Somali Islamist rebels sentence French hostage to death
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somali militants linked to al Qaeda said on Wednesday they had sentenced a French agent to death after a failed attempt by French armed forces to rescue...
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Somali Islamist rebels sentence French hostage to death
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somali militants linked to al Qaeda said on Wednesday they had sentenced a French agent to death after a failed attempt by French armed forces to rescue...
Somali pirates release Syrian hostages after two years: authorities
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somali pirates have released three Syrian hostages held in captivity since 2010 without payment of any ransom, government officials said on Saturday. The three were part of...
Suicide bombers hit Somali capital, three dead: witnesses
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Two suicide bombers attacked a restaurant in the Somali capital on Saturday, killing a security guard who stopped them entering the building, locals said. It was not...
Kenya navy shells Somali town after rebels retreat
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Kenyan warships shelled the southern Somali port of Kismayu overnight after al Qaeda-linked rebels said they had abandoned the city, residents said on Sunday. Stunned by an...
Somali President escapes rebel ambush on convoy
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somalia's al Shabaab rebels ambushed an armored convoy carrying the country's president during a rare overland trip outside the capital on Tuesday, a Reuters witness said. President...
Ethiopian troops battle Somali rebels blocking supplies
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Ethiopian troops and Somali government forces killed 17 al Shabaab rebels on Thursday after the Islamist militants blocked a road in southern Somalia and stole goods, a...
Somali rebels shell peacekeepers, at least 9 dead
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Islamist rebels armed with mortars and machine guns attacked African Union forces in Somalia's capital Mogadishu overnight, sparking a battle that killed at least nine people, officials...
Blast kills 12 in southern Somalia market: official
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - At least 12 people died in a bomb attack in Somalia on Monday targeting Somali and Ethiopian troops in a busy market in the southern city of...
Somali theatre attack snuffs out stirrings of hope
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Running her small business and bringing up six children in a part of rubble-strewn Mogadishu known as 'Kilometre Five', Safia Omar said a bombing of Somalia's national...