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Somalia’s insurgent group al Shabaab introduced sharia law in Baidoa on Tuesday, a day after taking the town that had been a government stronghold.
Somali lawmakers delay presidential vote
Somali lawmakers on Tuesday extended by five days the time period needed to elect a new president.
Ethiopian troops accused of killing Somali civilians
Ethiopian troops allied to Somalia’s shaky government shot dead 13 civilians after an explosion killed two soldiers on Wednesday, witnesses in south-western Somalia said. Witness…
Somali police chief survives attack
Gunmen threw grenades at the home of the regional police chief in south-western Somalia, killing two of his grandchildren and a bodyguard while he escaped injury, authorities…