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/ 17 September 2011
Somalia has banned foreign aid workers and journalists from entering areas controlled by al-Shabaab insurgents, in fear of attacks on them.
After four years of conflict, Mogadishu bears the signs of a city slowly rising from the ruins of war, which killed about 20 000 people.
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/ 21 September 2010
A suicide bomber blew himself up at the gates of the presidential palace in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Monday.
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/ 17 September 2010
Somalia’s prime minister will face a new confidence vote in Parliament on Saturday as a power struggle comes to a head.
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/ 1 September 2010
A Somali rebel group has told the Horn of Africa nation’s leader to quit power and said hardline Islamists had succeeded where government had failed.
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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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/ 11 January 2010
At least 18 people were killed in fighting on Monday in two central Somali towns where rebels battled a pro-government militia and each other.
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/ 31 December 2009
Officers arrested a Somali man attempting to board a Dubai-bound plane in November in Mogadishu with a white powder, liquid and syringes.
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/ 3 December 2009
An explosion that tore through a hotel in Somalia’s lawless capital, Mogadishu, on Thursday killed three government ministers.
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/ 22 October 2009
Artillery battles between Islamist insurgents, Somali government forces and AU peacekeepers killed at least 30 people on Thursday.