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September 20, 2016

5 million in Somalia don't get enough food, UN report says

Tears filled Amina Nur's eyes as she cuddled her frail-looking child with a sunken chest. She and her family returned to ...

September 18, 2016

Suicide car bomber kills Somali general in capital

A powerful car bomb killed a Somali military general and five of his bodyguards in the capital Sunday, according to a Somali ...

September 15, 2016

Kenya's authorities threaten Somali refugees: Rights group

A repatriation program for hundreds of thousands of Somali refugees in the world's largest refugee camp is marked by fear and ...

September 13, 2016

Somalia hosts heads of state summit for 1st time in 30 years

Somalia on Tuesday hosted its first regional summit of African heads of state in 30 years, a source of pride in this Horn of ...

September 11, 2016

Kenyan police kill 3 women who attacked police station

Three women have been killed after they attacked a police station in the Kenyan coastal city of Mombasa on Sunday, a police ...

September 01, 2016

As Somalia's capital tries to relax, security force weakens

On a recent afternoon, the lobby of one of Mogadishu's most popular hotels was nearly empty, a stark contrast to the days ...

August 30, 2016

Suicide bomber hits Somalia presidential compound, 12 dead

A suicide bomber has detonated an explosives-laden truck near the gate of Somalia's presidential palace in the capital on ...

August 26, 2016

Somali extremists attack beach restaurant killing 8

Somalia's security forces Friday morning ended an overnight siege of a beach restaurant by al-Shabab gunmen in which eight ...

August 21, 2016

Somalia bombings kill 17 at local government HQ, market

A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle at the gates of a local government headquarters in Somalia while ...

August 19, 2016

Rwandan police kill 3 people with suspected extremist ties

Rwandan police said Friday they had killed three suspected extremists linked to the Somalia-based group al-Shabab and thought ...

July 31, 2016

Extremists attack on police center in Somalia kills 5

Extremists in Somalia attacked a heavily fortified police center in the capital Sunday, killing at least five people before ...

July 27, 2016

Somalia suicide bomber was ex-lawmaker, al-Shabab claims

The al-Shabab extremist group says one of the two suicide car bombers who struck in Somalia's capital on Tuesday was a former ...

July 26, 2016

2 suicide car bombs near UN offices kill 13 in Somalia

Two suicide bombers detonated explosives-laden cars Tuesday outside the office of the U.N.'s mine-clearing agency and a ...

July 12, 2016

Nobel winner Malala visits world's largest refugee camp

Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai visited the world's largest refugee camp on her 19th birthday Tuesday and voiced concern that ...

July 03, 2016

Israel's Netanyahu seeks new allies in historic Africa trip

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu heads to Africa this week, where Israel has found much-needed partners in the battle ...

July 01, 2016

6 killed in suspected al-Shabab attack in northern Kenya

Suspected al-Shabab gunmen killed at least six people when they shot at two buses traveling in Mandera County in northern ...

June 29, 2016

Kenya military: 4 extremists killed averting an attack

A Kenyan military official says soldiers killed four Islamic extremists from Somalia's al-Shabab rebels suspected to have ...

June 26, 2016

Somali minister among 15 killed in extremist attack on hotel

A Somali Cabinet minister is among the 15 killed in an Islamic extremist attack on a hotel in the capital, police say.

June 25, 2016

At least 14 killed in Somalia hotel attack; police say ended

Gunmen stormed a hotel in Somalia's seaside capital Saturday, taking guests hostage and "shooting at everyone they could ...