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[Update] Scores dead in a car bomb blast near a market in Somali capital.

Security officers at the scene of the suicide car bomb, which hit a market in southern Mogadishu. Photo Credit: AP   A suspected car bomb on...

Somalia elections: ‘Huge corruption’

Massive cases of corruption and voter intimidation have marred the ongoing parliamentary elections in Somalia, the auditor general has told the BBC. Bribes of between...

Kenyans support the closure of the ‘Dadaab’ Somali refugee camp, survey shows

Refugees stand outside their tent at the Ifo Extension refugee camp in Dadaab, near the Kenya-Somalia border in Garissa County. Photo Credit: Reuters   A new...

Ships more at risk after first Somali pirate attack in years: officials

Merchant vessels sailing through busy shipping lanes between Somalia and Yemen may be underestimating the risk of piracy and terrorism following two attempted attacks...

[Video] US election: Donald Trump criticizes Somalis

The Republican Party presidential candidate Donald Trump has launched a scathing attack on the Somali community in the US state of Minnesota. He has blamed...

29 killed in Somalia’s Galkayo city fighting

At least 29 people have been killed in fighting between militias in Somalia's central Galkayo city, according to the Reuters news agency. Officials in Somalia...

Burundi to withdraw troops in Somalia over unpaid allowances for 10 months

The government of Burundi has announced it will withdraw its troops from the African Union (AU) force fighting militants in Somalia over unpaid allowances...

Killing of journalists on the increase in Africa

The United Nation's culture agency Unesco has said in a report that more than 213 journalists were killed in 2015 alone. That makes 2015 the...

Al Shabaab takes Somali town as Ethiopian, govt troops pull out

Insurgent group al Shabaab has confirmed taking full control on Wednesday of Tiyeeglow, a town in southern Somalia after African Union in Somalia (AMISOM)...

Somali pirates’ hostages ‘ate rats’ to survive

A group of sailors who were held hostage by Somali pirates for nearly five years survived in part by eating rats, one survivor has...

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