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Al-Shabaab bomb attack kills governor in Somalia
Mar 30, 2020 13:39A governor in Somalia’s Puntland has been killed in a bomb attack by militants from the Takfiri al-Shabab group.
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US drone kills six civilians in Somalia
Mar 12, 2020 04:59In Somalia, six civilians have been killed in an airstrike by a US drone, says a lawmaker and relative of one of the victims.
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A humanitarian crisis looms in Africa unless Africans act fast to stop the desert locust
Feb 17, 2020 15:35History is now in danger of repeating itself. But on a much bigger scale. The worst outbreak of desert locusts in decades is currently underway in the Horn of Africa. It is the biggest of its kind in 25 years for Ethiopia and Somalia — and the worst Kenya has seen for 70 years. The impacts of the outbreak in these countries are particularly acute as pastures and crops are being wiped out in communities that were already facing food shortages.
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Somalia car bomb blast targets Turkish contractors north of Mogadishu
Jan 19, 2020 07:41A car bomb targeting a group of Turkish contractors exploded on Saturday in Afgoye, northwest of the Somali capital Mogadishu, police said.
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Bomb explosion in Somalia’s Mogadishu kills 4
Jan 08, 2020 10:03A car bomb explosion at a checkpoint near the parliament in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, has left at least four people dead and 10 others injured, police say.
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Somalia’s al-Shabaab attack on US-Kenya base leaves 3 Americans dead
Jan 06, 2020 13:42One American military service member and two US Department of Defense (DoD) contractors have been killed in an attack on a Kenyan base used by US troops.
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Somalia’s al-Shabaab terrorists attack base used by American, Kenyan troops
Jan 05, 2020 13:34Militants of the Somalia-based al-Shabab terrorist group have launched an attack against a military base used by US and Kenyan forces in neighboring Kenya, with conflicting accounts of the aftermath.
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Al-Shabab launches attacks against US airbase, EU convoy in Somalia
Sep 30, 2019 12:21The al-Shabab terrorist group has launched two separate attacks on a US military base and a European Union military convoy in Somalia.
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Somali pirates release ill Iranian hostage captured in 2015
Sep 22, 2019 06:05Somali pirates have released a sick Iranian hostage they captured more than four years ago due to his urgent need to medical care, a humanitarian group says.
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Explosion rocks Somali capital, injures Mogadishu mayor
Jul 25, 2019 06:18The mayor of Somalia’s capital Mogadishu and several other officials have been wounded in an explosion that hit local government headquarters.