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Car bomb explosion in Somalia leaves 3 soldiers dead, US officer injured
Sep 07, 2020 10:09A car bomb explosion outside a military base in southern Somalia has left three Somali soldiers dead and a US officer seriously injured.
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Death toll from attack on Mogadishu hotel rises to 16
Aug 18, 2020 03:09At least 16 people have been killed when extremist insurgents attacked a seaside hotel in Somalia's capital Mogadishu, a government spokesman says, with a witness describing the scene inside the compound as "like hell."
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Somalia ousts prime minister in parliamentary vote, president accepts
Jul 25, 2020 13:31Somalia's parliament has ousted Prime Minister Hassan Ali Khaire in a no-confidence vote, the speaker of the house says, due to criticism of his efforts to tighten security in the country.
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Bomb blasts kill 7 in Somalia
Jun 21, 2020 06:36Two bombing attacks have killed seven people in the southern and central parts of Somalia.
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Ethiopia admits shooting down Kenyan aircraft in Somalia
May 10, 2020 05:09Ethiopian military forces in Somalia have admitted to shooting down a Kenyan cargo plane carrying aid supplies earlier this week, which resulted in the deaths of all the six people on board.
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US military killed 132 civilians globally in 2019: Pentagon
May 07, 2020 08:07The Pentagon says 132 civilians were killed last year in US military attacks in several countries across the world; a damning report which has undercut the true number of victims, published by NGOs.
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US role in destabilizing Yemen and Somalia could spark “famine of biblical proportions”
May 05, 2020 15:20The World Food Program is warning that Yemen and countries in the Horn of Africa – not coincidentally states that the US has been destabilizing for decades, could face mass starvation amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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Al-Shabaab bomb attack kills governor in Somalia
Mar 30, 2020 09:09A 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 01:29In 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 12:05History 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.