- 17 May 2013 00:00 - Tiseke Kasambala
- Africa's leaders should also do some serious reflection on why they haven't made sufficient progress on human rights, writes Tiseke Kasambala.
- 05 May 2013 11:51 - Reuters
- A suicide bomber hit a convoy of cars carrying Qatari officials through the centre of Somalia's capital Mogadishu on Sunday.
- 16 Apr 2013 10:05 - Sapa, Reuters,
- The South African government has expressed shock at the recent violent attacks in the Somali capital of Mogadishu.
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- 06 Feb 2013 06:28 - Clar Ni Chonghaile
- A Somali woman who said she was raped by state security forces and a journalist who interviewed her have both been sentenced to a year in jail.
- 18 Jan 2013 13:06 - Sapa-AP
- Unknown gunmen have shot dead a Somali radio producer, the first journalist to be killed this year, said a Somali radio station editor.
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- 18 Jan 2013 11:22 - Sapa-AFP
- As a way of acknowledging the east African government, US President Barack Obama has met Somalia's new President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud.
- 17 Jan 2013 12:28 - Sapa
- Al-Shabab extremists in Somalia say they have executed a French agent who they held captive since 2009.
- 12 Jan 2013 13:09 - AFP
- Al-Shabab insurgents have warned France of "bitter consequences" to a failed raid in Somalia which left two French soldiers and 17 "terrorists" dead.
- 12 Jan 2013 11:35 - Reuters
- French military helicopters have attacked a base belonging to al Shabaab insurgents in southern Somalia to rescue a French secret agent.
- 29 Nov 2012 16:32
- We showcase some of this week's best images, from volcanoes in the ocean in Hawaii to Chihuahuas in Cuba.
- 27 Nov 2012 12:06 - Iman Hassan
- Iman Hassan reflects on her trip to Nairobi, and her dismay at finding that she and other Somalis are no longer welcome in her home country.
- 25 Nov 2012 12:46 - AFP
- Somalia's al-Shabaab fighters briefly took control of a small town on the border with Kenya in a battle that left at least 12 people dead.
- 20 Nov 2012 15:05 - Sapa-AFP
- Violence has broken out again in Kenya's northeast, with eight people shot and wounded, a day after security forces cracked down on rioters.
- 26 Oct 2012 00:00 - David Smith, Clar Ni Chonghaile,
- Somali piracy has fallen to a three-year low because of co-ordinated action by international navies and the enlistment of armed security guards.
- 05 Oct 2012 00:00 - Nastasya Tay
- They might have been driven out of Somalia's second city, but Islamist militant group al-Shebab have a plan B. Nastasya Tay reports.
- 23 Sep 2012 11:23 - Reuters
- Islamist rebels said they shot dead a Somali lawmaker in Mogadishu on Saturday and threatened to kill every legislator in the country.
- 21 Sep 2012 12:18 - Abdi Sheikh
- Two suicide bombers walked into a restaurant in central Mogadishu and killed at least 15 people on Thursday, police said.
