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Ankara orders the closure of two schools and a hospital in Somalia linked to the US-based cleric as part of a wider effort to erode his influence.
The AU says that three peacekeepers and five Islamist gunmen were killed in the ensuing battle, which saw the gunmen infiltrate the base in Mogadishu.
Sheikh Ahmad Umar Abu Ubaidah has replaced slain Al-Shabab leader Ahmed Godane, who was killed in a US air strike.
Militant group al-Shabab has claimed responsibility for an attack which the United Nations has called an "attack against the people".
A failed raid in Somalia and anger at the capture of an al-Qaeda leader in Libya has focused on the US’s problems in its fight against militants.
The British Foreign Office has confirmed that a British man has been arrested in Kenya following the siege at Westgate mall that has left dozens dead.
At least 16 people were killed as two car bombs exploded outside the law courts in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu and gunmen stormed the building.
Two suicide bombers walked into a restaurant in central Mogadishu and killed at least 15 people on Thursday, police said.
Al-Shabab militants are advancing towards the port city of Kismayu, raising fears of a bloody clash with African Union soldiers.
Ethiopian troops and clan militia fighters forced al-Qaeda-linked militants to flee a Somali town after heavy clashes on Saturday.
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.
A suicide bomber blew himself up at the gates of the presidential palace in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Monday.
Somalia’s prime minister will face a new confidence vote in Parliament on Saturday as a power struggle comes to a head.
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.
Violence in Mogadishu killed at least 24 people on Wednesday, and thousands of Somalis fled the capital fearing a government offensive.
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.
Officers arrested a Somali man attempting to board a Dubai-bound plane in November in Mogadishu with a white powder, liquid and syringes.
An explosion that tore through a hotel in Somalia’s lawless capital, Mogadishu, on Thursday killed three government ministers.
Artillery battles between Islamist insurgents, Somali government forces and AU peacekeepers killed at least 30 people on Thursday.
