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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.
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Kenya forces kill about 60 ash-Shabab terrorists in Somalia
Mar 02, 2017 16:16Kenyan troops have killed nearly 60 suspected members of the al-Qaeda-linked ash-Shabab terrorist group during a fierce fighting in southern Somalia, a Kenya’s military spokesman says.