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Al Shabaab takes over Somali town, kills 61

Al Shabaab militants captured a town in Somalia's semi-autonomous Puntland region on Thursday, a senior official said, and the group said it had killed...

Al Shabaab behind bomb attack on Somali police station

A bomb planted in a police station killed at least one policeman in Somalia's southern port city of Kismayu on Monday, and militant Islamist...

Al-Shabab stones man to death for adultery in Somalia

Somali militants have stoned a man to death after an Islamic court convicted him of adultery. Dayow Mohamed Hassan, 44, was buried neck-deep and pelted...

Al Shabaab cuts off hands of two men convicted by sharia court

Somalia's al Shabaab publicly cut off the right hands of two men on Thursday after a sharia court convicted them of breaking into a...

Three Somali soldiers die trying to defuse car bomb

Three soldiers died when a car bomb exploded while they were trying to defuse it on Wednesday in the Somali capital Mogadishu, police and...

Inter-ethnic clashes claim 6 lives in Somalia

At least 6 people were killed and nine others injured when rival clans clashed in Central Somalia, local elders said on Saturday. An online media...

Somalia and its backers sign security pact to beef up army

Somalia's government and its foreign backers on Thursday signed a security pact which they presented as a road map towards building a functional national...

UN seeks $900m for Somalia

The UN is seeking a further 900 million dollars this year for Somalia, where more than six million people need humanitarian assistance and 275,000...

Al Shabaab militants attack Somali army base, killing several soldiers

Al Shabaab fighters attacked a remote Somali army base northwest of the capital Mogadishu on Tuesday, killing several government soldiers, officials and the militants...

Somalia’s youngest minister shot dead in Mogadishu

Somalia’s youngest minister has been shot dead in an incident close to the presidential palace in the capital Mogadishu. The 31-year-old Abbas Abdullahi Sheik Siraji...

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Nigerian High Commission apartments in Ghana demolished

Some new apartments built at the residence of the Nigerian High Commissioner in Ghana’s capital city Accra, have been demolished by bulldozers. The apartments have been constructed to...

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DR Congo: President’s ex-chief of staff jailed 20 years for corruption

The ex-chief of staff of the president of the Democratic Republic of Congo has been jailed 20 years by a high court. Vital Kamerhe was...

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Zimbabwe's Health Minister Obadiah Moyo has been arrested over corruption allegations related to procurement of medical equipment worth $60 million. Moyo is accused of illegally...

Ghana’s new law that jails citizens not wearing facemask 10 years

Ghanaians who fail to wear the face masks in compliance with a presidential directive risk going to jail for ten years. They also face a...
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