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  • Kenya denies al-Shabab role in attacks

    news Aljazeera: Agencies, 18 Jun 2014 (9 years ago )
    Al-Shabab fighters claim they killed at least 15 people in a second night of attacks on Kenya's coast, but the country's president says the attacks were the work of "local political networks" and gangs. The latest attack happened overnight on Tuesday in Pomoroko, a village located between the cit...
  • Somali Islamists say they attacked Kenya coastal town

    news Thomsons Reuters: Reuters - Mon, 16 Jun 2014 15:37 GMT, 17 Jun 2014 (9 years ago )
    MOGADISHU, June 16 (Reuters) - Somali Islamist group al Shabaab claimed responsibility on Monday for an overnight attack on the Kenyan coastal town of Mpeketoni that killed at least 50 people, some of them soccer fans at a venue screening World Cup matches. "Commandos last night carried out a suc...
  • Africa Al-Shabab claims deadly Kenya attack

    news Al Jazeera and agencies, 17 Jun 2014 (9 years ago )
    The Somalia-based armed group al-Shabab has said it carried out a deadly attack on a town in Kenya in which 48 people were killed and several buildings burned down. In a statement sent to Al Jazeera on Monday, the group said that the attacks would continue, adding that the Kenyan government was "...
  • UN warns of looming humanitarian emergency in Somalia

    news UNSOM, 15 Jun 2014 (9 years ago )
    Mogadishu, 15 June 2014 - Despite improved security in some parts of Somalia following a military operation against Al Shabaab earlier this year, the fragile humanitarian situation in the country could become an emergency unless funds are made available to support life-saving interventions, Philippe...
  • Bangladeshi hostages in Somalia return home.

    news Aljazeera, 12 Jun 2014 (9 years ago )
    Seven Bangladeshi sailors, held hostage by Somali pirates for almost four years, have returned home, comparing their experience to "hell". The sailors, who had been held in dire conditions and suffered beatings, flew into the Bangladeshi capital on Thursday after lengthy negotiations to free them...
  • UNSOM corrections sector visits Mogadishu central prison and discusses upcoming projects

    news UNSOM, 12 Jun 2014 (9 years ago )
    Mogadishu, 9 June 2014 – Officials from the corrections department of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM) visited the Mogadishu central prison today to monitor ongoing renovation projects and to discuss with the custodial management ways to support their needs and priorities. T...
  • Somali women struggle to make it in politics

    news Al Jazeera, 11 Jun 2014 (9 years ago )
    "I get threats, day in, day out," says Fawzia Yusuf Adam. "Yes, it happens, but I am not afraid about what might happen tomorrow. I am busy with today." Adam is one of Somalia's most senior female politicians. A former diplomat and long-time women's rights activist, she became the country's first...
  • INTERVIEW-Somalia could slide backwards if world loses interest-U.N.

    news Reuters - Wed, 11 Jun 2014 18:03 GMT, 11 Jun 2014 (9 years ago )
    * U.N. official calls for stronger focus on Somalia * Security gains must be backed up with development * Concerned humanitarian aid has "dropped off a cliff" By Adrian Croft BRUSSELS, June 11 (Reuters) - Hard-won security gains in Somalia could be undermined unless the rest of the world...
  • War zone rape summit begins in London

    news Aljazeera: Agencies, 10 Jun 2014 (9 years ago )
    A four-day international summit on ending sexual violence in war zones and conflict areas has been launched in London. The summit, to be attended by more than 100 countries, aims to identify ways to better investigate and prosecute cases of sexual violence and provide support for women and girls....
  • UN Special Representative for Somalia appeals for end to hostilities in Lower Shabelle

    news UNSOM, 10 Jun 2014 (9 years ago )
    Mogadishu, 9 June 2014 – The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Somalia (SRSG), Nicholas Kay, expressed his deep concern as clan-based militias clashed in Lower Shabelle region of southern Somalia resulting in a number of casualties. "I call for an immediate end to hostilities...