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23/05/2012 - Report: Somalia

AU troops launch anti-Shebab offensive in refugee region

African forces backing Somali government troops say they have launched a carefully planned operation to bring security and stability to the people of the Afgoye corridor, a rural area where ...

16/05/2012

African press review 16 May 2012

Is the ICC trial over Kenya's 2007 post-poll violence going to start before the end of the year? Is al-Shebab getting strict in central Somalia? What are SA bosses ready to sacrifice?

02/05/2012 - Report: Somalia

Suicide bomber kills eight in Somalia

At least eight people, including two Somali MPs, were killed and more than 11 wounded when a suicide bomber blew himself up in the central town of Dhusamareb on Tuesday.

18/04/2012 - Report: Somalia

Suicide blast kills two soldiers in southern Somalia

A suicide bomber blew himself up in a bar in front of the UN building in southern Somali town of Baidoa on Tuesday.

05/04/2012

African press review 5 April 2012

Kenya awaits more refugees as hostilities escalate in Sudan. And there's renewed violence in Mogadishu. Who's to blame for crime in the Nigerian diaspora? Whp preaches the gospel of ...

05/04/2012 - Report: Somalia

At least eight killed in Mogadishu theatre attack

An attack at the National Theatre in Mogadishu has left several civilians dead and injured, but failed to kill any Somali government ministers.

02/04/2012

African press review 2 April 2012

Events in Mali and comparable conflicts elsewhere are given wide coverage this morning.

22/03/2012 - Report: Somalia

British woman hostage released by Somali pirates

Somali pirates freed a British hostage Wednesday, nearly seven months after she was taken captive in a raid at a Kenyan beach resort in which her husband was killed.

20/03/2012 - Report: Somalia

Al-Shebab attack IDP camp in Mogadishu

At least six internally displaced people, or IDPs, were killed and seven others wounded on Monday after al-Shebab rebels attacked an IDP camp with mortars near the presidential palace in ...

Room for optimism in Somalia's conflict
19/03/2012 - African news explained

Room for optimism in Somalia's conflict

The situation in Somalia has been unstable for almost 22 years, leading some experts to believe the crisis is insoluable - at least in the short-to-medium term.

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