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Nine people are killed and over 40 others injured by an al-Shabaab suicide car bombing and shooting attack at the Tawakal Hotel in Kismayo, Jubaland, Somalia. The three insurgent gunmen are killed during a gunfight with security forces. 2022-10-23
Security forces and armed locals kill 70 al-Shabaab members in Bahdo, Somalia. Two local children and a cleric are also killed in the fighting. 2022-06-17
A report by the Blue Marine Foundation found that fishing vessels from the European Union were illegally harvesting fish in the exclusive economic zones off the coasts of India, Somalia and Mozambique even as the stocks of yellowfin tuna were on the verge of collapse. 2022-05-30
U.S. officials say unmanned airstrikes in southern Somalia killed about a dozen suspected militants from the al Qaeda-linked group al Shabaab on Monday and Tuesday. 2016-04-12
Al Shabaab militants attack an African Union base in the Leego district of Somalia and kills more than 70 African Union soldiers and seizes control of their military base. 2015-06-26
Transparency International issues its 2014 Corruption Perceptions Index with Denmark achieving the highest rating and North Korea and Somalia tied with the lowest ranking. 2014-12-3
Somali pirates free British couple Paul and Rachel Chandler after a year in captivity. 2010-11-14
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni says the fight against Somali militant group al-Shabaab must be stepped up. 2010-07-25
Fighting in Somalia's capital Mogadishu has killed 60 people since March 10. 2010-03-13
Pirates off the coast of Somalia seize a North Korean-flagged cargo ship south of Yemen. 2010-02-3