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Somalia bans foreign aid workers from rebel areas
Somalia has banned foreign aid workers and journalists from entering areas controlled by al-Shabaab insurgents, in fear of attacks on them.
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Bruised by war, Mogadishu slowly reawakens
After four years of conflict, Mogadishu bears the signs of a city slowly rising from the ruins of war, which killed about 20 000 people.
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Suicide bomber attacks Somali presidential palace
A suicide bomber blew himself up at the gates of the presidential palace in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Monday.
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Somali PM faces confidence vote in parliament
Somalia’s prime minister will face a new confidence vote in Parliament on Saturday as a power struggle comes to a head.
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Somali Islamists tell president to step down
A Somali rebel group has told the Horn of Africa nation’s leader to quit power and said hardline Islamists had succeeded where government had failed.
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Somali clashes kill 24, thousands flee capital
Violence in Mogadishu killed at least 24 people on Wednesday, and thousands of Somalis fled the capital fearing a government offensive.
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Fighting in two Somali towns kills over a dozen
At least 18 people were killed in fighting on Monday in two central Somali towns where rebels battled a pro-government militia and each other.
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Somali arrested with chemicals at airport in November
Officers arrested a Somali man attempting to board a Dubai-bound plane in November in Mogadishu with a white powder, liquid and syringes.
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Mogadishu blast kills Somali govt ministers
An explosion that tore through a hotel in Somalia’s lawless capital, Mogadishu, on Thursday killed three government ministers.
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Clashes leave trail of death in Mogadishu
Artillery battles between Islamist insurgents, Somali government forces and AU peacekeepers killed at least 30 people on Thursday.
