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Video 'shows Somalia plane bomber'

Monday, February 8th 2016, 17:52

Somali intelligence officials release a video showing a passenger being given a laptop they say concealed a bomb that blew a hole into a passenger plane.
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Somali children 'face death' over drought

Monday, February 8th 2016, 15:09

More than 50,000 children in Somalia "face death" because of the ongoing drought there, the UN says.
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Somali airliner 'was holed by bomb'

Saturday, February 6th 2016, 17:20

A blast that punched a large hole in the fuselage of a passenger plane at Somalia's Mogadishu airport on Tuesday was caused by a bomb, officials say.
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Somali troops 'retake' key port city

Saturday, February 6th 2016, 15:44
related places: Merca

Somalia's military has retaken Merca from al-Shabab militants who entered the port city on Friday, residents there say.
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Al-Shabab 'retakes' key Somali port

Friday, February 5th 2016, 18:34
related places: Merca

Islamist militant group al-Shabab retakes Somalia's port city of Merca according to residents, while the African Union forces insist they still have control of the town
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Passenger missing from Somalia plane

Thursday, February 4th 2016, 14:21
related places: Mogadishu

A passenger on the plane forced to land at Mogadishu airport because of a gaping hole in the fuselage is confirmed missing by the Somali airline.
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Somalia investigates 'plane explosion'

Wednesday, February 3rd 2016, 17:45
related places: Mogadishu

An investigation is launched in Somalia after a plane made an emergency landing with a gaping hole in its fuselage in the capital, Mogadishu.
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Somali plane lands with hole in its side

Tuesday, February 2nd 2016, 17:02
related places: Mogadishu

A passenger plane makes an emergency landing in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, with a gaping hole in its fuselage.
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'No progress on African corruption'

Wednesday, January 27th 2016, 11:46
related countries: Nigeria Nigeria, South Africa South Africa

Somalia tops the list of most corrupt countries in the world and no progress is seen in Nigeria and South Africa, says Transparency International.
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'I saved boy of 10' from Somalia attack

Friday, January 22nd 2016, 17:30
related places: Mogadishu

A survivor of Thursday's attack on a beach restaurant in the Somali capital Mogadishu describes how he and his friends went back to save a 10-year-old boy caught up in the violence.
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Kenya military 'warned' over Somalia attack

Friday, January 22nd 2016, 10:37
related countries: Kenya Kenya

Kenyan forces in Somalia were warned of an impending al-Shabab attack 45 days before the group overran one of their bases, a Somali general says.
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Somali forces end restaurant siege

Friday, January 22nd 2016, 8:07
related places: Mogadishu

Somali security forces retake control of a popular beachside restaurant in the capital, Mogadishu, after an attack by Islamist militants that left 20 killed.
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Al-Shabab seizes army base in Somalia

Friday, January 15th 2016, 11:19

Al-Shabab militants overrun an African Union base in southern Somalia, saying it has killed dozens of Kenyan soldiers in fierce fighting
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Somalia's 13-year-old inventor finds fame

Wednesday, January 13th 2016, 2:10

The Somali boy creating battery-powered models from scrap
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Trump defiant after al-Shabab video

Sunday, January 3rd 2016, 9:36
related countries: United States United States

Donald Trump again defends his call for a ban on Muslims entering the US after it is used for propaganda by al-Qaeda-linked Somali militants.
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Al-Shabab uses Trump in propaganda film

Saturday, January 2nd 2016, 13:22
related countries: United States United States
related places: Trump

Somali Islamist group al-Shabab releases a propaganda video which uses footage of the US presidential hopeful Donald Trump calling for a ban on Muslims.
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A tale of two Alis

Tuesday, December 29th 2015, 1:43

A child refugee in 1993 meets a Somali alone in Europe today
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Somalia bans Christmas celebrations

Wednesday, December 23rd 2015, 11:56

Somalia's government bans the celebration of Christmas, warning that such Christian festivities could threaten the nation's Muslim faith.
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Three killed in Somali car bomb blast

Saturday, December 19th 2015, 17:24
related places: Mogadishu

Three people have been killed and many others injured by a car bomb in the Somali capital, Mogadishu.
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TV debut for Somali football

Thursday, December 17th 2015, 17:00
related places: Horseed

A Somali football match is broadcast live on television for the first time, with military club Horseed beating police team Heegan 2-1.
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US al-Shabab militant held in Somalia

Monday, December 7th 2015, 17:39
related countries: United States United States

A long-time US member of al-Shabab is arrested while trying to escape the group in Somalia, a local official tells the BBC.
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Pirates attack foreign ships off Somalia

Tuesday, November 24th 2015, 15:10
related countries: Iran Iran, Thailand Thailand

Pirates have attacked Thai and Iranian fishing trawlers off Somalia's coast, seizing the crew of one of them, maritime experts and residents say.
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Can Ethiopia’s railway bring peace to Somalia?

