#somali

Collection of somali news, found 226 news.

Seychelles invites China to set up anti-piracy base

The Seychelles on Friday invited Beijing to set up a military base on the archipelago to beef up the fight against ...

Somali pirates jailed for French kidnapping

A French court on Wednesday jailed five Somali men for between four and eight years for taking a French couple hostage ...

Eight killed in Mogadishu bombings

A suicide bomber attacked a military compound in the Somali capital on Wednesday, killing four soldiers and narrowly ...

Italian ship hijacked by pirates in April freed: reports

An Italian merchant ship hijacked by Somali pirates in April in the Arabian Sea near Oman with six Italians and 15 ...

Kenyan soldier killed in blast near Somalia border

A Kenyan soldier was killed after an improvised bomb struck a military truck near the Somali border on Thursday, the ...

AU backs Kenyan troops joining its Somali force

The African Union said Friday it supported Kenya`s offer to send troops to bolster its force protecting the embattled ...

Kenya offers troops for AU Somalia force

Kenya said Wednesday it was willing to send troops to join the African Union force in Somalia, one month after it sent ...

Somali forces attack rebels near strategic town

Somali forces allied to Kenya attacked an al Shabaab base near Afmadow on Friday and said they would press towards the ...

Crew recapture Taiwan ship from Somali pirates

The crew of a Taiwanese fishing vessel fought against armed Somali pirates to retake their ship after it was hijacked ...

Somali rebels say will subject Kenya to `endless war`

Somalia`s Shebab rebels said Thursday they were building defences that would plunge Kenyan forces battling them into ...

Somali pirates hijack Greek-owned chemical tanker

Somali pirates have hijacked a Greek-owned chemical tanker with 22 people on board in the Gulf of Aden and are taking ...

US citizen perpetrated Somali suicide bombing: Islamist

An American citizen of Somali origin was one of the two suicide bombers behind a twin attack on a pro-government ...

Somali rebel commander urges attacks against Kenya

Somalia`s Al-Qaeda-linked Shebab rebels on Thursday called on its operatives in Kenya to launch reprisal attacks ...

Somali govt says no agreement on Kenyan troops

Somalia said Wednesday it had not agreed with Kenya for its troops to enter the south of the Horn of Africa nation to ...

Somali Shebab rebels show dozens of dead AU peacekeepers

Somalia`s Al-Qaeda-linked Shebab rebels displayed "over 70" dead bodies outside Mogadishu Thursday, that they claimed ...