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Somali rebels: Up to $8K to kill Kenyan forces
An intelligence message intercepted from an al-Qaida-linked Somali militant group shows that the rebels are being offered up to $8,000 as a reward for ...
Piracy group: Make sure Somali pirates aren't paid
A U.K.-led Piracy Ransom Task Force says the shipping industry must adopt additional measures to ensure that payments aren't made to pirates after a ...
Somalia: AU, gov't troops take town from rebels
African Union and Somali troops have taken a rebel stronghold north of the Somali capital, another setback for the al-Shabab extremists who once ...
Somalia bottoms out in transparency survey
Somalia has bottomed out in an annual ranking of the perceived corruption of nations, joining Afghanistan and North Korea.
Official: Militants kill 12 soldiers in Somalia
Islamist extremists attacked an army post in northeastern Somalia, killing 12 soldiers in one of the deadliest attacks in recent months by the ...
UN holds funding appeal in Mogadishu
The United Nations has launched its aid appeal for Somalia in the capital, Mogadishu, for the first time in two decades. The U.N. on Tuesday said that ...
Report: Impunity endangers Somalia's journalists
Somalia's journalists are urging their new government and the international community to help end the impunity they say is contributing to making ...
More violence in Kenya as Somali tensions rise
More than a dozen people have been shot, one woman has died and hundreds of shops were burned to the ground in this eastern Kenyan town amid rising ...
Riot in Kenya after bus bombing kills 9 in capital
Kenyan police fired bullets and tear gas in downtown Nairobi on Monday in an effort to stop rioters from fighting with ethnic Somalis one day after ...
UN Security Council debates the spread of piracy
Centuries after piracy was recognized as the first international crime against humanity, its spread around the world has prompted the U.N.
US military behind Africa news websites
The website's headlines trumpet al-Shabab's imminent demise and describe an American jihadist fretting over insurgent infighting. At first glance it ...
Al-Qaida leader urges Muslims to fight in Somalia
Al-Qaida's leader is urging Muslims to join militants in Somalia in the battle against African Union troops, which he says have been boosted by U.S.
Suicide bombers attack restaurant in Somalia
A police official says a security guard died while fending off suicide bombers who were trying to storm into a popular Mogadishu restaurant.
As peace expands in Somalia, gov't wants weapons
Should Somalia's fledgling government be allowed to import weapons to arm its nascent military? With areas under government control increasing and the ...
Kenyan official: 2,700 Ugandans dead in Somalia
The number of African Union troops killed while battling Somali militants has always been a tightly held secret, but a top Kenyan official says more ...
German aid for refugee clinics may be in jeopardy
A restructuring of German aid policies could jeopardize medical assistance for tens of thousands of Somali refugees in a camp in Kenya, diplomats ...
Another Somali journalist killed, 18th this year
Journalists in Somalia's capital say gunmen have targeted and killed another media worker, bringing the number of Somali journalists killed this year ...
17th killed: Somali journalist dies of wounds
A radio station editor in Somalia says a journalist who was attacked by gunmen last week has died of his wounds, bringing the number of journalists ...
Number of murdered Somali reporters grows to 16
The list of murdered Somali journalists keeps growing longer, and no one seems able to stop it. The death of Ahmed Saakin Farah brought the number to ...
Italian foreign minister makes Somalia visit
Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi has made the first visit to Somalia by a top Italian official in decades, expressing Rome's commitment to support the ...
World sea piracy falls to lowest level since 2008
Sea piracy worldwide fell to its lowest level since 2008 over the first nine months of this year as navies and shipping companies cracked down on ...
Somali pirates free ship after nearly 2 years
A pirate commander in Somalia says that a cargo ship was freed after being held captive for nearly two years. Hassan Abdi said Saturday that a ...
3 detained in French probe of would-be jihadists
French police have arrested three people in an investigation of suspects plotting to travel to conflict zones in Yemen and Somalia to join jihadist ...
AU, Somali troops try to win back country roads
African Union peacekeepers must drive along rough dirt roads that snake through sand dunes and shrubs to reach newly won territory in Somalia's ...
Dutch court convicts 9 Somalis of piracy
A Dutch court has convicted nine Somali men of piracy and sentenced them to four-and-a-half years imprisonment after they were detained following a ...