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The United States is calling for intensified efforts to combat piracy and warning against paying ransom.
A judge for an Islamic militant group in Somalia says a woman has been stoned to death and her boyfriend given 100 lashes for having an affair.
Gunmen have killed a top Somali judge who had sentenced many pirates and human traffickers to long jail terms, the security minister for northern Somalia said Thursday.
A Somali airline official says two men have failed in an attempt to hijack an airplane.
A Somali man who claims to be a centenarian has married a 17-year old girl. Ahmed Mohamed Dhore celebrated his marriage to Safiya Abdulle late Tuesday in central Somalia before hundreds of guests. Somali adolescent girls are often married off to older men. But it is rare for a man as old as Dhore to marry a girl of Abdulle's age.
A defense official in Somalia says a roadside bomb in the country's semiautonomous northern region has killed two people, including an infantry division commander.
Uganda's president has dismissed threats from Somali Islamist insurgents that they will attack his country.
Islamist militants on Sunday shot to death two men accused by fighters of spying for this east African nation's weak government, a witness and militant member said.
The Islamist insurgency in Somalia may attack targets in neighboring Kenya, an Islamist official said Sunday.
Six masked men used machetes to carry out amputations on three men accused of robbery by a Somali Islamist court, a witness said Saturday.
Britain called Thursday for U.N. sanctions against the tiny Red Sea nation of Eritrea for supplying weapons to opponents of the transitional government in nearby Somalia in violation of a U.N. arms embargo.
Uganda released Somalia's state minister for defense on Wednesday, hours after arresting him because he did not inform Ugandan authorities of his visit, officials said.
An Islamist spokesman says gunmen have killed a senior member of Somalia's insurgency in the country's capital.
Gunmen kidnapped Somalia's state minister for defense Tuesday during a trip to the Ugandan capital, a Somali government spokesman said.
Kidnappers on Saturday released three foreign aid workers they had held in Somalia for more than two months, an Islamic militia commander said.
A Spanish fishing company says one of its ships has been attacked by pirates in the Indian Ocean and it has lost contact with the vessel.
The Supreme Court will consider throwing out a human rights lawsuit against a former prime minister of Somalia who is accused of overseeing killings and other atrocities.
Fighting between rival Islamist factions on Thursday over control of a key Somali port city killed at least 12 people, most of them combatants, said witnesses and medical staff.
Somalia is being hijacked by al-Qaida-linked terrorists who are better organized and more highly motivated than the ineffectual government in Mogadishu, and Sudan could be the next nation to fall under their influence, Ethiopia warned Saturday.
FBI agents are investigating whether an American teenager detonated one of two stolen U.N. vehicles packed with explosives at a peacekeepers base in Somalia, killing 21 people last week.
Islamic insurgents attacked an African Union peacekeeping base Tuesday, sparking a battle that killed at least eight people and wounded more than a dozen, witnesses and officials said.
The death of a key al-Qaida leader in a daring helicopter assault in Somalia strikes a blow to the terror group's operation there, but it could also trigger a new spate of attacks on Western targets.
Islamic insurgents demanded Thursday that France stop supporting Somalia's government and withdraw its warships from anti-piracy patrols in exchange for the release of a French security agent — conditions which the French government immediately rejected.
A Somali Islamic court hacked a hand each from two screaming men accused of theft and lashed another accused of rape on Wednesday, officials and a witness said, the latest in a series of harsh punishments that have elicited both admiration and revulsion from the war-weary population.
BBC News - Afghan corruption a political obstacleThe problem of corruption in Afghanistan was highlighted recently when an international survey placed the country as the second most corrupt in the world. It was beaten only by Somalia.
Pirates foiled in a second attack on Maersk Alabama cargo ship(CNN) -- A U.S.-flagged ship that played a central role in a bloody hijacking drama last spring was attacked again Wednesday, a busy day for piracy in the dangerous waters off the east coast of Africa.
Somali Woman Stoned to Death After Being Convicted of Adultery - Bloomberg.comNov. 18 (Bloomberg) -- A Somali woman was stoned to death after being found guilty of adultery in breach of Islamic law.
Somali pirates again attack Maersk AlabamaSomali pirates attacked the Maersk Alabama for the second time in seven months on Wednesday, but guards on board the U.S.-flagged cargo ship repelled the takeover attempt.
