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Ship raided as Somali piracy stand-off continues
Somali forces raided one of the many ships hijacked off the country’s coast as a deadline loomed in a stand-off aboard another, arms-laden vessel.
Piracy stand-off continues near Somalia
Crew members aboard a Ukrainian ship hijacked off the coast of Somalia are living in fear of the pirates, says the United States Navy.
Somali Islamists threaten peace delegates
Troops stepped up security across the Somali capital on Saturday after Islamists threatened to disrupt this weekend’s peace conference, saying anyone who takes part ”is sentenced…
Mixed reactions as guns fall silent in Mogadishu
Guns and mortar launchers were silent on Friday as residents of Somalia’s shattered capital gave mixed reactions to the government’s claim of victory after nine days of fierce…
Somalia faces aid difficulties as fighting rages
Somalia’s government is holding up vital aid to tens of thousands of people as car bombs and street fighting brought the death toll to nearly 1Â 500 in less than a month, sending…
Kenya tightens border with Somalia
Kenya sent extra troops to the Somali frontier, stepped up security checks and said on Wednesday it saw no reason for Somalis to flee, underlining fears about Somali Islamic…
Islamic forces retreat in Somalia
Islamic fighters retreated from the main front line in Somalia early on Tuesday after a week of artillery and mortar duels and attacks by government and Ethiopian troops,…
Somalia’s Islamic militia advance on govt base
Somalia’s radical Islamic militia has advanced to within 20km of the only town controlled by the government, the closest the fighters have gotten to the fragile administration’s…
New plan to resolve problems in Somali govt
Somalia President Abdullahi Yusuf has told Parliament that the prime minister will name a leaner, better qualified Cabinet to resolve differences in the government and prepare it…
Planes, resignations cause turmoil in Somalia
A second large cargo plane delivered tons of unidentified equipment on Friday to the Islamic militia that controls Somalia’s capital, adding to growing fears that civil war could…
Somali gunmen kill two World Cup fans
Radical Islamic militia fighters in central Somalia shot and killed two people at the screening of a banned World Cup soccer broadcast, an independent radio station reported. The…
Tenuous Somalia ceasefire broken by Islamic militia
Days after a radical cleric took charge of Somalia’s Islamic militia, a clan leader said the militia broke a ceasefire to seize a clan-held checkpoint outside the capital…