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

Somali deaths in fierce clashes

Friday, March 24th 2006, 12:54
related places: Mogadishu

Heavy fighting which has killed at least 70 continues between Islamists and warlords in the Somali capital.
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Somali warlords battle Islamists

Thursday, March 23rd 2006, 12:00
related places: Mogadishu

Heavy fighting continues in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, with at least 60 people killed, doctors say.
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Fighting flares in Somali capital

Wednesday, March 22nd 2006, 15:56

At least 23 people die as clashes erupt between militias and Islamic courts in the north of the Somali capital.
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US captures 13 Somali 'pirates'

Sunday, March 19th 2006, 15:28
related countries: United States

Thirteen suspected pirates are captured by the US Navy, their spokesman says, after clashes off the Somali coast.
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US ships in Somali pirate clash

Saturday, March 18th 2006, 23:28
related countries: United States

Two US warships fire on suspected pirates off the Somali coast, killing one person, the US says.
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Gunmen seize UN worker in Somalia

Thursday, March 2nd 2006, 12:30
related countries: United States

An American Unicef official is kidnapped by gunmen while assessing the effects of drought in Somalia.
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Somalis pushed into sea and drown

Tuesday, February 28th 2006, 16:16
related countries: Yemen

More than 30 passengers drown after being forced into the water off the Yemeni coast from a Somali boat, the UN says.
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Militia attack on Puntland's MPs

Monday, February 27th 2006, 15:35

At least three people are killed after an exchange of gunfire near the parliament of Somalia's province of Puntland.
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'Historic' meeting of Somali MPs

Sunday, February 26th 2006, 17:32
related places: Baidoa, Mogadishu

Somalia's parliament meets inside the country for the first time, in Baidoa, with Mogadishu deemed unsafe.
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Somali warlords start peace talks

Wednesday, February 22nd 2006, 8:36

The Somali capital is calm as local leaders try to negotiate a truce to end the heaviest fighting seen there in years.
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Somali warlords battle Islamists

Tuesday, February 21st 2006, 14:07

At least seven people are killed in the Somali capital, on the fourth day of the heaviest fighting seen there in years.
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Fighting rocks Somalia's capital

Monday, February 20th 2006, 15:08
related places: Mogadishu

Heavy fighting flares in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, after 10 people were killed on Saturday.
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Somalis clash over scarce water

Friday, February 17th 2006, 9:11
related countries: Ethiopia

At least 12 die as drought in East Africa leads to fighting over water resources between Somali tribes in Ethiopia.
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Somalis die of thirst in drought

Thursday, February 16th 2006, 10:33

People in Somalia are beginning to die from thirst in the worst drought in 40 years, aid agency Oxfam says.
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Somali 'food aid pirate' seized

Tuesday, February 14th 2006, 12:05

Security forces in central Somalia apprehend a suspect in the hijacking of a ship carrying food aid.
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Dutch MP backs Muhammad cartoons

Thursday, February 9th 2006, 18:24
related countries: Denmark, Netherlands

A Somali-born Dutch MP who calls herself a "dissident of Islam" defends the Danish Muhammad cartoons.
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Somalia's rival MPs agree to meet

Monday, January 30th 2006, 14:16
related places: Baidoa

Somalia's transitional parliament is to meet for the first time on home soil in the central town of Baidoa.
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Somali pirates free Taiwan ship

Thursday, January 26th 2006, 12:35
related countries: Taiwan

A Taiwanese ship hijacked off Somalia last year is freed - but in another incident pirates seize a merchant ship.
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US navy captures Somali 'pirates'

Sunday, January 22nd 2006, 12:00
related countries: India, Indian Ocean, United States

The US navy has captured a number of suspected pirates in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Somalia, it says.
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Deal for MPs to meet in Somalia

Thursday, January 5th 2006, 15:14
related countries: Yemen

Rival leaders sign a deal to assemble the transitional parliament for the first time in Somalia within 30 days.
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Somali rivals extend key meeting

Wednesday, January 4th 2006, 11:49

Rival Somali leaders extend talks as they try to reach agreement on restoring a central government.
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Somali government set to relocate

Tuesday, January 3rd 2006, 11:26
related countries: Yemen

Somalia's interim government is close to a deal at talks in Yemen to start relocating to the capital.
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Alert as Somali drought deepens

Thursday, December 29th 2005, 13:45

Somalia's president joins appeals for help to cope with drought affecting several million across the region.
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Somali capital gets local council

Monday, December 26th 2005, 13:53
related places: Mogadishu

A new governing council is sworn in in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, despite opposition from national leaders.
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Deadly drought hits south Somalia

Monday, December 19th 2005, 15:22

Drought in southern Somalia is claiming the lives of people as well as livestock, forcing hundreds to flee their homes.
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Somali pirates force aid detour

Monday, December 5th 2005, 10:28
related countries: Kenya

The WFP delivers food aid from Kenya to Somalia by road because ship-owners fear pirate attacks.
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US firm to fight Somali pirates

Friday, November 25th 2005, 20:49
related countries: United States

A US company gets a licence to fight piracy off the Somalia coast - among the world's most dangerous waters.
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'Mother ship' behind pirate raids

Friday, November 11th 2005, 16:32

Pirate attacks in Somali waters are being directed from "mother ships" off the coast, officials say.
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