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Gunmen kill Somali lawmaker: official

Armed men shot and killed a Somali lawmaker in the capital Mogadishu on Sunday, officials and witnesses said. ...

AU forces battle rebels in drought-hit Mogadishu

Somali government forces and African Union troops battled insurgents on Thursday in heavy fighting in the capital ...

UN to start airlifting food to Somalia

The UN World Food Programme was set on Tuesday to start airlifting food to Somalia, Ethiopia and Kenya after an ...

Somalia famine `worst I have ever seen`: aid chief

The plight of children escaping from famine in Somalia is "the worst I have ever seen," the head of the UN`s World ...

"Everyone thought it was Islamists": Oslo taxi driver

In the aftermath of the twin attacks that left 93 people dead, Oslo`s Muslim community has told how they felt under ...

UN to start airlifting food aid into Mogadishu: WFP

The World Food Programme will start airlifting aid into Mogadishu "within days", the UN agency`s director said ...

Somali Women's Minister Abducted By Islamists

Al Qaeda-inspired insurgents abducted and detained Somalia's newly appointed women's minister Thursday while she was ...

Somali rebels welcome UN famine declaration

Somalia`s Al Qaeda-inspired insurgents on Wednesday welcomed the United Nations declaration of famine in parts of the ...

Somali premier resigns under Kampala accord

Somali Prime Minister Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed on Sunday announced he was resigning following an agreement ending the ...

Pirated ship catches fire off Somalia, crew rescued

Somali pirates rescued nineteen crew members of the MV ORNA after their hijacked ship caught fire off the Horn of ...

Somalia vows to defeat Qaeda after killing Mohammed

Somalia`s president said his security forces will defeat al Qaeda and its affiliate militants in the war-ravaged ...

Somalia says killed top Al Qaeda African operative

Somali police said on Saturday that Fazul Abdullah Mohammed, one of Africa`s most wanted al Qaeda operatives, was ...

Somali pirates free Kuwaiti oil tanker

Somali pirates say they freed a UAE-flagged, Kuwaiti-owned oil tanker after a $12-million ransom was paid.The 105,846 ...

Somali interior minister dies after suicide attack

Somali Interior Minister Abdishakur Sheikh Hassan died on Friday after a suicide attack at his home, apparently ...

Somali militants aiming to attack abroad: CIA chief

Al-Qaeda linked militants who control much of Somalia are looking to extend their operations and carry out attacks ...