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26 Dead, 56 Hurt in Somalia Hotel Attack, Al-Shabaab Claim Responsibility
At least 26 people, including several foreigners, were killed and 56 injured in a suicide bomb and gun attack claimed by Al-Shabaab militants on a popular hotel in southern Somalia, a top regional official said on Saturday.
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In Somalia, Drought Leaves 110 Dead In Last 48 Hours
Some 110 people have died in southern Somalia in the last two days from famine and diarrhoea resulting from a drought, the prime minister said on Saturday, as the area braces itself for widespread shortages of food.
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Number Of Deaths Due To The Attack On Southern Somali Town Rises To 11
A suicide car bomb and gun attack in the Somali town of Afgoye on Tuesday killed 11 people, including government employees, an official said, raising the initial death toll from four.
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11 Soldiers Killed As Extremists Retake Town: Somalia
A Somali military official says fighters from Islamic extremist rebels recaptured a town in southern Somalia, killing at least 11 Somali government soldiers.
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Over 90,000 Hit by Somalia Floods: United Nations
Over 90,000 people in war-torn southern Somalia have been hit by weeks of severe flooding, almost half of them forced from their homes, the United Nations has warned.
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Al Shabaab Militants Seize 2 Towns in Southern Somalia
Islamist militants al Shabaab seized control of two towns over two days in southwestern Somalia, a spokesman for the group and local officials said today, less than a week after its fighters attacked an African Union base in the same area.
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'At Least 50 Dead' in Shebab Attack on African Union Base: Western Sources
At least 50 African Union soldiers are believed to have been killed and another 50 are missing after Shebab militants overran a military camp in southern Somalia on Tuesday, according to Western military officials.
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Somalia's Shebab Kill at Least 6 in Mogadishu Hotel Car Bombing
Somalia's Shebab insurgents killed at least six people Sunday in a huge car bomb attack on a heavily guarded hotel in the capital Mogadishu that is also home to several diplomatic missions, officials and witnesses said.
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Somali Shebab Fighters Attack Army Camp Killing Several
Several Somali soldiers were killed overnight on Sunday when Shebab fighters attacked a base in the southern Kismayo region, officials and witnesses said today.
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Somalia Residents Anger at Kenya Cash Transfer Freezes
Residents of Somalia's capital on Thursday condemned as "collective punishment" Kenya's shutting down of money transfer services over suspected links to the Al-Qaeda-linked Shebab.
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Kenyan Airstrikes Target Al Shebab After University Massacre
Kenyan fighter jets pounded Al-Qaeda-linked Shebab insurgent camps in southern Somalia today, the army said, days after the Islamists killed 148 people in their worst ever massacre in Kenya.
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10 Al Shabaab Militants Killed in Somalia
At least 10 Al Shabaab militants were killed and scores of others injured early Wednesday in heavy fighting between African Union (AU) forces and the Al Qaeda-affiliated militant group in southern Somalia's Barawe town, an official sa
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Ten Killed in Somalia Bombing: Police
At least 10 people were killed on Monday in a huge explosion targeting a senior official in the southern Somali town of Baidoa, police and hospital staff said.
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Russian Islamic video threatens Sochi Olympics
An Islamic militant group in Russia's North Caucasus claimed responsibility for twin suicide bombings in the southern city of Volgograd last month and posted a video threatening to strike the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.
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Kenyan jets kill '60 or more' Somali Islamist insurgents
Kenyan fighter jets killed at least 60 Islamist Shebab insurgents in southern Somalia in the latest air strike on insurgent positions, officials said on Saturday.
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26 Dead, 56 Hurt in Somalia Hotel Attack, Al-Shabaab Claim Responsibility
At least 26 people, including several foreigners, were killed and 56 injured in a suicide bomb and gun attack claimed by Al-Shabaab militants on a popular hotel in southern Somalia, a top regional official said on Saturday.
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In Somalia, Drought Leaves 110 Dead In Last 48 Hours
Some 110 people have died in southern Somalia in the last two days from famine and diarrhoea resulting from a drought, the prime minister said on Saturday, as the area braces itself for widespread shortages of food.
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Number Of Deaths Due To The Attack On Southern Somali Town Rises To 11
A suicide car bomb and gun attack in the Somali town of Afgoye on Tuesday killed 11 people, including government employees, an official said, raising the initial death toll from four.
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11 Soldiers Killed As Extremists Retake Town: Somalia
A Somali military official says fighters from Islamic extremist rebels recaptured a town in southern Somalia, killing at least 11 Somali government soldiers.
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Over 90,000 Hit by Somalia Floods: United Nations
Over 90,000 people in war-torn southern Somalia have been hit by weeks of severe flooding, almost half of them forced from their homes, the United Nations has warned.
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Al Shabaab Militants Seize 2 Towns in Southern Somalia
Islamist militants al Shabaab seized control of two towns over two days in southwestern Somalia, a spokesman for the group and local officials said today, less than a week after its fighters attacked an African Union base in the same area.
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'At Least 50 Dead' in Shebab Attack on African Union Base: Western Sources
At least 50 African Union soldiers are believed to have been killed and another 50 are missing after Shebab militants overran a military camp in southern Somalia on Tuesday, according to Western military officials.
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Somalia's Shebab Kill at Least 6 in Mogadishu Hotel Car Bombing
Somalia's Shebab insurgents killed at least six people Sunday in a huge car bomb attack on a heavily guarded hotel in the capital Mogadishu that is also home to several diplomatic missions, officials and witnesses said.
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Somali Shebab Fighters Attack Army Camp Killing Several
Several Somali soldiers were killed overnight on Sunday when Shebab fighters attacked a base in the southern Kismayo region, officials and witnesses said today.
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Somalia Residents Anger at Kenya Cash Transfer Freezes
Residents of Somalia's capital on Thursday condemned as "collective punishment" Kenya's shutting down of money transfer services over suspected links to the Al-Qaeda-linked Shebab.
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Kenyan Airstrikes Target Al Shebab After University Massacre
Kenyan fighter jets pounded Al-Qaeda-linked Shebab insurgent camps in southern Somalia today, the army said, days after the Islamists killed 148 people in their worst ever massacre in Kenya.
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10 Al Shabaab Militants Killed in Somalia
At least 10 Al Shabaab militants were killed and scores of others injured early Wednesday in heavy fighting between African Union (AU) forces and the Al Qaeda-affiliated militant group in southern Somalia's Barawe town, an official sa
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Ten Killed in Somalia Bombing: Police
At least 10 people were killed on Monday in a huge explosion targeting a senior official in the southern Somali town of Baidoa, police and hospital staff said.
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Russian Islamic video threatens Sochi Olympics
An Islamic militant group in Russia's North Caucasus claimed responsibility for twin suicide bombings in the southern city of Volgograd last month and posted a video threatening to strike the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.
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Kenyan jets kill '60 or more' Somali Islamist insurgents
Kenyan fighter jets killed at least 60 Islamist Shebab insurgents in southern Somalia in the latest air strike on insurgent positions, officials said on Saturday.
