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We have started to collect the most important news related to Somalia in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.
Will a new private navy scare off Somali pirates?
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Somalia's president escapes unharmed from an ambush by Islamist militants on his convoy after a visit to newly captured Afgoye town.
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African Union (AU) forces in Somalia say they have captured a strategic town near the capital, Mogadishu, after Islamist militants pulled out.
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Leaders of Somalia's disparate factions agree a historic deal to elect a new president by 20 August to end the country's two-decade political crisis.
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Thousands of Somalis flee fighting as African Union troops advance on Afgoye, a stronghold near the capital of the Islamist militant group al-Shabab.
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Somali government soldiers are among five people killed in two bomb attacks in the capital Mogadishu blamed on al-Shabab Islamist fighters.
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Expat millionaire 'thanked' by poor Somalis for being rich
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EU naval forces have conducted their first raid on pirate bases on the Somali mainland, saying they have destroyed several boats.
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EU naval forces conduct their first raid on pirate bases on the Somali mainland, saying they have destroyed several boats.
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OmanA Greek-owned oil tanker has been hijacked by suspected Somali pirates in the Arabian Sea near Oman, the ship's operator says.
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United KingdomA British man has gone on trial in the Kenyan city of Mombasa, accused of plotting bomb attacks and of having links to Islamist militants in Somalia.
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Kenya, United KingdomJermaine Grant, a Briton on trial in Kenya for an alleged bomb plot, was linked to the widow of a 7/7 London bomber, the prosecution alleges.
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Kenya, United KingdomA British man accused of links to Somalia's Islamist extremists appears in court in Kenya for allegedly plotting a bomb attack.
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The BBC gained rare access to a Somaliland prison to speak to convicted Somali pirates held there and heard a suprising defence for their notorious actions.
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Seven people, including two MPs, are killed in a suicide attack in central Somalia, which the al-Shabab group says it carried out.
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United KingdomUK model questions her fate if she had remained in Somalia
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United StatesA US jury convicts a Somali man of piracy for serving as a hostage negotiator in the hijacking of a US yacht where all four on board were killed.
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The Somali government is trying to raise the public's awareness of the increased dangers of landmines in the capital Mogadishu.
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After years of war, Somalia's women escape to the gym
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Young Somalis are shunning traditional garments for more fashionable, imported clothes.
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Poor rainfall forecast for Somalia threatens its recovery from last year's devastating famine, aid agencies say.
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A number of al-Shabab militants, including senior officials, move north to the mountains of semi-autonomous Puntland after being pushed out of central Somalia, Puntland's president tells the BBC.
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At least 12 people are killed and dozens injured as a bomb explodes in a market area of the central Somalia town of Baidoa.
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At least 12 people are killed and dozens injured as a bomb explodes in a market area of the central Somalia town of Baidoa.
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The head of Somalia's Olympic committee and its football chief are among eight people killed in a bomb attack on a high-profile event in Mogadishu.
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The heads of Somalia's Olympic committee and football association are among eight people killed by a bomb blast in Mogadishu's newly reopened national theatre.
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Images as Mogadishu's fish market returns to life
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MaldivesMaldives officials say Somali pirates have hijacked a cargo ship and 23 crew - the first such seizure in the island chain's waters.
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EthiopiaEthiopian forces and pro-Somali government troops capture a major base from al-Shabab militants, residents say.
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The European Union expands its mission against Somali pirates, by allowing military forces to attack land targets as well as those at sea.
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United Arab EmiratesSomali ex-warlord Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed - the first president of the country's interim government - dies aged 77 in the United Arab Emirates.
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Kenya, United KingdomA woman kidnapped from a remote beach resort in Kenya and held hostage in Somalia for more than six months is preparing to return home to Britain.
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Kenya, United KingdomThe family of a British hostage pay a ransom to secure her release in Somalia, six months after she was captured and her husband killed in Kenya.
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The Somali National Theatre reopens in Mogadishu more than two decades after it was closed amid civil war.
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A Somali family of four are among six people killed as militants fire mortars on a refugee camp near the presidential palace in Mogadishu, officials say.
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Somali government troops, backed by African Union forces, have for the first time seized an area outside the capital Mogadishu from the Islamist group al-Shabab.
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UgandaWounded Ugandan soldier tells of Somalia mission
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At least five people are killed in a suicide bomb attack by the gates of the presidential palace in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, officials say.
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As Somali piracy grows as a threat for vessels sailing in the Gulf of Aden, an increasing number of ships are using armed security teams to protect themselves.
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On board an oil tanker in waters roamed by pirates
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The BBC's Security Correspondent Frank Gardner reports from a tanker in the Gulf of Aden off the coast of Somalia, following a recent increase in pirate attacks there.
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EthiopiaIslamist militants of al-Shabab ambush Ethiopian troops in central Somalia, resulting in dozens of casualties, reports say.
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Over the past 20 years, poverty, poor governance and a flood of weapons into Somalia have combined to make piracy a growing problem for ships sailing the Gulf of Aden.
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