Somalia starts a major operation to remove tens of thousands of people who have been squatting in government buildings in the capital.

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Somalia moves to evict squatters

Somalia starts a major operation to remove tens of thousands of people who have been squatting in government buildings in the capital.

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Somalia moves to evict squatters

American commandos staged a daring raid in Somalia on Wednesday morning, rescuing two hostages, including an American woman, who had been kidnapped by pirates and held for months.

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U.S. Raid Frees 2 Hostages From Somali Pirates

A U.S. drone strike killed a British al-Qaida official fighting alongside insurgents in Somalia, officials said.

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Officials: US Drone Strike Killed Somali Insurgent

The loss of Beledweyne, a trading hub near the Ethiopian border, leaves the Shabab rebels on the defensive.

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Ethiopian Forces Seize Strategic Somali Town From Shabab

With the famine putting hundreds of thousands of women on the move, more rapes are being reported now in Somalia than at any time in recent memory.

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Somalia Faces Alarming Rise in Rapes of Women and Girls

Kenyan troops fighting Islamist insurgents in southern Somalia promise to carry out air strikes deeper into rebel-held territory

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Kenya ‘will pursue Somali rebels’

While the Shabab militants are waging a traditional guerrilla war in Somalia, they are also using social media in a propaganda war with Kenya.

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Somalia’s Rebels Embrace Twitter as a Weapon

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

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UN head Ban Ki-moon in Mogadishu

Manchester, N.H., has taken in more than 2,000 refugees from countries like Somalia and Sudan, but officials there say they now need a break.

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Halt Is Sought to Manchester, N.H., Refugee Resettlement

The efforts of its troops have put the African Union in the driver’s seat of an intensifying international effort to wipe out Somalia’s Shabab militants, once and for all.

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Africa Forces Surprise Many With Success in Subduing Somalia

The Obama administration is intensifying its campaign against an al-Qaeda affiliate in Somalia by boosting the number of proxy forces in the war-torn country, expanding drone operations and strengthening military partnerships throughout the region. In many ways, the American role in the long-running conflict in Somalia is shaping up as the opposite of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan: relatively inexpensive, with limited or hidden U.S. footprints. Read full article > >

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U.S. intensifies its proxy fight against al-Shabab in Somalia

At least three people have been killed in grenade attacks in eastern Kenya, near the border with Somalia, officials say.

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Three dead in east Kenya attacks

Ethiopian troops have crossed the border into Somalia in significant numbers, eyewitnesses say – an incursion denied by the Ethiopian authorities.

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Ethiopia troops ‘enter Somalia’

Ethiopian troops have crossed the border into Somalia in significant numbers, eyewitnesses say – an incursion denied by the Ethiopian authorities.

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Ethiopia troops ‘enter Somalia’