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‘Pirates’ Release Vessel Without Ransom
The EU anti-piracy naval force pictured off the coast of Mogadishu in 2013 Somali pirates who hijacked an oil tanker...
Somali Pirates Release Captured Oil Tanker, Hostages
Somali pirates handed over on Thursday an oil tanker and eight Sri Lankan hostages just days after capturing the...
Somali Coastguard In Gunfight Near Hijacked Ship
Coastguards in northern Somalia exchanged gunfire Thursday with armed men aboard a boat heading towards a hijacked oil...
UK’s Boris Johnson Makes Surprise Visit To Somalia
Britain's foreign minister, Boris Johnson, made a surprise visit to Somalia on Wednesday, conferring with leaders on...
Somali Pirates Suspected of First Ship Hijacking Since 2012
An oil tanker has been hijacked by suspected pirates off the coast of Somalia, reports say, the first such hijacking in...
Somali Pirates Suspected of Staging First Attack Since 2012
Suspected pirates boarded a Sri Lankan-flagged tanker and forced its crew to change course towards the northeastern...
UN Chief Urges ‘massive Response’ To Avert Somali Famine
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday urged the international community to take action to avert famine in...
UN Chief Guterres In Somalia To Discuss Famine Threat
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres arrived in Somalia Tuesday to discuss a hunger crisis which has pushed the...
Somalia Says 110 Dead In Last 48 Hours Due To Drought
Some 110 people have died in southern Somalia in the last two days from famine and diarrhea resulting from a drought,...
Somalia Market Fire Raged For Five Hours
Traders in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, are counting their losses following a huge fire that destroyed parts of the...
Firefighters Battle Somali Market Fire
Witnesses say the flames have gutted three sections of the market Firefighters and police are battling a large fire at...
Somali President Calls On Al Shabaab To Surrender
Somalia’s new president Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, during his inaugurated on Wednesday in the capital, Magadishu...
Somali President Says No Quick Fix For Nation’s Woes
Somalia's new President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed sought to downplay high expectations of his new administration at his...
Mogadishu On Lockdown For President’s Inauguration
Somalia's capital Mogadishu was under security lockdown Wednesday, with roads closed and commercial flights cancelled...
$100,000 Reward For Information On Car Bomb Plots In Somalia
Somalia’s new President, Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed ‘Farmajo,’ has placed a $100,000 reward on information leading...
Somalia Car Bomb: 34 People Killed
At least 34 people have been killed and about 50 injured in a car bomb blast in the Somali capital, Mogadishu. The car...
Suicide Bomb In A Market In Mogadishu Kills 18
At least eighteen people were killed on Sunday by a suicide car bomb in the Somali capital Mogadishu, according to...
Somalia Mogadishu Car Bomb
At least 16 people have been killed and more than 40 injured in a car bomb blast in the Somali capital, Mogadishu. The...
Mogadishu Car Bomb ‘kills At Least 14’
At least 14 people were killed on Sunday when a car packed with explosives blew up near a busy intersection in...