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Al Shabab terrorist recounts time spent in ‘haven’ Canada in online memoir
TORONTO — Fourteen months ago, officials in Somalia announced that a former Toronto resident turned Islamist terrorist named Omar Shafik Hammami had been killed in Mogadishu, bringing an end to his...
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Armed attack on U.S. vessel is piracy, even if no one boards the ship:...
RICHMOND, Va. — A federal appeals court on Wednesday expanded the legal definition of piracy, saying an armed attack on a U.S. vessel can be considered piracy even if no one ever boards or robs the...
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Q&A: The dangers of providing aid in Somalia
Somalia is lawless, violent and broken. Years of civil war and war lordism left a wasteland where only al-Qaeda-linked militancy could flourish. Even when drought hit last year, international...
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U.S. announces $33-million in bounties for information on Al-Shabab leaders
With al-Qaeda teetering following a campaign of drone strikes in Pakistan, the U.S. upped the pressure on one of the terror group’s African affiliates on Thursday, offering $33-million for information...
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Al-Shabab rebels offer 10 camels for Obama’s whereabouts in mockery of...
MOGADISHU — Somalia’s al-Qaeda-allied Shabab rebels Saturday mocked a U.S. offer of up to $33-million for tip-offs enabling the arrest of its top leaders, saying they would give 10 camels to anyone who...
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Canadian among aid workers kidnapped from Kenya’s Dadaab refugee camp
NAIROBI — A Canadian is among four foreign refugee workers kidnapped from a camp near the border with Somalia on Friday, according to local police. The other three are from Norway, Pakistan and the...
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One kidnapper killed in daring Somali rescue mission that saved two Canadian...
NAIROBI, Kenya — Two Canadians among the four aid workers kidnapped during a deadly attack in Kenya last Friday were seasoned veterans of the business of helping the world’s poorest people, and knew...
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Somali comedian, who mocked Islamic militants, killed in Mogadishu streets
MOGADISHU — On one of his recent radio shows, a popular Somali comedian ridiculed commanders of a ruthless Islamist insurgent group that is notorious for forcibly recruiting boys into its ranks and...
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Rare vote in Somalia sees election of new president
MOGADISHU — Somalia’s lawmakers voted overwhelmingly on Monday for political newcomer Hassan Sheikh Mohamud to be the country’s next president, with the streets of the capital erupting into celebratory...
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Two explosions rock Somali hotel where newly elected president was holding...
MOGADISHU — Somalia’s new President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and the visiting Kenyan foreign minister escaped unharmed on Wednesday from an apparent suicide bomb attack on a Mogadishu hotel where they...
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Suicide attack on new Somali president exposes fragile ‘new era’ after...
MOGADISHU — The peacekeeper guarding the Mogadishu hotel smiled and said: “Leave your body armor behind. It’s safe here.” Mogadishu was a city beginning to relax, and the soldier’s advice to reporters...
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Suicide bombers walk into Mogadishu restaurant, kill at least 15 people
WARNING: THIS STORY CONTAINS GRAPHIC IMAGES MOGADISHU — Two suicide bombers walked into a restaurant in central Mogadishu and killed at least 15 people, witnesses said on Thursday, a week after...
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The end of piracy? Somali heyday seems over as militaries defend against attacks
HOBYO, Somalia — The empty whisky bottles and overturned, sand-filled skiffs that litter this once-bustling shoreline are signs that the heyday of Somali piracy may be over. Most of the prostitutes are...
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Another Somali pirate boat goes up in smoke as attacks hit three-year low
Somali pirate attacks fell to their lowest in three years in the first nine months of 2012 as tougher navy action and private armed security teams deterred gangs, a maritime watchdog said. Last year,...
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Bus bomb kills six in Kenya, blamed on al-Shabaab rebels
NAIROBI — A bomb tore through a minibus in Nairobi’s Somali-dominated Eastleigh neighbourhood on Sunday, killing six people in an attack highlighting the security risks Kenya faces because of its...
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With 18 killed this year, ‘lawless’ Somalia is the deadliest post for media...
Mohamed Mohamud Turyare was walking home from a Mogadishu mosque on Oct. 21 when two gunmen shot him in the stomach. Doctors were preparing to transfer the 22-year-old Radio Shabelle reporter out of...
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Somali terrorists say they executed French intelligence agent in retaliation...
MOGADISHU, Somalia — Somalia’s most dangerous terror group says it has killed a French hostage that French military forces tried to rescue last weekend. Al-Shabab said in a Twitter posting Thursday...
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Somali government charges woman who says she was raped by soldiers, accuses...
MOGADISHU, Somalia — The Somali government has charged a woman who has said she was raped by security forces, according to an international human rights group, which says the case is politically...
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Somali woman tells reporter she was raped by security forces; court sentences...
MOGADISHU, Somalia — A Mogadishu court on Tuesday handed down one-year prison sentences to a woman who said she was raped by security forces and a reporter who interviewed her. The judges decided the...
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Somali journalist freed after speaking out for imprisoned colleague in rape...
MOGADISHU, Somalia — A Somali journalist was freed after being detained without charges for more than a week for speaking out against the imprisonment of a fellow reporter. Daud Abdi Daud was released...
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