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UK says 400 000 Somali children at risk of death
Britain’s international development secretary on Wednesday warned that up to 400 000 children could die if urgent action was not taken.
Acting Somali prime minister named as PM
Somalia’s acting Prime Minister, Abdiweli Mohamed Ali, was given the job full time on Thursday by President Sheikh Sharif Ahmed.
Al-Shabaab orders UN food agency to leave Somalia
Somalia’s hard-line Islamist rebel group al-Shabaab has ordered the UN food agency to halt all operations and leave the failed country.
Suicide bomber kills three Somali govt ministers
A suicide bomber disguised as a veiled woman killed at least 19 people including three Somali government ministers on Thursday.
Mogadishu blast kills Somali govt ministers
An explosion that tore through a hotel in Somalia’s lawless capital, Mogadishu, on Thursday killed three government ministers.
Somalia’s al-Shabaab threatens Uganda, Burundi
Somalia’s hard-line al-Shabaab insurgents said they will strike the capitals of Burundi and Uganda in revenge for rocket attacks by peacekeepers.
Clashes leave trail of death in Mogadishu
Artillery battles between Islamist insurgents, Somali government forces and AU peacekeepers killed at least 30 people on Thursday.
Blasts rock AU base in Somalia
Two big explosions rocked an African Union peacekeeping base in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Thursday, wounding several troops, witnesses said.
Fighting kills dozens in Somali capital
Somali government troops backed by African Union peacekeepers battled insurgents on Sunday in clashes that killed at least 43 people.
Islamist rebels seize strategic Somali town
Islamist insurgents closed in on Somalia’s coastal capital after seizing another strategic town north of Mogadishu on Monday.
Ethiopian troops quit main bases in Mogadishu
Ethiopian soldiers supporting Somalia’s Western-backed interim government quit their main bases in Mogadishu on Tuesday, witnesses said.
UN office in Mogadishu comes under attack
Gunmen attacked a United Nations World Health Organisation (WHO) office in Mogadishu and wounded a guard in the latest strike near the world body’s facilities in Somalia since…