A South African security trainer was killed by his bodyguard in Somalia’s semiautonomous region of Puntland, officials said.
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/ 25 January 2012
US military forces flew into Somalia to free hostages and killed nine pirates in a night-time helicopter raid.
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/ 24 December 2011
Somali officials say they are pleading with US authorities to persuade banks to reconsider a decision to block money transfers from Minnesota.
Three people were killed after suicide bombers attacked an African Union peacekeeping base in the Somali capital on Monday.
Five simultaneous suicide attacks targeted African Union bases in the Somali capital of Mogadishu, officials have said.
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/ 7 November 2010
A man was shot dead on Sunday after he refused to disembark from a yacht in the Indian Ocean that was hijacked by Somali pirates last week.
Two explosions at a mosque in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu on Saturday killed 39 worshippers, wounded scores more.
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/ 12 February 2010
Violence in Mogadishu killed at least 24 people on Wednesday, and thousands of Somalis fled the capital fearing a government offensive.
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/ 4 December 2009
A suicide bomber disguised as a veiled woman killed at least 19 people including three Somali government ministers on Thursday.
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/ 11 November 2009
Somali pirates said on Wednesday they had hijacked a fishing vessel and another ship in the Indian Ocean believed to be carrying oil.