US eyes anti-piracy effort along west Africa coast
The U.S. and some of its allies are considering plans to increase anti-piracy operations along Africa's west coast, spurred on by concerns that money ...
Gunmen kill female journalist in Somalia
A media colleague says that gunmen in Somalia have shot and killed a female Somali journalist. Abdikarim Ahmed Bulhan, the director of Abudwak radio ...
Will $5M bring down tweeting, rapping US jihadi?
Will the allure of a $5 million reward be the downfall of a tweeting, rapping American jihadi who once fought alongside the Somali militant group ...
Somali rebels stone to death man for sexual act
A militant official and a Somali resident say al-Shabab fighters have stoned to death a man for carrying out a homosexual sex act. The resident, Yusuf ...
String of attacks in Somali capital slows progress
Isaq Ahmed lifted his head from his hands, his eyes clouded with tears, as he looked at the crowd gathered near the twisted wreckage from a car bomb ...
Car bomb explodes near bus in Mogadishu; 7 dead
An explosives-laden car that apparently was targeting a truck full of Somali government officials instead hit a civilian car and exploded, setting a ...
Somali court overturns conviction of journalist
Somalia's Supreme Court has overturned a widely criticized conviction of a journalist who was sentenced to six months in prison after he interviewed ...
Global warming may have fueled Somali drought
Global warming may have contributed to low rain levels in Somalia in 2011 where tens of thousands died in a famine, research by British climate ...
Shipper: 3 sailors kidnapped off Nigeria are freed
Three sailors — including two Russians — have been freed following weeks in captivity after pirates raided their cargo ship off the coasts of Nigeria ...
French official: Syrian rebels need arms
The European Union will soon have to consider allowing munitions to be funneled to the outgunned Syrian rebels fighting to overthrow the regime of ...
Violent start in Kenyan election; police killed
Five years after more than 1,000 people were killed in election-related violence, Kenyans on Monday began casting votes in a nationwide election seen ...
Somalia: Court clears woman convicted in rape case
A Somali appeals court on Sunday dropped charges against a woman who alleged she was raped by government security forces and had been convicted of ...
Somalia: Suicide bomber and diner killed in attack
A suicide bomber detonated explosives inside a seaside restaurant in Somalia's capital on Friday, killing himself and one diner, a police official ...
Somalis using fake passports on Turkish airline
Somalis aided by human traffickers are using fake passports to board the Mogadishu-to-Istanbul flight as a way to flee to Europe, a Somali official ...
USAID chief visits Mogadishu, says US is committed
Signaling the latest step forward in rapidly strengthening U.S.-Somalia relations, the administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development ...
7 killed in mosque attack in Kenya's east
Gunmen armed with AK-47 rifles opened fire at a mosque in Kenya's east, killing seven people, an official said Thursday, in an attack less than two ...
Minnesota congressman arrives in Mogadishu
A U.S. congressman visited Somalia's capital on Tuesday, the first visit in years by a member of Congress to what until recently was considered one ...
Somalia: $50,000 for info on journalists' killers
The Somali government is offering a $50,000 reward for information that leads to the convictions of those killing journalists, the country's prime ...
Somalia: Blast on beachfront restaurant kills 1
A Somali police officer says a car bomb detonated by remote control has killed one person and wounded two others in Somalia's capital. Mohamed Hassan ...
Somali militants claim to execute Kenyan soldier
Al-Qaeda-linked militants in Somalia claimed Friday that they have executed a Kenyan soldier after the Nairobi government failed to meet their demands
Somalia : Journalist freed but may face charges
A Somali journalist was freed after being detained without charges for more than a week for speaking out against the imprisonment of a fellow reporter
Group: Somali journalist detained without trial
A Somali journalist is being detained without charge in Somalia for speaking out against the imprisonment of a fellow reporter, said an international ...
Report: AU troops in Somalia killed 7 civilians
A joint Somali-African Union investigation into a case of civilian casualties found that African Union troops killed seven civilians, including five ...
Bomb attack in Somalia targets police commander
Police in Somalia say a suicide car bomb attack that targeted a senior police commander in a central Somali town killed only the bomber. Ali Abdinor, ...
Africa pirates kidnap 3 sailors in Gulf of Guinea
Pirates off the coast of Nigeria and Cameroon attacked a ship and kidnapped three sailors, including two Russians, in the latest assault on shippers ...
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