# somalia - Monday 3 February, 2020
# National Crisis
# National Crisis
Swarms formed in eastern Ethiopia and northern Somalia and have moved through the region.
# somalia - Saturday 28 December, 2019
# Mogadishu
# Mogadishu
Mayor Omar Mohamud Mohamed said that university students were among those killed.
# somalia - Saturday 13 July, 2019
# Kismayo
# Kismayo
A suicide bomber rammed a vehicle loaded with explosives into the hotel before armed gunmen forced their way inside.
# somalia - Tuesday 19 December, 2017
# Somalia
# Somalia
Charity Concern Worldwide heaped praise on the Irish public after €1.5 million was donated to its east Africa appeal.
# somalia - Sunday 15 October, 2017
# Somalia
# Somalia
Doctors struggled to assist horrifically wounded victims following the blast, many burned beyond recognition.
# somalia - Saturday 14 October, 2017
# Mogadishu
# Mogadishu
Government security official Mohamed Aden said that bombing took place in a busy part of the city.
# somalia - Wednesday 14 June, 2017
# Pizza House
# Pizza House
The attack began when a car bomb exploded outside a Pizza House restaurant in the Somali capital of Mogadishu.
# somalia - Friday 5 May, 2017
# Somalia
# Somalia
Three members of the auditor-general’s security team have been arrested.
# somalia - Saturday 11 March, 2017
# Famine
# Famine
There is a looming risk of famine in a number of countries.
# somalia - Sunday 29 January, 2017
# Somalia
# Somalia
“It’s deeply troubling that I will have to tell my children that Daddy might not be able to come home.”
# somalia - Saturday 26 November, 2016
# Mogadishu
# Mogadishu
The death toll is likely to rise.
# somalia - Monday 24 October, 2016
# Somali Pirates
# Somali Pirates
The men – from China, Indonesia, the Philippines, Cambodia and Taiwan – were captured by Somali pirates in 2012.
# somalia - Tuesday 30 August, 2016
# Suicide Car Bomber
# Suicide Car Bomber
The attack was claimed by Shabaab jihadists.
# somalia - Monday 7 March, 2016
# Islamic Extremists
# Islamic Extremists
The Pentagon has said that it has hit an al-Sheebab training camp where a “large-scale” attack was being planned.
# somalia - Thursday 4 February, 2016
# Somalia
# Somalia
There are reports that a man was sucked out of the hole in the plane.
# somalia - Wednesday 3 February, 2016
# Somalia
# Somalia
The pilot said he thought the blast was caused by a bomb.
# somalia - Friday 22 January, 2016
# Shebab
# Shebab
After a huge explosion, gunmen burst into the restaurant yesterday evening as diners were sitting down for their evening meal.
# somalia - Friday 25 December, 2015
# Bah Humbug
# Bah Humbug
The move comes out of fear of Islamist attacks.
# somalia - Tuesday 5 May, 2015
# Texas Shooting
# Texas Shooting
The group says the US will see ‘the soldiers of the Islamic State do terrible things’.
# somalia - Thursday 2 April, 2015
# Massacre
# Massacre
The masked gunmen stormed the university in the northeastern town of Garissa as students were sleeping.
# somalia - Wednesday 9 April, 2014
# Poverty
# Poverty
In marking the 20th Anniversary of the Rwandan genocide, we should also look to conflicts in Central African Republic and South Sudan, writes Joe Costello TD.
# somalia - Thursday 6 February, 2014
# Violence Against Girls
# Violence Against Girls
Female Genital Mutilation involves partial or total removal of the external female genitalia with the aim of reducing a women’s enjoyment of sex. This abominable practise must be stopped, writes David Dalton.
# somalia - Wednesday 15 January, 2014
# Shipping
# Shipping
15 incidents were attributed to Somali pirates last year — down from 237 in 2011.
# somalia - Sunday 15 December, 2013
# High Seas
# High Seas
New security measures take effect – but there are still “suspicious approaches” to ships.
# somalia - Monday 4 November, 2013
# Kenya
# Kenya
The men were charged with supporting a terrorist group, although none are accused of being the gunmen involved in the attack.
# somalia - Tuesday 29 October, 2013
# It's Britney Pirates
From The Daily Edge
# It's Britney Pirates
Apparently they really can’t stand her.
# somalia - Monday 14 October, 2013
# Brussels
# Brussels
The pirate, Mohamed Abdi Hassan, was arrested after going to sign what he thought was a movie contract.
# somalia - Sunday 6 October, 2013
# Us Raids
# Us Raids
US forces captured a suspect in the 1988 US embassy bombings during a raid in Libya. Another raid, targeting a militant in Somalia , was aborted after a gun battle.
# Counterterrorism
# Counterterrorism
A Libyan militant suspected in the 1998 US embassy bombings was captured by US forces. A leader of the Shabab group was targeted in southern Somalia in a second raid.
# somalia - Thursday 3 October, 2013
# Lampedusa
# Lampedusa
More than 130 people drowned in the horrific tragedy as doctors say they have run out of coffins.
# somalia - Wednesday 14 August, 2013
# Medecins Sans Frontieres
# Medecins Sans Frontieres
After 22 years of work, MSF blames civilians leaders’ tolerance of these abuses.
# somalia - Friday 5 July, 2013
# Helping Hand
From The42
# Helping Hand
The Leinster and Ireland star was joined by club captain Leo Cullen on a trip to a teeming refugee camp in Ethiopia.
# somalia - Wednesday 19 June, 2013
# Refugees
# Refugees
Over one million people fled across international borders last year with 6.5 million displaced in their own home countries.
# somalia - Friday 3 May, 2013
# Aaaargh
From The Daily Edge
# Aaaargh
“There he was delivering this harrowing story about how he was held hostage and feared for his life, and we were all sitting there dressed as Captain Hook.”
# somalia - Sunday 14 April, 2013
# Mogadishu
# Mogadishu
The preliminary death includes all nine attackers.
# somalia - Friday 29 March, 2013
# Aid
# Aid
From famine in North Korea to the genocide in Rwanda, these photographs offer an insight into global crises – and how the world has dealt with them.
# somalia - Monday 18 February, 2013
# Denmark
# Denmark
Two brothers with links to Somalia ’s Islamist Shebab rebels have been formally charged over suspicions of plotting a terror attack.
# somalia - Saturday 12 January, 2013
# Rescue Attempt
# Rescue Attempt
The hostage, known as Denis Allex, had been captured in 2009.
# somalia - Saturday 29 September, 2012
# Somalia
# Somalia
Kismayu has been a vital lifeline for the Shebab in their five year revolt against African Union and Somali government troops.
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