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Somalia’s al Shabaab kills nine Kenyan soldiers

The Islamist militant group al Shabaab has killed nine Kenyan soldiers in Somalia, Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta said on Monday.

German nurse kidnapped by gunmen in Somalia

Gunmen have kidnapped a German nurse who works for the International Committee of the Red Cross in the Somali capital, Mogadishu.

Somalia: Suicide bomber kills 4 army officers

A suicide bomber blew himself up in a military camp in the Somali town of Galkayo on Saturday, killing four officers, officials said, an attack claimed by the al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab group.

Four African Union soldiers killed in Somalia

Somalia's al-Shabaab Islamic extremists on Sunday launched an attack on a base for African Union troops in the country's south, killing four Ugandan peacekeepers, said Ugandan army spokesperson Brigadier Richard Karemire.

Five police officers in Kenya killed by al Shabaab

Somalia’s al Shabaab group killed five police officers early on Friday in northeast Kenya, in an area where the Islamist militants have in the past attacked military and civilian targets, a senior official said.

Somalia: Suicide car bomb leaves casualties

Somalia’s Islamist group Al Shabaab set off a suicide car bomb at a security checkpoint about 15 km (nine miles) outside the capital Mogadishu on Thursday, the group’s spokesman and a police official told Reuters.

US drone strike in Somalia kills 3 al-Shabaab militants

The United States military says it has carried out a drone strike against al-Shabaab extremists in Somalia, killing three "terrorists."

Somali, Kenyan troops clash in border town

A Somali military officer says one Somali soldier has been killed in brief clashes between Somali and Kenyan troops in a border town.

Anti-rape law passed in Somaliland

Rapists in self-declared republic of Somaliland can no longer marry their victims after the country’s parliament passed a law against rape.

Somalia: Prime Minister sacks 3 Cabinet ministers

Somalia's prime minister has fired three Cabinet ministers as his government faces stiff challenges from the opposition.

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