Somali pirates free 36, claim $3 million ransomPirates freed 36 crew members from a Spanish trawler Tuesday, and a self-proclaimed pirate said the hostage-takers were paid $3.3 million in ransom.
Kenyans recruited to fight in SomaliaDADAAB, Kenya - The recruits assembled by moonlight at a watering hole. Hundreds of boys and young Kenyan men were herded onto trucks, which were covered with heavy canvas, and driven through the night.
Pirates hijack tanker off Somali coast Pirates off Somalia's coast have hijacked a chemical tanker with a North Korean crew, European naval forces reported.
Global migration: Where the trains run on time[Manila, Philippines] The results of a poll recently released by the US-based Gallup Organization say that some 700 million people worldwide would move to another country if they could.
Kenyans recruited to fight in SomaliaThousands of people are being secretly recruited and trained inside Kenya to battle Islamic insurgents in neighboring Somalia, according to deserters, local officials, and families.
Somali Pirates Extend Their ReachSomali-based pirates have struck again. Hijacking a Greek-owned cargo ship 400 nautical miles northeast of the Seychelles Islands in the Indian Ocean.
Somali pirates hit oil tanker in long-range attackSomali pirates attacked an oil tanker and fired automatic weapons and rocket-propelled grenades Monday farther out at sea than any previous assault, suggesting that pirate capabilities are growing as they increase activity off East Africa. Pirates in two skiffs fired at the Hong …
Spanish and Somali Governments Work Against the Clock to Free Ship's 36 Crew-members Held by PiratesSpanish ambassador in Kenya, Nicolás Martín Sinto, and Somalia Prime Minister Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke held an urgent meeting in Nairobi on Sunday, November 8, to find a way out of the tense situation over the hijacked Spanish boat, Alakrana.
Somali pirates launch increasingly bold attacksThe European Union Naval Force says Somali pirates have launched an attack on an oil tanker farther out at sea than any previous assault.
Kenyan printers seized in SomaliaSuspected Islamist gunmen have kidnapped two Kenyans working for a printing firm in Somalia's capital.
Somali adulterer stoned to death Islamists in southern Somalia have stoned a man to death for adultery but spared his pregnant girlfriend until she gives birth. Abas Hussein Abdirahman, 33, was killed in front of a crowd of some 300 people in the port town of Merka.
Rival Somali groups fight over British coupleRival pirates and militia groups have fought for control over a British couple held hostage for more than a week, an Islamic militia commander and a local elder said Monday.
Somali pirates: Western boats 'loot' our fishSomali pirates who are demanding $7 million in ransom for a British sailing couple said Saturday that boats from other countries are plundering Somalia's fish-rich waters.
Pirates demand $7m for Paul and Rachel Chandler - Times OnlineConfirmation that the British couple Paul and Rachel Chandler have indeed been kidnapped by Somali pirates. Statements from the Prime Minister and Foreign Office and quotes from the Chandlers and their family members.
Somali man, '112', weds girl, 17Hundreds of people have attended a wedding in central Somalia between a man who says he is 112 years old, and his teenage wife.
Somali man aged 112 marries girl of 17But Ahmed Muhamed Dhore, a Somalian who claims he is 112 years old, said he had realised a "dream" by marrying a 17-year-old bride...... Dhore has 114 children and grandchildren. His oldest son is 80 and three of his wives have died.
Couple sleeps as Somali pirates hijack yachtA British man kidnapped by Somali pirates while vacationing on a yacht with his wife said in an interview released Thursday that the bandits crept aboard with guns while he was asleep and demanded money.
Somali man, '112', weds girl, 17Hundreds of people have attended a wedding in central Somalia between a man who says he is 112 years old, and his teenage wife. Ahmed Muhamed Dore - who already has 18 children by five wives - said he would like to have more with his new wife, Safia Abdulleh, who is 17 years old …
Somali pirates held after firing on French shipSeven Somali pirates were detained after firing on a French fishing vessel and guards on board returned fire, authorities said Wednesday.
Somalia: UN aid Worker Held in JowharA Somali aid worker attached to a UN-Habitat project has been arrested in the middle Shabelle town of Jowhar, sources tell RBC Radio.
Search for couple missing in Somali pirate areaInternational naval forces hunted on Tuesday for a British couple feared taken by Somali pirates while sailing from the Seychelles islands, and as night fell units were trailing three suspicious vessels.
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