A Somali man was convicted on Friday in a U.S. court for serving as a ransom negotiator for Somali pirates and his role in the death of four Americans later killed by pirates, the U.S. Justice Department said.

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Somali Convicted in U.S. Court on Piracy Charges

A US jury convicts a Somali man of piracy for serving as a hostage negotiator in the hijacking of a US yacht where all four on board were killed.

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US jury convicts Somali link man

The rescue mission is said to have taken 48 hours, and the Iranian navy is reported to have detained nine Somali pirates.

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VIDEO: Iran ‘rescues’ Chinese ship from pirates

A deadly bomb exploded during a ceremony on Wednesday at the newly reopened National Theater in the Somali capital as the prime minister was addressing the guests.

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Deadly Theater Blast Shatters Calm in Somalia

The European Union expands its mission against Somali pirates, by allowing military forces to attack land targets as well as those at sea.

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EU approves pirate base attacks

World leaders pledge support for political and military measures to fight Somali Islamist militant group al-Shabab, after a conference in London.

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Leaders back Somali terror fight

The European Court of Human Rights says Italy violated the rights of Eritrean and Somali migrants by sending them back to Libya.

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Italy chided over Africa migrants

Sympathizes with father of Somali pirate hostage.

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Rescue Made Obama Think of Daughters

Pro-government forces launch a major offensive from the Somali capital, Mogadishu, to seize territory from al-Shabab Islamist militants.

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Somalia forces attack al-Shabab

The Royal Navy has captured 13 Somali pirates after boarding a dhow in the Indian Ocean, the Ministry of Defence says, as part of a Nato-led operation.

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Royal Navy takes Somali pirates

The Kenyan army says it has killed 60 Somali al-Shabab militia fighters in air strikes and is determined to “break their spine completely”.

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Kenyans ‘kill al-Shabab rebels’

In a high-seas operation mixing diplomacy, drama and Middle Eastern politics, American sailors boarded the mother ship of Somali pirates and freed 13 Iranian hostages who had been captive since November.

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For Iranians Held by Pirates, U.S. to the Rescue

Guidelines on when ships sailing under British flags can use “lethal force” against Somali pirates must be clarified, MPs say.

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Clarify piracy defence laws – MPs

Ethiopian forces capture most of the central Somali town of Beledweyne from Islamist militants of al-Shabab, reports say.

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Ethiopia army ‘takes Somali town’

Two aid workers shot dead in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, are identified as Belgian and Indonesian nationals.

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Killed Somalia aid workers named