Region | Somalia
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Tuesday May 7
UAE pledges $50m for Somalia
Minister reiterates country’s support to peace-keeping mission
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Tuesday May 7
EU pledges 44m euros aid to Somalia
Funding to be used to build up the justice system and police force
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Sunday May 5
Car bomb hits Qatar convoy in Somalia
All officials are safe but blast killed eight Somalis
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Thursday Apr 25
UK opens embassy in Mogadishu after 22 years
Move makes Britain first EU nation to return to Somalia
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Sunday Apr 14
Suicide attack leaves several dead in Somalia
Al Shabab militants attacked courthouse in Mogadishu
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Monday Mar 25
Somali female journalist shot dead
Men approached reporter before firing repeatedly and then running away
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Tuesday Mar 19
Oman frees duo who are on trial
Activists’ houses searched, laptop and mobile phones taken away
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Sunday Mar 3
Somalia frees alleged rape victim, not reporter
Court orders release of woman, while journalist will spend six months in jail
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Thursday Feb 28
Somali president offers amnesty to pirates
Wants to offer alternative means of earning to young Somalis
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Tuesday Feb 19
Somali government offers $50,000 for information on journalists’ killers
Last year 18 Somali journalists were killed
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Thursday Feb 7
UN mulls sending peacekeepers to Mali
France to start withdrawing its 4,000 troops in March
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Saturday Feb 2
How cigarette smuggling fuels Africa’s Islamist violence
Contraband tobacco is a $1b trade in north Africa, run by extremists including Mokhtar Belmokhtar
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Saturday Feb 2
Tobacco and terrorism
Cigarettes have become an increasingly important source of financing for militias
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Tuesday Jan 29
Somali presidential palace bomb kills two
Mohammad survived an assassination attempt on his second day in office in September
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Saturday Jan 19
Somalia leader speaks to thousands in Minnesota
Calls for their help to rebuild the war-torn homeland
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Friday Jan 18
US, Somalia launch new era of diplomatic ties
Washington recognised the African nation’s government for the first time since 1991
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Friday Jan 18
Somali radio journalist killed in Mogadishu
Gunmen shot him three times in the neck and shoulder
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Sunday Jan 13
8 civilians killed in French Somalia raid
Among the dead were 3 members of a family
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Saturday Jan 12
Islamists claim French botch hostage rescue
Raid in southern Somalia leaves several people dead
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Sunday Jan 6
Nine dead as Somali forces, Islamists clash
Ambush took place between Luq and Garbaharey
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Sunday Dec 9
AU, Somali troops capture Islamist stronghold
We will hunt the invaders from inside and outside Jowhar, Al Shabab says
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Friday Nov 30
Expatriate held for deadly assault in Oman
Suspect admits financial dispute led to violent altercation
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Sunday Nov 25
12 dead as Al Shabab attack town on Kenya border
Heavy fighting breaks out in Bulohawo
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Thursday Nov 15
Iran to open embassy in Somalia
Turkey vows to rebuild parliament building
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Wednesday Nov 7
Strong blast outside Somali parliament
Blast believed to be from car bomb is latest in string of attacks
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