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

US warns of Africa terror attacks

Thursday, November 2nd 2006, 19:02
related countries: United States
related places: Africa

The US issues a warning to its citizens in East Africa over the threat of terror attacks by Somali extremists.
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Somali talks fail amid war fears

Thursday, November 2nd 2006, 11:43

Peace talks between Somalia's interim government and Islamists have been placed on indefinite hold, mediators say.
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Jail sentence for Somali pirates

Wednesday, November 1st 2006, 16:01
related countries: India, Kenya

Ten Somalis pirates are sentenced to seven years in prison by a Kenya court for hijacking an Indian ship.
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War fears as Somali talks falter

Tuesday, October 31st 2006, 17:02

Peace talks between Somalia's interim government and Islamists are deadlocked, as both sides prepare for battle.
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Row threatens Somali peace talks

Monday, October 30th 2006, 17:11
related countries: Ethiopia

Somalia's Islamists refuse to take part in peace talks unless Ethiopian troops leave the country.
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Somalia's Islamists take key town

Thursday, October 26th 2006, 12:14

Fighters loyal to Somalia's Islamic courts take Sakow from the interim government without bloodshed.
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Ethiopia is 'technically at war'

Wednesday, October 25th 2006, 11:12
related countries: Ethiopia

Ethiopia is "technically" at war with Somalia's Islamic courts, says its Prime Minister Meles Zenawi.
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Islamists recapture Somali town

Monday, October 23rd 2006, 13:53

The town of Bur Hakaba in central Somalia is again under Islamist control after pro-government forces withdraw.
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Troops mass around Somali town

Sunday, October 22nd 2006, 11:16

Government troops and Islamist fighters mass on Burhakaba town in Somalia, as rebels vow to retake it.
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Somali government 'seizes' town

Saturday, October 21st 2006, 14:26

Somali government troops say they have taken control of a southern town from Islamist militias.
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Somali Islamists 'near Ethiopia'

Thursday, October 19th 2006, 16:05

Ethiopia's prime minister warns parliament that Somali Islamist fighters are massing near the border.
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Kenya reports refugee polio case

Tuesday, October 17th 2006, 12:40
related countries: Kenya

Kenya reports its first case of polio in 22 years, discovered in a three-year-old girl in a Somali refugee camp.
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Somalis vow holy war on Ethiopia

Monday, October 9th 2006, 15:12
related countries: Ethiopia
related places: Baidoa

Somali Islamists accuse Ethiopian troops of attacking a key town and vow revenge through "holy war".
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Somalis demand cleric's release

Thursday, October 5th 2006, 9:38

Somalia's Islamists demands that the self-declared republic of Somaliland free a Muslim cleric.
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Somali Islamists in war warning

Tuesday, September 26th 2006, 14:41
related countries: Ethiopia

The Islamist group that has seized much of Somalia says Ethiopia has declared war by sending its troops.
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Somali PM warns of terror threat

Monday, September 25th 2006, 23:21

Somalia's interim prime minister asks for international help against "al-Qaeda", as his Islamist rivals gain ground.
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Islamists capture key Somali port

Monday, September 25th 2006, 8:33

Somali Islamists take over a key port without a shot being fired after government forces and civilians flee.
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Pope tribute to slain Italian nun

Sunday, September 24th 2006, 14:21
related countries: Italy

The Pope praises an Italian nun who forgave her killers as she lay dying after an attack in Somalia.
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Somali Islamists stage execution

Friday, September 22nd 2006, 13:26
related countries: Kenya

Somalia's Islamic courts execute a 25-year-old man and ban the stimulant khat for the holy month of Ramadan.
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Burial for nun killed in Somalia

Thursday, September 21st 2006, 14:42
related countries: Italy, Kenya

The 65-year-old Italian nun shot dead in Somalia on Sunday is buried in neighbouring Kenya.
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Tight security after Somali blast

