An Italian tugboat and its crew of 16, seized by Somali pirates four months ago, has been released. Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini expressed his satisfaction at the outcome after months of negotiations. Franco Frattini (File photo) The Ita

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Joe DeCapua 06 April 2010 International naval patrols against Somali pirates have made shipping lanes much safer. But theyve not been able to eliminate the threat altogether. Naval experts look at whats been done and what could be done to keep the pi

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By Lisa Schlein Geneva 19 September 2006 The U.N. refugee agency (UNHCR) says Somali refugees continue to flee to Kenya. Since September 13, the UNHCR says more than 3,400 Somalis have fled growing tensions and fighting in their country. ------- A S

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The U.N. refugee agency reports the number of uprooted Somalis arriving this year in the sprawling Dadaab refugee camp in northeastern Kenya has surpassed 45,000. The UNHCR says thousands of Somali refugees, desperate to escape fighting in their cou

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By Cathy Majtenyi Gode 20 March 2006 The Somali region of southeastern Ethiopia is being hit by a drought that is also affecting parts of Kenya and Somalia. Residents and aid workers fear that widespr

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At least eight people have died in renewed fighting in the Somali capital Mogadishu. Islamist insurgents and pro-government forces have clashed repeatedly since insurgents launched an offensive last month. Body of a Somali government soldier killed

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By Alan Boswell Nairobi 26 September 2009 Panama-flagged ship is seen docked in Mogadishu sea port, 25 Sep 2009 Somali pirates attempted to hijack a ship Thursday night in the Mogadishu port but were eventually scared away by a rescue effort. The Sy

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EU Naval Force French warship FS Nivose with Somali pirate skiffs off the Somali coast (file photo) Somali pirates hijacking vessels at sea have become an almost daily occurrence. But the latest incident is raising the alarm far from the East African

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Little Hope for Talks on Somali Government Transition With the mandate of Somalia's transitional government nearing an end, the United Nations has convened a conference in Nairobi to discuss the future of the Horn of Africa nation. But with some majo

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Defying Danger: Somali Refugees Flock to Journalism School On the eighth floor of the Binali hotel in Nairobi, journalists gather to honor six of their colleagues killed in Mogadishu in just eight days in late September. Mohamed Osman, chairman of th

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By Lisa Bryant Paris 17 November 2009 The European Union plans to train hundreds of Somali security forces and possibly expand its anti-piracy mission off Somalia's coast in an effort to bring stability to the war-torn Horn of Africa nation. The agr

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ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Michael Scott Moore is a journalist who traveled to Somalia to write a book about the history of piracy in the Horn of Africa. Things did not go the way he planned. The title of his new book tells you what happened. It's called The

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By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 13 March 2007 Somali President Abdullahi Yusuf Tuesday moved to Somalia's volatile capital from the government's former base in Baidoa. Several hours later, witnesses reported seeing several mortar shells hitting Somalia's p

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By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 12 October 2006 Kenya's foreign affairs minister is expressing his frustration over recent events in Somalia and their effect on his country, saying Somali refugees are carrying guns into Kenya and adding to insecurity. Mea

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By Alisha Ryu Nairobi 03 October 2006 Somali people handle guns, Tuesday, September 26, 2006, at the Arbiska training camp just outside the Somali capital, Mogadishu In Somalia, recent terrorist attacks in Baidoa and reports of foreigners training a

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By Alisha Ryu Nairobi 15 November 2007 The spokesman for the Ugandan army says Uganda's 1,600 peacekeeping troops in Somalia will stay in the capital Mogadishu and defend themselves against any attack by militant Somali Islamists, whose leader has vo

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By Alisha Ryu Nairobi 14 August 2007 A Somali human rights group says explosions and gun battles in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, killed and wounded scores of civilians on Monday, making it one of the bloodiest days there in recent months. As VOA co

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By Alisha Ryu Nairobi 14 March 2008 In a fresh sign that militant Muslim fighters in Somalia have adopted tactics used by the al-Qaida terror network, Somalia's radical Islamist Shabab group has beheaded three government soldiers guarding a road nort

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By Alisha Ryu Nairobi 06 December 2006 As fear mounts of an all-out war in Somalia which could drag in neighboring countries, Muslim leaders in Kenya are denying allegations that Somali Islamists are actively recruiting young ethnically-Somali Kenya

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Somalia's U.N.-backed government has dismissed an ultimatum issued by the country's al-Shabab extremist group for government forces to surrender their weapons within five days. Somali leaders are counting on the arrival of more African Union peaceke

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