Somalia
Shabaab has taken control of Gurael. Fighting has broken out in Dhobley. Shabaab established an Islamic court in Marka. Three Somalis were killed in a bombing in Baidoa.
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Somalia’s Al Shabaab seize central town
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Suspected pirates rescued in Gulf of Aden
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Somalia: A New al Qaeda Safe Haven?
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Two people were killed and 10 were wounded in three bombings in Baidoa. Ethiopian forces are being surged into southern Somalia prior to a planned pullout. The Islamic Courts flogged five people in Baladwein.
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Somali pirates to release Ukraine ship with arms
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Ethiopia to withdraw from Somalia
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Somali Pirates Hijack Chemical Tanker, Release Greek Cargo Ship
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Western journalists kidnapped in Somalia
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Twin Cities Somali community reacts to terrorist reports
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Terrorists: Yes, Our Official Website Is Hosted in the US, so What?
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Americans Flocking to Somalia to Fight for al Qaeda
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A senior Somali military commander was killed in Baidoa. Burundi said it will send an additional 850 troops to Mogadishu. Pirates hijacked a Yemeni freighter traveling in the Gulf of Aden.
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The Missing: Somali Men Off Twin Cities Streets, Back in Somalia
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‘Absurdistan along the Horn of Africa’
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Police killed 15 Shabaab fighters in a failed attack on a government official’s home in Mogadishu on Friday. Fifteen people were killed and five were wounded in fighting in Mogadishu. Shabaab denied it was killing aid workers. Pirates released a Greek-owned tanker.
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Pirates Collect $150M Over Past Year at Expense of Global Economy
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Somalia: 32 traditional dancers lashed in public
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Islamists on trail of Somali pirates
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Eleven Shabaab fighters and 11 Ethiopian troops were killed in heavy fighting in Mogadishu. Kenya will deploy 800 peacekeepers while Nigera has delayed the deployment of 700 troops.
Shabaab Leader Sanctioned as Zawahiri Responds to Group’s Oath of Loyalty
The US Treasury sanctions three senior Al Shabaab leaders as the Somali terror group is close to being integrated with al Qaeda.
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The US Treasury Department added three members of Shabaab to the Specially Designated Global Terrorist list. Ahmed Abdi Aw Mohammed (also known as Shaykh Mukhtar and Abu Zubeyr) the founder and leader of Shabaab; Issa Osman Issa, a military commander; and Mukhtar Robow, Shabaab’s spokesman were designated.
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Two more ships hijacked in piracy crisis
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African Union peacekeepers from Burundi have begun to occupy a base recently vacated by Ethiopian forces; Shabaab immediately attacked the base. Three people have been killed during fighting in Mogadishu. Pirates seized a Saudi-owned oil supertanker off the coast of Kenya; the pirates are moving the ship to Eyl.
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Somali govt says weakened by Islamist onslaught
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Islamic Courts fighters arrested and whipped 32 dancers just south of Mogadishu. Three Somalis were killed during fighting north of Mogadishu. Fighting between Islamic Courts members broke out again in Jowhar. Somalia’s president said the Transitional Federal Government has collapsed.
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Islamist rebels whip 32 dancers in Somalia
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Somali Islamists approach Mogadishu, impose sharia
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Two factions of the Islamic Courts “accidentally” battled in Jowhar; two were killed. Shabaab warned clans not to attack their forces in the port of Marka. Ethiopian forces withdrew from a refugee camp outside of Mogadishu. Pirates hijacked a Chinese fishing boat.
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Shabaab will impose sharia in the recently captured port city of Merka. Islamic Courts warlord Yusuf “Indha Ade” Mohamed Siad refused an order by Shabaab to disarm. Islamic Courts fighters took control of a refugee camp south of Mogadishu.