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/ 19 October 2009
Hardline al-Shabaab rebels have destroyed a mosque and the grave of a revered Sufi Muslim sheikh in central Somalia.
Somalia’s al-Shabaab rebels took full control of the southern port of Kismayu on Friday.
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/ 30 September 2009
Somalia’s al-Shabaab rebels said on Wednesday they would fight rival Hizbul Islam militants for control of the port of Kismayu.
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/ 18 September 2009
Somalia’s al-Shabaab insurgents have six more stolen United Nations vehicles primed as suicide bombs, the government said on Friday.
Clashes in central Somalia and the capital have killed at least 46 people, officials and peace groups said on Thursday.
Hardline Islamist insurgents in Somalia’s capital fired mortar bombs at the presidential palace and attacked AU peacekeepers on Saturday evening.
Ethiopia’s government on Tuesday denied reports from Somali residents that it had sent soldiers back into the neighbouring Horn of Africa country.
Thousands of residents fled bomb-blasted north Mogadishu on Tuesday where fighting has killed at least 113 civilians.
Gunmen have demanded a -million ransom for the release of three aid workers taken over the weekend, a local elder said on Monday.
US special forces freed an American ship’s captain by killing three Somali pirates who held him hostage in a lifeboat, ending a five-day stand-off.