The Somali militia Hizbul Islam has announced that it is parting ways with al-Shabab, Press TV reports.

The African Union has strongly condemned the killing of a Somali MP identified as Mustafa Haji Mohamed, in the capital Mogadishu.

A member of Somalia’s new parliament has been killed in Mogadishu, Press TV reports.

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council has condemned "in the strongest terms" a suicide bombing that killed 14 people at a Mogadishu cafe frequented by politicians and journalists.

Over 10,000 people have left Kismayo in southern Somalia days after UN-backed African Union forces launched a military operation against al-Shabab militants, UN refugee agency says.

Assailants wearing government uniform have killed a Somali radio journalist in the capital Mogadishu, making him the 13th journalist to be killed within this year in the war-torn country.

Al-Shabab militants have vacated a strategic town in south Somali region of lower Jubba after Kenyan troops and Somali government forces advanced into the district to seize the territory, Press TV reports.

Unidentified gunmen have killed a local Somali radio journalist in the capital Mogadishu, making him the ninth journalist to be killed within this year in the war-torn country, Press TV reports.

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GALKAYO, Somalia (AP) — Somalia's new leader was inaugurated Sunday amid tight security in the capital, Mogadishu, four days after President Hassan Skeikh Mohamud survived an assassination attempt.

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GALKAYO, Somalia (AP) — The inauguration ceremony of Somalia's new leader begins in the capital Mogadishu amid tight security, four days after President Hassan Skeikh Mohamud survived an assassination attempt.

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Thousands of Somali protesters have taken to the streets of capital Mogadishu to express their anger over the anti-Islam movie produced by an Israeli-American in the United States.

Thousands of people have staged a peaceful demonstration in Mogadishu, demanding an Islamic president to be elected by Somali parliament , Press TV reports.

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MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Somalia's Parliament elected a new president of the country's fledgling government Monday, a move that members of the international community say is a key step toward the east African nation's transition from a war-torn failed state to a nation with an effective government.

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MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Somalia's Parliament has elected a new president of the country's fledgling government.

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MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Somalia's new parliament is due to vote for a new president of the country's fledgling government, a move that members of the international community say is a key step toward the country's transition from a war-torn failed state to a nation with an effective government.

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Nine alleged Somali pirates went on trial in the Dutch port city Rotterdam on Tuesday charged with opening fire on Dutch marines trying to board a captured Iranian fishing boat in 2011.

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MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Somali pirates who have been holding a hijacked ship for nearly two years killed a Syrian hostage crew member and wounded another to protest delayed ransom payment, a pirate leader said.

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Somalia's Al-Qaeda-linked Shebab militants on Saturday put on show the bodies of four "enemy" soldiers killed in combat in their stronghold of Kismayo, in southern Somalia, witnesses told AFP.

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KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — The U.N. representative to Somalia said he is "deeply concerned by the ongoing delays" in choosing all the 275 members of parliament who will select a new Somali president.

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Dozens of people have been killed in an attack carried out by a US assassination drone in southern Somalia, Press TV reports.