Italy paying Ransoms in Syria and Somalia
A six-month investigation by Al Jazeera’s Investigative Unit has cast light on the shadowy world of hostage negotiations, revealing how some governments negotiate with...
Illegal overfishing and the return of Somalia’s pirates
Durduri, Somalia – A hundred years ago, it was a bustling port that served the vibrant fishing community living along Somalia’s coastline, the longest...
Somalia > Car blast targets Presidential Palace
A car bomb has exploded near the presidential palace in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu, police said.
Ali Hussein, a police officer, told the Reuters news agency...
#Africa > Al-Shabab Group takes control of two Somali Towns
The al-Shabab group has taken control of two towns in two days in southwestern Somalia, an official and the group have confirmed, just days...
Al-Shabab claims ‘scores’ killed in attack on AU troops
Al-Shabab fighters in Somalia have killed “scores” of African Union troops in an attack south of capital, Mogadishu, a spokesman for the armed group...
Mogadishu Book Fair brings Somali Talents together
The Somali capital, Mogadishu, is hosting an international book festival, the first such event in the city in more than two decades.
Authors, playwrites, poets,...
Film: Warriors from the North
His back turned to the camera as he looks out over a nondescript housing development in Copenhagen, “The Shadow” describes how he fell victim...
Nineteen dead in two car bomb blasts in Somalia
By Al Jazeera
At least 19 people have been killed in car bomb attacks in two cities in Somalia, police and military sources...
On the frontline of Somalia’s fight against Al-Shabab
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The Somali army is training new recruits in the port city of Kismayo, one of the last remaining strongholds of al-Shabab.
Until they finish their...
Gunmen in Somalia kill three Syrian, three Somali doctors
Fighters in Somalia shot dead three Syrian doctors and their three Somali colleagues Wednesday as they travelled to a hospital outside the capital Mogadishu, an AFP reporter said. Their bullet-riddled bodies were carried into Mogadishu's Medina hospital…
