Somalia Violence

10 Dead, Including 2 Top Sports Officials, In Mogadishu Bombing

AP | ABDI GULED and JASON STRAZIUSO | Posted 04.05.2012

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MOGADISHU, Somalia — Two weeks ago, Somalia's National Theater reopened for the first time in 20 years for a concert that drew an audience in fe...

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Fearing Imminent Attack, Desperate Refugees Flee To Capital

AP | ABDI GULED | Posted 04.17.2012

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MOGADISHU, Somalia — Thousands of Somalis on Thursday fled an insurgent-held town for the capital, fearing a military attack by African Union tr...

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Number Of Children Killed In Crossfire Nearly Doubles

AP | JASON STRAZIUSO | Posted 01.15.2012

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NAIROBI, Kenya — An increasing number of children are being caught in attacks and crossfire across south and central Somalia, the U.N.'s childre...

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Heavy Fighting Between Militants And Government Troops In Somalia

AP | ABDI GULED | Posted 12.10.2011

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MOGADISHU, Somalia — The African Union force in Mogadishu said its forces on Monday fought their way into and took over the last militant strong...

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Islamists Behead At Least 11 Civilians

AP | ABDI GULED | Posted 10.26.2011

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MOGADISHU, Somalia — Somali Islamist rebels have beheaded at least 11 civilians in the capital in the past two weeks, a campaign of terror that ...

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Your Questions On The Somali Famine Answered

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 09.27.2011

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At least six people died and 39 were wounded Thursday when al Qaeda-linked militants launched an attack aimed at famine relief efforts in Mogadishu, S...

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Death and Desperation in Dadaab

Justin Forsyth | Posted 09.15.2011

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Justin Forsyth

Yesterday I spent the day in Dadaab refugee camp, a camp in Kenya near the Somalia border. A camp which has swelled to the size of Bristol. I was both inspired and heart broken by what I saw and heard.

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Somalia Is Not a State

Timothy A. Ridout | Posted 09.12.2011

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Timothy A. Ridout

Instead of embracing and learning from indigenous Somali successes in the north, the international community undermines them by supporting the Transitional Federal Government.

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Al Qaeda, Learning From Pirates, Could Seize Tankers For 9/11-Style Attack: PM

Posted 05.25.2011

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UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Somali pirates and Islamists are learning from each other and al Qaeda could hijack oil tankers to be used in September 11...

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The Somali Pirate Threat Isn't Going Away

Katherine Zimmerman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Katherine Zimmerman

The murder of four Americans should call attention to the increasingly dire situation in Mogadishu, which exacerbates the piracy problem.

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Blackwater Founder Now Training African Mercenaries In Lawless State

AP | KATHARINE HOURELD | Posted 05.25.2011

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NAIROBI, Kenya — Erik Prince, whose former company Blackwater Worldwide became synonymous with the use of private U.S. security forces in Iraq a...

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Somali Islamists Ban Men And Women From Shaking Hands

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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MOGADISHU, Somalia — Somalis say Islamist insurgents have banned unrelated men and women from shaking hands, speaking or walking together. Reside...

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Somalian Child Soldiers Will Be Released, Says UN

AP | TOM MALITI | Posted 05.25.2011

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NAIROBI, Kenya — Somalia's government will work with the United Nations to release and rehabilitate child soldiers in its army, a U.N. envoy who...

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60,000 Somalis Flee Fighting

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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GENEVA — Sixty-thousand civilians in Somalia have fled their homes over the past week as fresh fighting between Islamist insurgents and a govern...

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Suicide Bomber, Gunmen Attack Hotel In Somalia, 32 Killed

AP | MOHAMED OLAD HASSAN and MALKHADIR M. MUHUMED | Posted 05.25.2011

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MOGADISHU, Somalia — Islamist militants wearing Somali military uniforms stormed a hotel favored by lawmakers in the war-battered capital Tuesda...

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WATCH: Jon Stewart To Author Linda Polman

Posted 05.25.2011

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Journalist Linda Polman discussed corruption and aid organizations, the topic of her new book, "The Crisis Caravan: What's Wrong With Humanitarian Aid...

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Al-Shabab, Somali Islamist Group, Confirms It Has Joined With Al Qaeda

BBC News | Posted 05.25.2011

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Somali Islamist rebel group al-Shabab has confirmed for the first time that its fighters are aligned with al-Qaeda's global militant campaign....

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Ahmed Mohamed Mohamoud: Somalia's Face Of War Boy Dies After Operation

AP | MALKHADIR M. MUHUMED | Posted 05.25.2011

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NAIROBI, Kenya — A Somali boy who was horribly disfigured months ago by a stray bullet in Somalia's violent capital has died just days after und...

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Somali Arrested At Airport With Chemicals, Syringe

AP | MOHAMED OLAD HASSAN, KATHARINE HOURELD and JASON STRAZIUSO | Posted 05.25.2011

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MOGADISHU, Somalia — U.S. officials are investigating a Somali man's alleged attempt to board a flight bound for Djibouti and Dubai last month c...

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Somalia: Islamist Whip Women For Wearing Bras

Reuters | Posted 05.25.2011

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MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somalia's hardline Islamist group al Shabaab has publicly whipped women for wearing bras they say violate Islam by constituting ...

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Foreign Troops Attack Somali Militants

BBC NEWS | Posted 05.25.2011

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Foreign soldiers have staged an attack on militants in Somalia, killing at least two people in a helicopter raid. The troops, who according to some r...

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Somalia Faces Worst Humanitarian Crisis In 18 Years

AFP | Posted 05.25.2011

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NAIROBI (AFP) - Persistent violence and a prolonged drought have plunged Somalia into its worst humanitarian crisis since civil war erupted two decade...

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Somalia: World Food Program Compound Attacked By Islamist Rebels

AP | Abdi Sheikh | Posted 05.25.2011

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MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) - Gunmen stormed a U.N. aid compound in Somalia overnight, sparking a gunbattle that killed three of the attackers and wounded...

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Egyption Crew Overpowers Somali Pirates

AP | MOHAMED OLAD HASSAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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MOGADISHU, Somalia — Using machetes and guns, the men fought a desperate battle to take control of two boats off the Somali coast. But this time...

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Somalia: Islamists Yank Gold Teeth Of 'Sinners'

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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The notorious Somali Islamist group al Shabaab is yanking gold and silver teeth from the mouths of people in southern Somalia for transgressing from I...

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