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Heavy fighting broke out on Thursday between rival Islamist factions in the Somali port of Kismayo, shattering a key alliance.
Islamists stone Somali woman to death for adultery
Somali Islamists have stoned to death a woman accused of adultery in the first such public killing by the militants for about two years.
Rival Somali Islamists feud over control of port city
A radical Somali Islamist faction linked to al-Qaeda, which took control of the southern port city of Kismayo, has angered moderate Islamists.
Aid workers killed in Somalia blast
Two Somalis and two foreign aid workers working for the Dutch arm of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) were killed by a roadside bomb on Monday near the southern Somali port of…
Somali troops briefly seize port in pay row
Several hundred Somali soldiers briefly seized the southern port of Kismayu in a protest over unpaid salaries in the latest sign of the turmoil plaguing the Horn of Africa…
Ethiopians parade captured Islamist cleric in Somalia
Ethiopian soldiers paraded on Tuesday a wounded senior cleric captured in south Somalia during the pursuit of remnants of an Islamist movement ousted from Mogadishu. Bearded…
Islamic forcees abandon stronghold in Somalia
Islamic fighters abandoned the last major town they held early on Monday and were seen heading south toward the Kenyan border while government forces approached slowly because of…
Islamists clash with southern Somali militia
Troops loyal to powerful Somali Islamists clashed with rival militia fighters in a southern town, killing four and stoking fears of mounting violence in the Horn of Africa…
Somali Islamists fire shots to disperse protest
Somali Islamists arrested 35 people and shot in the air to disperse a protest in Kismayo against the new administration at the key port it seized last month, witnesses said on…
Somali Islamists vow holy war against enemies
Somalia’s radical Islamic leaders held a rally on Wednesday that drew thousands of mostly women and students in the port city of Kismayo, and vowed to wage holy war against any…
Islamic militia open fire on demonstrators in Somalia
Islamic fighters opened fire on stone-throwing demonstrators in a key Somali seaport on Thursday, in a third day of protests over their seizure of the town. No casualties were…
Somali Islamists disarm militia after port takeover
Somali Islamists disarmed hundreds of militiamen in the port of Kismayo on Wednesday, seizing battlewagons and guns in a move to further cement their control over the city they…
Somali Islamists open fire on protesters
Islamist fighters opened fire in the direction of protesters in Somalia’s southern port of Kismayo on Monday, wounding at least two, witnesses said. The shooting came as several…
Somali Islamists vow to fight peacekeepers
Islamist gunmen patrolled Kismayo, a key southern port, on Monday, vowing to impose strict sharia law just hours after they seized the town in a new threat to Somalia’s weak…