, March 19th 2009, 11:06

Osama Bin Laden calls for the overthrow of Somalia's moderate Islamist leader Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed.
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Aid workers 'released' in Somalia

Monday, March 16th 2009, 20:04

Four UN aid workers, three of them foreigners, are freed in southern Somalia hours after being abducted, reports say.
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UN aid workers seized in Somalia

Monday, March 16th 2009, 9:49

Gunmen in southern Somalia kidnap four UN aid workers, three of them foreigners, reports say.
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Text insurgency

Monday, March 16th 2009, 2:25

SMS Islamists vying to seize Somalia and beyond
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Japan ships join piracy patrols

Saturday, March 14th 2009, 15:29
related countries: Japan

Two Japanese warships set sail for the seas off Somalia to join an anti-piracy international mission.
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Japan to join anti-piracy patrols

Friday, March 13th 2009, 5:03
related countries: Japan

Japan orders two warships to set sail for the seas off Somalia where they will join international anti-piracy patrols.
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US men 'joined Somali Islamists'

Thursday, March 12th 2009, 10:20
related countries: United States

US officials say they are investigating cases of US citizens of Somali origin joining a group linked to al-Qaeda.
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Somali cabinet backs Sharia plan

Tuesday, March 10th 2009, 18:33

The Somali cabinet endorses a proposal by President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed to implement Islamic law in the country.
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Somali migrants 'drown off Yemen'

Sunday, March 1st 2009, 15:14
related countries: Yemen

Forty-five Somalian migrants drowned after their boat capsized off the coast of Yemen this week, officials say.
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Somali leader agrees Sharia law

Saturday, February 28th 2009, 18:52

Somalia's President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed agrees to introduce Sharia law to defuse clashes with tribal leaders.
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Islamist rebels seize Somali town

Wednesday, February 25th 2009, 16:41
related countries: Ethiopia
related places: Mogadishu

Somalia's al-Shabab rebel group, which has links to al-Qaeda, captures yet another town, as fighting continues in Mogadishu.
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Mogadishu rocked by fierce battle

Tuesday, February 24th 2009, 14:19

At least 15 people are killed and scores injured during the fiercest fighting for weeks in the Somali capital Mogadishu.
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Pirate patrol diary

Monday, February 23rd 2009, 21:06

Sobering thoughts on Somali patrol future
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Bombs kill Somalia peacekeepers

Sunday, February 22nd 2009, 23:14
related places: Mogadishu

Insurgents in Somalia kill 11 African Union peacekeepers from Burundi in a deadly attack on an AU military base in Mogadishu.
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Pirate patrol diary

Sunday, February 22nd 2009, 22:41

Somali pirates capture ship and frustrate navy
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Pirates seize vessel off Somalia

Sunday, February 22nd 2009, 15:35
related countries: Greece

Pirates in the Gulf of Aden seize a Greek-owned cargo ship, says a BBC correspondent aboard a nearby Royal Navy vessel.
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Somali pirate patrol: Day two

Friday, February 20th 2009, 20:39

In his second diary entry from aboard a British Royal Navy frigate, the BBC's Jonah Fisher describes patrolling Somali waters in search of pirates.
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Kidnapped nuns freed in Kenya

Thursday, February 19th 2009, 16:56
related countries: Italy, Kenya

Two Italian nuns kidnapped in Kenya last November and held in Somalia have been freed, Italy's prime minister says.
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Somali prime minister sworn in

Saturday, February 14th 2009, 21:05

The new prime minister of Somalia, Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke, is sworn in saying peace and security are his top priority
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New Somali prime minister named

Friday, February 13th 2009, 18:16

Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke is chosen by the president as the new prime minister of war-torn Somalia.
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Russians capture Somali pirates

Friday, February 13th 2009, 12:37
related countries: Russia

The Russian navy announces that one of its warships has captured three pirate vessels off the coast of Somalia.
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Freed weapons ship docks in Kenya

Thursday, February 12th 2009, 16:20
related countries: Kenya

A ship recently freed by Somali pirates arrives in Kenya to offload arms, amid controversy over its cargo.
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Somali 'pirates' face Dutch court

Wednesday, February 11th 2009, 12:58
related countries: Netherlands

Five suspected Somali pirates are to appear in a Netherlands court over an alleged attack in the Gulf of Aden, say Dutch prosecutors.
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Taking on pirates

Wednesday, February 11th 2009, 0:01

The EU taskforce protecting ships off Somalia
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Somali president makes peace plea

Monday, February 9th 2009, 17:45
related places: Mogadishu

Somalia's new President, Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, offers an olive branch to Islamist hardliners during a tour of Mogadishu.
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Somali leader arrives in capital

Saturday, February 7th 2009, 18:37
related places: Mogadishu

Somalia's new president arrives in the capital Mogadishu, his first trip there since being elected a week ago by MPs.
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Arms ship set to leave for Kenya

Friday, February 6th 2009, 12:10
related countries: Kenya, Ukraine

A Ukrainian ship freed by Somali pirates is preparing to leave Somali waters to deliver its arms shipment to Kenya.
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Somali pirates 'free arms ship'

Thursday, February 5th 2009, 16:48
related countries: Ukraine

Somali pirates who held a Ukrainian ship full of weapons for five months free the vessel after a ransom is paid, reports say.
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