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(Photo: AP / Farah Abdi Warsameh)AU troops secure Somali aid corridor
A wounded African Union (AU) peacekeeper is helped away past an AU armored vehicle following clashes with al-Shabab militants in Mogadishu, Somalia, Friday, Jan. 20, 2012....Full Story

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(Photo: UN / Stuart Price)Will stability finally return to Somalia?
Ugandan soldiers serving with the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) fire a mortar near the outskirts of Afgooye, a town to the west of Somali capital Mogadishu, 24 May, 2012....Full Story

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Fertliser bomb suspected in blast
| POLICE said an improvised explosive device caused a blast that ripped through a building full of small shops in downtown Nairobi, with one official saying it may have been a fertiliser bomb. | The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said that the smell of a...Full Story
Fertliser bomb suspected in blast
| POLICE said an improvised explosive device caused a blast that ripped through a building full of small shops in downtown Nairobi, with one official saying it may have been a fertiliser bomb. | The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said that the smell of a...Full Story
Fertlizer bomb suspected in Nairobi IED blast
| NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Police announced Tuesday that an improvised explosive device caused a blast that ripped through a building full of small shops in downtown Nairobi, with one official saying it may have been a fertilizer bomb. | The official, who spoke on condit...Full Story
Homemade bomb the cause of blast, Kenyan authorities say
| NAIROBI, Kenya -- Kenyan police said Tuesday that a blast that injured more than 30 people in a Nairobi shopping center the day before was caused by a homemade bomb, following reports that a suspicious bag was left at the scene just before the attack. | Police had ini...Full Story
Somalian president escapes rebel attack on motor convoy
| President Sheikh Sharif Ahmed unharmed in attack on outskirts of town between Mogadishu and rebel stronghold Somalia's president, Sheikh Sharif Ahmed, is escorted by military officers after visiting the town of Elasha, near Mogadishu. Photograph: Elyas Ahmed/EPA | Som...Full Story
Somali president unscathed in ambush
| Somali President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed has escaped unscathed from an ambush by al-Shabab fighters during a visit to the al-Qaeda-linked group's former stronghold of Afgoye. | Ahmed was making a rare trip out of Mogadishu on Tuesday when the convoy was attacked...Full Story
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Tue 29 May 2012
The Rise of Private Maritime Security Companies
Huffington Post | Cross-posted with Somali Report | Part One: A Look at the Use of Maritime Security Guards or PCASP | The number of companies who have jumped into the deep blue sea to offer armed guards and other private security services for commercial shippers wh...
Somalia: Kenya’s naval forces shell Kismayo
Gareowe Online Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 | KISMAYO, Somalia May 29 2012 (Garowe Online) – Kenya's military stated that its naval forces shelled the stronghold of Kismayo, Radio Garowe reports. | The Kenyan military spokesman Cyrus Ogun...
Somali President escapes rebel ambush on convoy
Daily Press | 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 Sheikh Sharif Ahmed was unharmed in the at...
Discos to destruction: images of Mogadishu
France24 | AFP - Funky dancing in a seaside bar, Vespa scooters on elegant, broad boulevards: the faded images of a lost Somalia and its ancient capital are at odds with a place now better known for famine and war. | Those who dare to visit contemporary Mogad...
Brendan Haas, 9, Wins Trip To Disney World, Donates It To Family Of Fallen Soldier
Huffington Post | Nine-year-old Brendan Haas from Duxbury, Mass., has exemplified the meaning of Memorial Day through his sacrifice and thankfulness. | The young boy showed up on the doorstep of Timothy Steele, a soldier killed in Afghanistan last August. Brendan's ...
Somali President escapes rebel ambush on convoy
Yahoo Daily News | 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 Sheikh Sharif Ahmed was unharmed in the at...
Somalia's al-Shabab ambush President Ahmed's convoy
BBC News Somalia's President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed has escaped unharmed from an Islamist militant attack after a visit to a newly captured town. | His armoured convoy was ambushed on a road between Afgoye and the capital, Mogadishu, which African Un...
Somali President escapes rebel ambush on convoy
Reuters | 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 Sheikh Sharif Ahmed was unharmed in the at...
Two arrested in Denmark terror plot
Independent online Copenhagen - | Two Danish brothers, including one alleged to have received terror training in his native Somalia, have been arrested on suspicion of plotting an attack, Denmark's security service said Tuesday. | The men, aged 18 and 23, were suspecte...
Nairobi blast was a bomb attack - police
Independent online Nairobi - An explosion that wounded more than 30 people when it tore through a trading centre in the heart of the Kenyan capital on Monday was caused by a bomb, Kenyan police said on Tuesday. | There has been no claim of responsibility for the attack...
Somalia: President Sharif survives assassination attempt
Gareowe Online AFGOYE, Somalia May 29 2012 (Garowe Online) – A convoy carrying Transitional Federal Government (TFG) President, Sharif Sheikh Ahmed was ambushed by Al Shabaab militants around 30 kms from Mogadishu, Garowe Online reports.    | Presi...
Witnesses Say Warships Fired on al-Shabab Somalia Stronghold
Voa News In Somalia, witnesses say warships have fired on a key port town controlled by the Islamist militant group al-Shabab. | The witnesses told VOA's Somali Service the two warships, believed to be Kenyan, began firing at the coastal town of Kismayo e...
Fertlizer bomb suspected in Nairobi IED blast
STL Today | Police announced Tuesday that an improvised explosive device caused a blast that ripped through a building full of small shops in downtown Nairobi, with one official saying it may have been a fertilizer bomb. | The official, who spoke on condition ...
Danish police arrest 2 men in terror plot
Dayton Daily News | COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Two Danish brothers, including one alleged to have received terror training in his native Somalia, have been arrested on suspicion of plotting an attack, Denmark's security service said Tuesday. | The men, aged 18 and 23...
Danish police arrest 2 men in terror plot
Springfield News-Sun | COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Two Danish brothers, including one alleged to have received terror training in his native Somalia, have been arrested on suspicion of plotting an attack, Denmark's security service said Tuesday. | The men, aged 18 and 23...
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