20120530 AFP Somalia's Al-Qaeda-linked Shebab insurgents shrugged off recent strategic losses and growing military pressure Tuesday to launch an ambush on the president -- who escaped unhurt -- and fire on foreign warships.
20120526 AP MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — African Union and Somali troops seized a town on the outskirts of Mogadishu on Friday from Islamist militants after three days of fighting, marking the biggest victory over al-Shabab since the pro-government forces took control of the capital last August.
20120526 AFP African Union and Somali troops have captured the strategic town of Afgoye from Al-Qaeda-linked Shebab insurgents without major resistance, declaring a military breakthrough, officials said Friday.
20120520 AFP At least seven people, mostly Somali soldiers, were killed on Saturday in bomb explosions in the Somali capital Mogadishu, officials and witnesses said.
20120519 AFP Somali fisherman pleaded Friday for international navies protecting shipping to halt air strikes on coastal villages, after the EU Naval Force struck a pirate base for the first time.
20120516 AP A high-seas drama with Kalashnikov and rocket-propelled grenade fire gripped a Rome courtroom at the trial of alleged Somali pirates Tuesday, as EU forces blasted a pirate base for the first time.
20120516 AP MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — European Union naval forces and attack helicopters conducted their first onshore raid on a suspected pirate lair in Somalia Tuesday. A pirate said the strike destroyed a supply center and set back their operations.
20120516 AP MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — A Somali pirate says an airstrike by the European Union naval force patrolling the Indian Ocean has destroyed speed boats, fuel deports and an arms store.
20120516 AFP A helicopter gunship swooped over the Somali coast to strike at a pirate stronghold Tuesday in a major escalation of an international effort to protect vital shipping lanes.
20120512 ATHENS, May 11 (Xinhua) -- A Greek-owned oil tanker was seized by Somali pirates off Oman's coasts, Greek media reported Friday, citing Greek Coast Guard and the vessel's management sources.
20120423 Press TV A piece of US legislation, designed to restrict transactions with international ‘terrorist’ groups has been a major bottleneck in the delivery of humanitarian aid to Somalia during the country’s deadly famine in 2011, an American political analyst says.
20120418 AFP War planes fired several missiles at a suspected Somali pirate base in the north of the war-torn country, wounding two civilians, a coastguard official said Tuesday.
20120418 AFP A suicide bomber killed a soldier in the southern Somali town of Baidoa on Tuesday, when he detonated an explosive vest as he tried to enter a government security building, officials said.
20120407 AFP Somalia's prime minister told AFP Friday that the Shebab militia is on its last legs despite a suicide bomb attack this week at Mogadishu's national theatre which he says was an attempt to assassinate him.
20120402 AFP Somali residents on Saturday fled one of the capital's last Islamist strongholds after a day of heavy fighting in which African forces backing government troops said they seized the area.
20120324 AFP Former Somali president Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed, a veteran politician, warlord and strongman, has died aged 77 after years of ill health, state radio said Friday.
20120323 Press TV At least four police officers have been killed and six others injured after Somali policemen turned on each other and clashed in the war-ravaged Somali capital of Mogadishu, Press TV reports.
20120322 AFP The European Union will likely approve plans Friday to strike Somali pirate equipment on beaches, widening the scope of its naval operations four years into a mission to protect shipping.
20120322 Press TV Kenyan fighter jets have killed at least 37 al-Shabab fighters in the southern Somali town of Diff along the Somalia-Kenya border, Press TV reports.
20120320 Press TV Ireland Says its ready to join the fight against Somalia pirates off the coast of Africa as part of an EU naval Mission and to guard WFP food help for the African country, Press TV reports.