Tuesday, September 19th 2006, 13:45

Somalia's interim government increases security around its base after an attempt to kill President Yusuf.
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Somali president describes attack

Tuesday, September 19th 2006, 9:17

Somalia's interim President Abdullahi Yusuf tells the BBC how he escaped an assassination attempt.
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Somali leader survives bomb blast

Monday, September 18th 2006, 15:16

An explosion outside Somalia's interim parliament kills 11 people but misses the president.
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Italian nun shot dead in Somalia

Monday, September 18th 2006, 7:05
related countries: Italy
related places: Mogadishu

Gunmen shoot dead an Italian nun and her bodyguard at a hospital in the Somali capital Mogadishu.
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AU to send 8,000 troops to Somalia

Wednesday, September 13th 2006, 15:34

The African Union agrees to send 8,000 peacekeepers to Somalia despite opposition from the Islamic courts.
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Somali Islamists lift radio ban

Monday, September 11th 2006, 12:01

A Somali radio station resumes broadcasting after it was closed down by Islamist leaders for playing love songs.
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Baidoa warlord warns government

Friday, September 8th 2006, 17:07
related places: Baidoa

A Somali minister and militia leader calls on Prime Minister Ghedi's government to leave its base in Baidoa.
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Neighbours agree on Somalia force

Tuesday, September 5th 2006, 16:00
related countries: Ethiopia, Kenya

Somalia's government agrees with Ethiopia and Kenya on plans for a peace force - but the Islamists disagree.
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Somali rivals agree on joint army

Tuesday, September 5th 2006, 7:41

Somalia's interim government and a rival Islamist militia agree in principle to establish a national army.
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Somali forces win airport battle

Monday, September 4th 2006, 11:45
related places: Baidoa

At least six people die in fighting as Somalia's transitional government takes control of Baidoa airport.
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Key Somalia talks get under way

Saturday, September 2nd 2006, 22:31

Somalia's interim government and rival Islamists who control large areas start direct talks on the country's future.
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Somali rivals optimistic on talks

Saturday, September 2nd 2006, 1:06

Senior officials from Somalia's key rival powers are upbeat as peace talks are due to start in Sudan.
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Floods follow drought in Somalia

Tuesday, August 29th 2006, 16:04
related places: Mogadishu

Heavy rain causes severe floods in the Somali capital Mogadishu, weeks after the worst droughts in decades.
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Somali rivals heading for talks

Monday, August 28th 2006, 17:01
related countries: Sudan
related places: Khartoum

Senior officials from Somalia's interim government and its main rival leave for peace talks in Khartoum.
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US ends Somali banking blacklist

Monday, August 28th 2006, 13:06
related countries: United States

Somali banking company al-Barakat says all its overseas agents have been taken off a US terror list.
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First ship arrives in Mogadishu

Friday, August 25th 2006, 9:45
related places: Mogadishu

Hundreds of people welcome the first ship to dock at the main port in Somalia's capital in more than 10 years.
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Somali woman is flogged for drugs

Thursday, August 24th 2006, 16:51

A Somali woman is flogged in public for selling cannabis, by Islamist militias who control the capital.
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Somali Islamists ban animal trade

Tuesday, August 22nd 2006, 12:48

The Islamic courts that control large parts of Somalia ban the export of charcoal and wild animals.
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Somalia PM names new cabinet

Monday, August 21st 2006, 15:13

Somalia's prime minister nominates a new cabinet, two weeks after the previous one was sacked.
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Ethiopia troops head for Baidoa

Sunday, August 20th 2006, 15:04
related countries: Ethiopia
related places: Baidoa

Ethiopian troops, allied to Somalia's transitional government, advance towards its base in Baidoa.
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Getting back to business in Somalia

Saturday, August 19th 2006, 10:41
related places: Mogadishu

Well-off Somalis abroad see the business potential under Mogadishu's new rulers and are flocking home, Karen Allen reports.
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