Monday, November 23rd 2015, 0:42

Can Ethiopia’s railway bring peace to Somalia?
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Refugees killed as Somali forces clash

Monday, November 16th 2015, 17:44

At least 11 people are killed in crossfire when Somali security forces clash over who is in charge at a refugee camp, witnesses say.
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US reward for al-Shabab leaders

Wednesday, November 11th 2015, 10:44
related countries: United States United States

The US government offers a reward of $27m for information on the whereabouts of six leaders of Somalia's al-Shabab militant group.
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Somalia to deport illegal migrants

Thursday, November 5th 2015, 14:22

A Somali court orders the deportation of 27 Kenyans found to be in the country illegally, the first time in 25 years that such a ruling has been made.
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Fifteen killed in Somalia hotel attack

Sunday, November 1st 2015, 9:41
related places: Mogadishu

Al-Shabab Islamist militants kill at least 15 people, including a former senior general, in an attack on a hotel in the Somali capital Mogadishu.
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Yemen refugees choosing to return to a failed state

Friday, October 30th 2015, 1:02
related countries: Yemen Yemen

When fleeing to Somalia is better than staying in Yemen
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Pregnant migrant to return to Australia

Wednesday, October 28th 2015, 9:19
related countries: Australia Australia, Nauru Nauru

A pregnant Somali woman who says she was raped in Australia's refugee detention camp in Nauru is to be flown back to Australia.
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Australia row over pregnant migrant

Monday, October 19th 2015, 9:09
related countries: Australia Australia, Nauru Nauru

Australia insists it properly handled the case of a pregnant migrant who was deported back to Nauru without having an abortion she had requested.
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Somali president's nephew shot dead

Wednesday, October 7th 2015, 11:43
related places: Mogadishu

The nephew of Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has been shot dead in the capital, Mogadishu, in an attack by Islamist militant group al-Shabab.
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Musicians arrested over Somali flag

Monday, September 28th 2015, 17:08

Members of one of Somaliland's best-known groups, the Horn Stars, are under arrest for allegedly waving Somalia's flag during a concert.
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British troops for Somalia mission

Monday, September 28th 2015, 9:48
related countries: United Kingdom United Kingdom

Dozens of British troops are to be deployed to Somalia to help peacekeeping efforts to counter Islamist militants, David Cameron announces.
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Deadly blast near Somali presidency

Monday, September 21st 2015, 17:23
related places: Mogadishu

A car bomb explodes at the gate of Somalia's presidential palace in the capital Mogadishu, killing at least six people, witnesses say.
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UAE woman sues Kenya over 'rendition'

Monday, September 14th 2015, 18:23
related countries: Ethiopia Ethiopia, Kenya Kenya, United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates

A United Arab Emirates (UAE) woman is suing the Kenyan authorities, saying she was kidnapped by police, taken to Somalia and Ethiopia, and tortured.
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US reopens Somalia mission in Kenya

Tuesday, September 8th 2015, 21:51
related countries: Kenya Kenya, United States United States

The US reopens its mission to Somalia in Kenya, the latest step in restoring diplomatic ties since it withdrew from the country two decades ago.
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Ugandan bodies flown home from Somalia

Thursday, September 3rd 2015, 11:56
related countries: Uganda Uganda

The bodies of 10 Ugandan soldiers killed in Somalia by militant Islamist group al-Shabab have been flown back home.
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Al-Shabab attacks AU military base

Tuesday, September 1st 2015, 15:53

Fighters from the al-Shabab militant Islamist group overrun an African Union military base in southern Somalia inflicting heavy casualties, witnesses tell the BBC.
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VIDEO: Changing times in Somalia's 'pirate village'

Monday, August 31st 2015, 22:35
related countries: United Kingdom United Kingdom

There are warnings about a new outbreak of piracy off Somalia's coast in spite of an international naval taskforce and UK backed efforts to build stability onshore in the Horn of Africa.
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Somalia warns of return to piracy

Monday, August 31st 2015, 11:34

Why piracy could return to Somalia
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Troops charged over Somalia deaths

Friday, August 21st 2015, 16:27
related countries: Uganda Uganda

Three Ugandan soldiers have been charged over the killing last month of civilians at a wedding in Somalia, the African Union says.
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Kenya names 'al-Shabab recruiters'

Tuesday, August 18th 2015, 18:20
related countries: Kenya Kenya

Kenyan police name three men it believes to be the major recruiters of young Kenyans to Islamist terror groups, especially Somalia's al-Shabab.
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Somali wedding 'raided by AU troops'

Friday, August 14th 2015, 16:52
related places: Merca

African Union forces allegedly killed six members of a family at a wedding in Somalia's port town of Merca last month, Human Rights Watch says.
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UK firm faces Somalia payments probe

Monday, August 3rd 2015, 22:16
related countries: United Kingdom United Kingdom

A British oil company paid hundreds of thousands of dollars which went to senior Somali civil servants, according to a UN report seen by the BBC.
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Kenya's Garissa campus 'must reopen'

Thursday, July 30th 2015, 17:41
related countries: Kenya Kenya
related places: Garissa

Peace activists in Kenya are calling for the reopening of the college where 148 people were killed by gunmen from the Somalia-based al-Shabab group.
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'German bomber' struck Somali hotel

Monday, July 27th 2015, 18:15
related countries: Germany Germany

A German of Somali origin is suspected to have been the suicide bomber who struck a hotel in Somalia, an intelligence officer says.
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