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A militant attack on a Somalia hotel leaves an unknown number dead
A car bomb has exploded at a hotel in the central Somali city of Beledweyne, kicking off an hourslong militant attack
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US aid freeze paralyzes NGOs working to help millions of internally displaced people in Somalia
In a desolate makeshift camp on the fringes of Somalia’s capital, tens of thousands of internally displaced people sit under the baking sun not sure if they can have access to food rations and medication following U.S. President Donald Trump’s decree to freeze most of his country’s foreign aid
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US military conducts airstrikes against Islamic State operatives in Somalia
The U.S. military has conducted coordinated airstrikes against Islamic State operatives in Somalia, the first attacks in the African nation during President Donald Trump’s second term
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A bombing at a checkpoint in Somalia killed at least 18 people, authorities say
An explosives-laden vehicle has detonated at a security checkpoint in the central Somalia city of Beledweyne
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The death toll from a truck bomb at a checkpoint in Somalia rises to 21
The death toll from a bombing attack at a government checkpoint in central Somalia has reached 21
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Floods kill at least 31 in Somalia. UN warns of a flood event likely to happen once in 100 years
Somali authorities say floods caused by torrential rainfall have killed at least 31 people in various parts of the country
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El Niño-worsened flooding has Somalia in a state of emergency. Residents of one town are desperate
First, some families fled drought and violence
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Somalia president hails lifting of arms embargo as government vows to wipe out al-Shabab militants
Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has welcomed the U.N. Security Council vote to lift an arms embargo imposed on the Horn of Africa nation more than 30 years ago
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Ethiopia and a breakaway Somali region sign a deal giving Ethiopia access to the sea, leaders say
Landlocked Ethiopia has taken the first steps toward gaining access to the sea, signing an agreement in the capital of Addis Ababa with the breakaway Somali region of Somaliland to access the Somaliland coastline
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The US military has carried out airstrikes in Somalia that killed 3 al-Qaida-linked militants
The U.S. military says that it conducted airstrikes in Somalia over the weekend that killed three al-Qaida-linked al-Shabab militants and that there were no civilian casualties
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Civil war turned Somalia's main soccer stadium into an army camp. Now it's hosting games again
A stadium in Somalia’s violence-prone capital is hosting its first soccer tournament in three decades, drawing thousands of people to a sports facility that had been abandoned for decades and later became a military base amid the country’s civil war
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Somalia announces deal with Turkey to deter Ethiopia's access to sea through a breakaway region
Somalia has announced a defense deal with Turkey that includes support for the Horn of Africa nation’s sea assets and appears aimed at deterring Ethiopia’s efforts to secure access to the sea by way of the breakaway region of Somaliland
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Loud explosion is heard as Somali militant group says its fighters have attacked a hotel in capital
The Somali extremist group al-Shabab says its fighters have attacked a hotel in the capital Mogadishu, where a loud explosion and gunfire have been heard
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At least 5 killed in bombing targeting a busy café in the Somali capital, police say
Police say a bombing outside a café in the Somali capital of Mogadishu killed at least five people
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Somali police say 32 people died in an attack on a beach hotel. Al-Shabab claimed responsibility.
Police in Somalia say 32 people died and 63 others were wounded in an attack on a beach hotel in the capital, Mogadishu
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Roadside explosions in Somali capital Mogadishu kill 5, official says
Roadside explosions in the Somali capital have killed five people and wounded eight others
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Dozens of migrants still missing off Djibouti's coast after smugglers forced them out of boats
Rescuers are searching for dozens of migrants from Africa still missing after smugglers apparently forced them out of two boats in the Red Sea off the coast of Djibouti earlier this week
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7 killed in suicide bomber attack at a cafe in Somalia's capital
Police said seven people died and six others were injured after a suicide bomber detonated an unidentified device at a café outside a police training school in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu
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Somalia says 24 people have died after 2 boats capsized in the Indian Ocean
Somalia's government says 24 people died after two boats capsized off the Madagascar coast in the Indian Ocean
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A Chinese vessel has been hijacked off the Somali coast, officials say
Local authorities in Somalia have confirmed that a Chinese-owned fishing vessel with 18 crew members aboard was hijacked last week off the northeastern coast of Xaafuun district in Somalia’s Bari region
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Pirates demand $10 million in ransom after hijacking Chinese-owned fishing vessel with 18 captives
An official says that the pirates who hijacked a Chinese-owned fishing vessel with 18 crew off the northeastern coast of Somalia last month are demanding $10 million in ransom