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1.4 million Somali kids malnourished in 2017: UN
May 02, 2017 08:21Somalia, hit by drought and on the verge of famine, will count 1.4 million acutely malnourished children by the end of the year, up 50 percent from late 2016, the UN said Tuesday.
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Ash-Shabab shoots dead senior national security officer in Somalia
Apr 27, 2017 11:41Militants from the ash-Shabab Takfiri group have shot dead a senior national intelligence officer in front of his house in the capital Mogadishu, officials say.
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Roadside bomb blast kills eight Somali soldiers in Puntland
Apr 23, 2017 12:14A roadside bomb explosion in a remote town in Somalia's semi-autonomous state of Puntland has killed eight soldiers.
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Car bomb blast kills govt. official in Somali capital
Apr 10, 2017 08:26A Somali government official has been killed in a car bomb explosion in the capital, Mogadishu, officials say.
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Bombing near army chief's convoy kills 15 in Mogadishu
Apr 09, 2017 14:40A car bomb has exploded outside a military base in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, killing at least 15 people and injuring several others.
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Four countries face serious risk of famine: FSIN
Mar 31, 2017 16:30Global food crises notably deteriorated last year, a report says, adding that conditions will further worsen in 2017.
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Saudi attack on Somali refugee boat likely war crime: HRW
Mar 27, 2017 12:10Human Rights Watch (HRW) says a recent deadly aerial aggression on a boat carrying Somali refugees off the coast of Yemen, “apparently” carried out by the Saudi-led military coalition, likely amounts to “war crime.”
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Kenyan troops kill 31 ash-Shabab terrorists in Somalia's Jubbaland
Mar 27, 2017 12:10Kenyan troops deployed in neighboring Somalia have carried out a raid on militants of the ash-Shabab Takfiri group, killing at least 31 of them.
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Somali pirates take over Somali vessel to use as mothership: Police
Mar 24, 2017 14:42Pirates have seized control of a Somali fishing boat to use as a base from which to attack larger ships, police said on Friday, a week after Somali pirates hijacked their first commercial vessel since 2012.
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Somali pirates suspected of hijacking oil tanker
Mar 14, 2017 14:19Suspected pirates boarded a Sri Lankan-flagged tanker and forced its crew to change course towards the northeastern Somali coast, an expert on piracy in Somalia said Tuesday.