The UN office for Somalia is moving to Mogadishu from Nairobi, Ban Ki-moon announces on a rare visit to the Somali capital.

Visit link:
UN head Ban Ki-moon in Mogadishu

The Somali capital Mogadishu is hit by some of the fiercest fighting in the city in months, in a major setback for the government.

Read more:
Fierce clashes in Somali capital

The crew of a Taiwanese fishing vessel have overwhelmed a group of armed Somali pirates who hijacked their boat last week.

Read the rest here:
Pirates defeated by fishing crew

NAIROBI, Kenya — Grenade blasts at a blue-collar bar and a crowded bus stop rattled Nairobi on Monday, as the country worried whether al-Qaida-linked militants from Somalia were carrying out their promise to launch reprisal attacks in Kenya’s capital. The attacks came only two days after the U.S. warned of “imminent” terror attacks. The U.S. warning had implied that the Somali group al-Shabab would carry out reprisals in response to Kenyan troops’ invasion of Somalia in mid-October. The militants had promised to unleash terror attacks in Nairobi in retaliation for the offensive. Read full article > >

Originally posted here:
2 grenade blasts rattle Nairobi; 1 dead after blue-collar bus stop, working class bar targeted

A British couple who were kidnapped by Somali pirates and held for more than a year criticise efforts by the Foreign Office to secure their release.

See the rest here:
Chandlers criticise rescue effort

A disabled French national who is believed to have been seized by Somali gunmen has died in captivity, the French government said.

Link:
French Woman Abducted in Kenya Dies

British and US naval forces rescue an Italian ship hijacked by Somali pirates, freeing 11 crew members.

Read more here:
Naval forces rescue hijacked ship

A huge suicide attack near government buildings in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, kills at least 70 people and injures many more, local officials say.

Follow this link:
Deadly attack hits Somali capital

Suspected Somali militants kidnap a disabled French woman on the Kenyan resort island of Manda and take her to Somalia, officials say.

See the rest here:
French woman kidnapped in Kenya

A British man is killed and his wife kidnapped from a luxury Kenyan resort near the Somali border, police say.

Read more here:
Briton shot dead in Kenya resort

A Danish family of five and two crew members held by Somali pirates have been freed and brought to safety, Denmark says.

Excerpt from:
Somali pirates free Danish family

The UK international development secretary warns of a race against time to tackle the “devastating famine” during a trip to the Somali capital.

Originally posted here:
UK minister visits Mogadishu

The Somali army warns people not to return to their homes in the parts of the capital, Mogadishu, recently abandoned by Islamist militants.

Link:
Somalia army issues mine warning

Is it possible to guard your yacht from Somali pirates?

More:
Hijack proof

Three Somali men plead guilty in a US court to piracy charges for their role in a hijacking that ended in the deaths of four Americans.

Read this article:
Somali pirates plead guilty in US