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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 ...

Austrian may be senior Al-qaeda figure: report

Prosecutors in Vienna have opened an investigation into a young Austrian suspected of being a senior member of ...

Pirates attack oil tanker off Yemen, crew safe - (d)

Pirates fired a rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) into a fuel oil tanker near the Yemeni port of Aden on Wednesday ...

India detains fresh group of suspected Somali pirates

Indian police have detained 18 suspected Somali pirates -- the second batch to be taken into custody in Gujarat state ...

Yemen, Somalia discuss bilateral coop

A Yemeni envoy and a Somali official reviewed Wednesday bilateral relations between the two countries and ways of ...

Deaths of seafarers in Somali pirate attacks soar

The number of seafarers killed due to Somali piracy has escalated in the past four years, with 62 merchant sailors ...

Somali premier resigns under Kampala accord

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

Somali pirates free German ship after ransom paid

Somali pirates have freed a German-owned cargo ship, seized in April, after they received a ransom, a pirate and ...

Egypt boat held by Somali pirates freed after 10 months

An Egyptian boat seized with its 22-member crew by pirates off the coast of Somalia in August 2010 has been freed, an ...

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 ...

Indonesia, S Korean navies to cooperate in tackling piracy

The Indonesian and South Korean navies have agreed to cooperate in handling piracy and a variety of other crimes at ...