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 Somalia, January 2013
Somalia, February 2013
Somalia, March 2013
Somalia, April 2013
Somalia, May 2013
Somalia, June 2013
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Somalia, December 2013
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 French soldier killed and hostage dead in Somalia  Map of Bulo Marer Somalia| A French soldier has been killed in Somalia during a failed operation to free a hostage who is also believed to have died, the defence minister said | |
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| Feb.28 |
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President wants partial amnesty for boy pirates Somalia's president intends to offer partial amnesty to boys involved with pirate groups, a move designed to curb attacks on shipping
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| Mar.3 |
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Somali 'false rape victim' cleared A court in Somalia has dropped charges against a woman who was given a jail sentence after alleging she was raped by security forces
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| Mar.17 |
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Somalia frees rape row journalist Supreme Court has freed Abdiaziz Abdinur Ibrahim imprisoned for interviewing a woman who alleged she had been raped by security forces
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| Mar.26 |
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Somalia refugees 'abused and raped' Internally displaced people in Somalia are suffering sexual violence and other forms of abuse, reports the Human Rights Watch (HRW) campaign...
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| Apr.12 |
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 IMF recognises Somalia government The International Monetary Fund has recognised the government of Somalia after a break in relations of 22 years
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| Apr.14 |
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Deadly attack on Somali courthouse  At least 20 people have been killed in a series of bomb and gun attacks in the Somali capital, Mogadishu
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| May.2 |
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Somalia famine 'killed 260,000'| Nearly 260,000 people died during the famine that hit Somalia from 2010 to 2012. Half of them were children under the age of five | |
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| Jun.19 |
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  At least 14 killed in attack on U.N. headquarters in Somalia At least 14 people died and 15 others were wounded in an attack on the U.N. headquarters in the Somali capital of Mogadishu
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| Jun.29 |
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Top Islamist flown to Mogadishu Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys, has arrived in the capital Mogadishu amid reports of a split in the al-Shabab group.
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| Aug.2 |
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Somali pirates face life in prison A US jury has recommended that three pirates be sentenced to life in prison for the 2011 killing of four Americans off the coast of East Afr...
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| Aug.9 |
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Military plane crashes in Mogadishu An Ethiopian Air Force cargo plane has crashed and caught fire on landing at Mogadishu airport in Somalia
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| Aug.16 |
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Somalia hit by severe polio outbreak The UN has warned of a severe outbreak of polio in Somalia, days after a medical charity pulled out of the country, citing insecurity
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| Sep.7 |
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 Deadly blast in Mogadishu restaurant Map of Mogadishu Somalia Explosions at a popular restaurant near the parliament building in Somalia's capital Mogadishu have killed 15 people, police say
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| Sep.12 |
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 American jihadi 'killed in Somalia' Map of Dinsor Somalia Two top Islamist militants, Omar Hammami and Osama al-Britani, from the US and UK, have been killed in Somalia after falling out with al-Shabab
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| Sep.21 |
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Al-Shabab claims Nairobi attack | A senior figure in the Somali militant group al-Shabab has told the BBC it carried out a deadly attack on a shopping centre in neighbouring Kenya | |
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| Oct.4 |
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Militant base 'attacked from sea' in Somalia Map of Barawe Somalia| Unidentified foreign forces have launched a night-time raid on a militant base in the south Somali town of Barawe from the sea, reports say | |
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| Oct.5 |
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 US Navy SEALS raid militant group linked to Kenya mall attack Map of Barawe Somalia| US special forces targeted a leader of the al-Shabab Islamist group in Somalia in response to Kenya's Westgate attack | |
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| Nov.1 |
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Horn of Africa piracy 'nets $400m' Pirates operating off the Horn of Africa netted more than $400m in ransom money between 2005 and 2012, a new World Bank and UN report says
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| Nov.8 |
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'Suicide attack' at Mogadishu hotel Map of Mogadishu Somalia At least six people have been killed after a suspected suicide attack at the Hotel Maka
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