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At the peak of the problem, in 2011, there were 237 incidents of piracy off Somalia and the Gulf of Aden (the sea separating Somalia and Yemen), accounting for more than half of all such incidents worldwide. The pirates would often hold shipping crews hostage for ransom. Somali piracy cost...

State security forces arrested 38 journalists, while 37 were beaten, shot at or threatened at gunpoint, report says. (more…)

Kenya has long been worried Iran was trying to cultivate ties with al-Shabab (more…)

More than 200 fires burning and temperature records smashed as government criticised over inaction (more…)

Mogadishu, Somalia (CNN)Al Qaeda affiliate Al-Shabaab has claimed responsibility for a truck bombing in Somalia that killed 85 people outside Mogadishu, the group's spokesman said. (more…)

Officials said a truck filled with explosives blew up at a busy intersection in the capital. Shabab militants are suspected in the attack. (more…)

MOGADISHU, SOMALIA - Officials in Somalia say al-Shabab extremists killed three soldiers during an attack on a military base in the southwest on Monday. (more…)

MOGADISHU, SOMALIA - Authorities in Somalia have installed security cameras on major roads in the capital, Mogadishu, in an effort to deter ongoing attacks by the Islamist militant group Al-Shabab.  Residents and business owners have welcomed the stepped-up security.  But, as Mohamed Sheik Nor reports from Mogadishu, some analysts doubt...

Selami Turker, chief of Special Police Unit of Turkish National Police, met with Somali officials and exchanged views (more…)

MOGADISHU-- At least five people were killed and six others injured in an explosion on Saturday night in Galkayo town in Somalia's central region of Mudug, an officer confirmed on Sunday. (more…)