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Somalia lawmakers to vote for new president
Somalia’s Parliament votes on Monday for a new president in what the UN has described as a historic election for the war-torn nation.
First international flight in 20 years lands in Mogadishu
Turkish Airlines has landed its maiden flight to Mogadishu, the first international commercial flight to the war-torn capital of Somalia in 20 years.
‘Somalia is in the hands of al-Qaeda’
Somalia’s president pleaded for help on Monday at a regional summit, as an al-Qaeda-inspired insurgency closed in on his Mogadishu palace.
Mogadishu bloodshed mars president’s anniversary
VIPs on Friday feted the first year of Somali President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed’s shaky rule as fighting rocked a theatre where they were gathered.
Hundreds of Somalis flee heavy clashes
Heavy fighting erupted on Tuesday in a previously quiet part of the Somali capital sending hundreds of residents fleeing, officials said.
Somali Islamist leader commits to new peace plan
Somalia’s top exiled Islamist leader on Wednesday pledged his camp’s commitment to a new peace drive but warned the movement would keep up its struggle against what it calls…
Death toll mounts in Mogadishu
Ethiopian troops shelled suspected Islamist hideouts on Friday in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, where some of the worst clashes in months have left at least 43 dead in two days,…
Somali president in crisis talks to find new PM
Somali President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed called crisis talks on Tuesday to find a new prime minister as the country’s shaky government faced a mounting challenge from Islamist…