Somalia News
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Somalia's deadliest ever attack, a truck bomb in the capital Mogadishu, has now killed 358 people with 228 more injured, the government said late Friday, a major jump in the fatality toll.
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Somalia's allies sent planes carrying medical supplies and doctors Tuesday, while the diaspora rallied to donate blood to help the country cope with the crushing aftermath of its worst ever bombing.
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The US military said Monday it is ready to boost its support for the Somali government after at least 276 people were killed in a massive truck bomb in Mogadishu.
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World leaders from the United States, Britain, Canada and France on Sunday strongly condemned the weekend suicide bombing in Somalia, the worst attack in the country to date with at least 137 deaths.
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Ottawa -
A Somali refugee accused in a vehicle-and-knife attack in Edmonton, Alberta had sought asylum in Canada after being ordered deported from the United States, officials said Wednesday.
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Shabaab jihadists attacked a Somali army base early Friday in the southern town of Barire, killing at least eight soldiers and stealing equipment, officials and witnesses said.
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A one-time deputy leader and spokesman for Somalia's Shabaab insurgents defected to the country's government on Sunday, a local official said.
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At least 56 people have drowned over the past 24 hours, and dozens remain missing, after human traffickers forced 300 African migrants off two Yemen-bound boats and into the sea.
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Dibai -
Six migrants drowned and 13 went missing Thursday when smugglers forced 180 Ethiopian migrants off a boat bound for Yemen, a day after a similar incident left 50 dead, the International Organization for Migration said.
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Last month, a baby was born in the Somali capital Mogadishu with a terrible eye defect that requires treatment abroad.
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At least 10 people were killed Tuesday when Shabaab Islamists drove an explosives-laden minibus into local government offices in the Somali capital Mogadishu, according to the security ministry.
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A suicide car bombing and armed assault by six Shabaab militants on two neighbouring restaurants in Somalia's capital Mogadishu ended Thursday morning with at least 18 dead, the government said.
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US forces carried out a strike in conjunction with Somali special forces Sunday against Al-Shabaab approximately 185 miles (300 kilometers) southwest of Mogadishu, according to the Pentagon.
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He was thin but strong, in a new uniform and boots. After forcing his way into Hawo's ragged shelter the man put a gun to her throat, then raped her, twice.
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The Islamic State group has claimed its first suicide attack in Somalia that left at least five people dead as it steps up activities in a region dominated by the Al-Qaeda-linked Shabaab.
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Nairobi -
At least four people died on Tuesday when their vehicle set off an improvised explosive device in a small Kenyan town near the border with Somalia, police said.
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Somalia's president Thursday urged world powers to help him fight the "raging enemies" of terror, corruption and poverty, at an international conference aimed at stabilising the crisis-wracked country under his new leadership.
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International leaders are gathering in London on Thursday to thrash out agreements with Somalia aimed at stabilising the country under its new political leadership.
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At least six people were killed and about 10 injured Monday in a car bomb attack in Somalia's capital Mogadishu claimed by militant Islamist group Shabaab, police told AFP.
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An American soldier has been killed in a night-time raid in Somalia, in what is believed to be the first US military death in combat there since the infamous events of "Black Hawk Down" 24 years ago.
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Somalia, hit by drought and on the verge of famine, will count 1.4 million acutely malnourished children by the end of the year, up 50 percent from late 2016, the UN said Tuesday.
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The United States is deploying "a few dozen" troops to Somalia to assist the national army and conduct unspecified security operations, a US military spokeswoman said Saturday.
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Cholera and acute diarrhoea have killed more than 500 people and left tens of thousands of others sick in drought-hit parts of Somalia since January, the United Nations said Thursday.
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Somalia security forces on Wednesday freed eight sailors who had been taken ashore by pirates after they were chased off a hijacked Indian ship earlier this week, a coast guard official said."The eight hostages were freed without fighting.
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Somalia's new army chief escaped a car bombing Sunday that killed at least 10 people in a bloody response by Shabaab militants to the president's declaration of war on the group.
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The navies of India and China carried out a joint operation Sunday to rescue a merchant ship hijacked by Somali pirates in the Gulf of Aden, the Indian defence ministry said.
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The navies of India and China carried out a joint operation Sunday to rescue a merchant ship hijacked by Somali pirates in the Gulf of Aden, the Indian defence ministry said.
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The navies of India and China carried out a joint operation Sunday to rescue a merchant ship hijacked by Somali pirates in the Gulf of Aden, the Indian defence ministry said.
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Somali pirates have seized an Indian cargo ship and 11 crew members, the ship's owner said Monday, as a recent series of hijackings raises fears of a resurgence in piracy.
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At least five people were killed when a minibus laden with explosives blew up in Mogadishu on Tuesday, a local official said, the latest attack in the troubled Somali capital.
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Somalia Image
Shadya Yasin addressing the public during the pro-Farmajo Toronto event. Photo: Hodan Yusuf
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Kids holding placards during the Toronto rally. Photo: Samir Tulloch.
Young Aisha (in blue head scarve) leads the chanting during the downtown Toronto rally. Photo: Rob Campbell
Somali refugees sharing a meal in an Ethiopian tent Eskinder Debebe / UN
A rooftop view of the Indian Ocean in a Mogadishu Neighbourhood. AE
Anchor Hassan "Karate" of Ogaal Radio, 88.9FM is calling for preemtive measures to end youth violence. Photo: Ogaal Radio,88.9FM
Feed Somalia volunteers raising funds at a a busy Toronto subway station. Photo: Omar Nur
Dr. Kirsty Duncan, MP for Etobicoke North accepts portraits of Jubaland President, Ahmed Madobe and the Vice-President, General Abdullahi Sheikh Ismail (Fartaag) from Mr. Osman Ali, Executive Director of the Somali-Canadian Association of Etobicoke. Ogaal Radio, 88.9FM
Walkers hit downtown Toronto streets at the start of the historic Toronto-Ottawa Walk. Photo: Awesame Mohamed
Celebrated Somali artist, Nakruma, addressing the public during the event. Photo: Hodan Yusuf.
Participants at the Toronto community consultation meeting. Photo:Ogaal Radio, 88.9FM
Time for refreshments. Photo: Awesame Mohamed
File photo: George H. W. Bush, left and wearing a desert camouflage visited Somalia to witness first hand the efforts of Task Force Somalia that was in direct support of Operation Restore Hope, 01 January 1993 U.S. Air Force
Somali painters featured in the Mogadishu Diaries. AE
Walk for Somalia team members conduct a video presentation at the Toronto City Hall on the eight-day, Toronto-Ottawa walk. Photo: Ige Egal
Canadian youth walkers including the Warsame family, pose for a group photo in Port Hope. Photo: Walk for Somalia
Somalia is located at the horn of Africa www.en.wikipedia.org
In this IRIN photo, a refugee struggles to survive in the Somali capital, Mogadishu. IRIN Photo
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