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Ambush, clashes kill 39 African Union troops in Somalia, Shabab claims
Jul 30, 2017 16:36Somalia’s militant group al-Shabab has claimed that it has launched a blitz attack on African Union troops south of the country, killing 39 of them.
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Car bomb blast kills 5 in Somali capital
Jul 30, 2017 06:11A car bomb blast has left at least five people dead and more than a dozen others wounded in the Somali capital city, Mogadishu.
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Three killed in north Mali clashes as United Nations condemns violence
Jul 06, 2017 15:55Clashes between armed groups have killed three people in northeastern Mali, a security source says, as the United Nations condemned repeated ceasefire violations by the combatants.
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Al-Shabab terrorists blocking aid to starving kids in Somalia, warns charity
Jun 29, 2017 15:16A survey by an international charity shows that lack of access to hungry parts of Somalia controlled by the al-Shabab Takfiri militant group is threatening the lives of thousands of malnourished children as the Horn of Africa nation risks falling back into famine.
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Explosion kills 10 in Somali capital: Mayor’s office
Jun 20, 2017 08:23An explosion caused at least 10 people killed in the south of the Somali capital Mogadishu on Tuesday, a government official said.
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Eight killed in Somalia airstrike: US military in Africa
Jun 12, 2017 00:38The United States Africa Command says an air strike in southern Somalia has claimed the lives of eight suspected terrorists.
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About 14 killed as soldiers clash over food aid in Somalia
Jun 10, 2017 00:12At least 14 people, most of them civilians, were killed as soldiers clashed over food aid in drought-ravaged Somalia’s southwestern city of Baidoa, where tens of thousands of people have streamed in seeking assistance.
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Shabab claims killing 60 Somali troops, taking town
Jun 08, 2017 14:16Militants from the al-Shabab Takfiri group claim to have killed more than 60 soldiers during an intense fighting in Somalia's semi-autonomous Puntland region.
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Army raid kills al-Shabab leader, 3 associates in Somalia
May 07, 2017 12:54A raid by Somalia's military has killed a regional leader of the Takfiri al-Shabab terrorist group and three of his comrades in the west of the capital, Mogadishu.
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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.