Somalia

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Al-Shabab fighters attack strategic town in central Somalia | Government News
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Al-Shabab fighters attack strategic town in central Somalia | Government News

The armed group claims to have seized control of Adan Yabaal town, but the Somali army disputes the battle outcome. The al-Shabab armed...

Six personnel killed in attack on Somali border: Kenyan police | Conflict News
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Six personnel killed in attack on Somali border: Kenyan police | Conflict News

Police said the attack was carried out by suspected al-Shabab fighters who launched an assault at dawn. At least six police personnel have...

Video: Blast near Somalia president’s residence as official convoy passes | Infrastructure
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Video: Blast near Somalia president’s residence as official convoy passes | Infrastructure

NewsFeed An explosion was reported near the presidential palace in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, minutes after President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud’s motorcade passed by. An...

‘Somalia is dangerous’: Former US deportees struggle with fear, uncertainty | Migration News
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‘Somalia is dangerous’: Former US deportees struggle with fear, uncertainty | Migration News

Mogadishu, Somalia – Mukhtar Abdiwhab Ahmed sits in a plastic chair outside his house in Mogadishu. Nearby, children play, soldiers congregate, and rickshaws...

Al-Shabab gunmen lay siege to Somali hotel | Conflict News
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Al-Shabab gunmen lay siege to Somali hotel | Conflict News

The armed group claims to have killed more than 10 people in Beledweyne as officials met with elders. Al-Shabab gunmen have stormed and...

Senior ISIL Somalia commander captured in Puntland | Conflict News
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Senior ISIL Somalia commander captured in Puntland | Conflict News

Police say Abdirahman Shirwac Aw-Saciid, head of the group’s assassination squad, surrendered to authorities. A senior ISIL (ISIS) commander in Somalia has been...

US strikes in Somalia killed ‘key’ ISIL figures, says regional government | ISIL/ISIS News
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US strikes in Somalia killed ‘key’ ISIL figures, says regional government | ISIL/ISIS News

The strikes were carried out in north Somalia, where the Puntland Security Forces is carrying out operations against ISIL since December. The government...

‘We’re not pirates’, say hijackers who seized Chinese ship off Somali coast | Crime News
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‘We’re not pirates’, say hijackers who seized Chinese ship off Somali coast | Crime News

*The names of the hijackers are pseudonyms on condition of speaking to Al Jazeera. Mogadishu, Somalia – Liban Hassan* has spent most of...

Guns are silent, but war lingers for Ogaden’s former women rebel fighters | Women
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Guns are silent, but war lingers for Ogaden’s former women rebel fighters | Women

Mogadishu, Somalia – Hinda Aden and her fellow rebel fighters were trekking through the grasslands of Ethiopia’s Ogaden region under the cover of night,...