
France ups terror threat level after Mali strike
The French president says the country will raise its domestic terror threat level after military action in Mali and Somalia, promising to increase ...
Somali pirates free 3 Syrian hostages
A Somali official says three Syrian hostages held by Somali pirates have been released after more than two years in captivity. Mohamed Aden Ticey, an ...

Al-Qaida presence in Mali, Yemen and Afghanistan
President Barack Obama and Afghan President Hamid Karzai met Friday to discuss bringing down the curtain in the long Afghan war. As U.S.
Ethiopian court finds 10 guilty of terror charges
Ten men were found guilty Tuesday by an Ethiopian court of plotting terror attacks with Islamist extremist rebels from neighboring Somalia.
MSF: More refugees to worsen state of Kenya camp
The health of thousands of Somali refugees will be threatened if they are moved from the country's urban areas into a camp near the Kenyan-Somali ...
Puntland troops rescue hostages on hijacked ship
In a siege that lasted nearly two weeks, forces of Somalia's semiautonomous Puntland region raided a hijacked ship Sunday and safely rescued 22 ...

55 people drowned or missing off Somali coast
The U.N. refugee agency says 55 people have drowned or are missing after an overcrowded boat capsized off the Somali coast. UNHCR said the incident ...

NATO: Somali pirates seized no ships for 6 months
NATO officials say no ships have been hijacked off the Somali coast in the second half of this year, reflecting a sharp decrease in piracy along one ...
Somali militants publicly rebuke American member
Militants in Somalia are publicly rebuking their best known American fighter. Al-Shabab posted a statement Monday scolding Omar Shafik Hammami, ...
After attacks, Kenya restricts refugee freedoms
After enduring months of grenade and other explosive device attacks, Kenya announced new, more stringent controls aimed primarily at Somali refugees ...

Car bomb attack in Somalia kills only the bomber
A Somali police official says a suicide car bomb explosion in Mogadishu killed only the bomber. Police officer Abdullahi Barise said three bystanders ...

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 ...
Somali woman gets prison for terror support
A Somali-born woman has been sentenced in San Diego to eight years in prison for routing money to a terrorist organization in her native country. U.S.
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 ...

Somalia property boom forces refugees onto street
In parts of Somalia's capital, rubble-strewn lots that once served as sniper positions have been rebuilt into well-maintained homes, hotels and ...
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 ...
Somali Islamist militants slam soldier abuse video
A video that appears to show Kenyan troops beating militant suspects has opened the force to criticism from al-Qaeda-linked militants who are known ...
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 ...