20111116 Reuters (Reuters) - In late October, two 18-year-old men from the Welsh town of Cardiff were arrested on Kenya's border with war-torn Somalia. The father of one of them told the BBC he believed his son had been "brainwashed" and was on his way to join an Islamic holy war.
20111114 Reuters MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Scores of residents fled a Somali rebel stronghold close to the capital on Monday after what appeared to be a night-time missile strike targeting a militant base.
20111110 Reuters MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Gunmen shot dead a Somali lawmaker in Mogadishu on Wednesday, a day after al Qaeda-linked rebels killed at least two people in a series of grenade attacks and said they would step up assaults in the capital.
20111031 Reuters (Reuters) - An airstrike on Sunday in Somalia killed five people and wounded 45, mostly women and children, in a camp for people displaced by drought and violence, aid agency Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) said.
20111030 Press TV At least 16 civilians have been killed after a US assassination drone launched an attack on southern Somalia near the border with Kenya, Press TV has reported.
20111030 Press TV An unmanned aerial vehicle operated by the US military has crashed in southern Somalia near the Horn of African country's border with Kenya, Press TV has reported.
20111029 Press TV French warships have shelled parts of coastline of the Horn of African state of Somalia with more than 20 heavy missiles, Press TV reports.
20111029 Press TV At least 33 civilians have been killed in a fierce exchange of fire between African Union forces and al-Shabab fighters in the Somali capital of Mogadishu, Press TVreported.
20111027 Reuters MOGADISHU (Reuters) - A Somali aid worker seized by gunmen along with two Westerners in northern Somalia was being questioned by police about the kidnappings, the Danish Refugee Council (DRC) said on Wednesday.
20111025 Press TV US assassination drones have targeted an area controlled by the al-Shabab group and killed at least 36 Somali people, Press TV reports.
20111025 Press TV At least 59 people have been killed and dozens more wounded during French military attacks on the Somali island of Kudhaa near the country's border with Kenya, Press TV reports.
20111021 Reuters MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) - A federal jury convicted two Somali-born Minnesota women on Thursday of raising money for al-Qaeda affiliated al-Shabaab rebels after the United States designated the Somali organization a terrorist group.
20111020 Reuters LONDON (Reuters) - Cooperation between Somalia's al Qaeda linked militants and pirate gangs is growing as the al Shabaab group becomes more desperate for funding, the head of the U.N.'s counter-piracy unit said on Thursday.
20111020 Reuters PARIS (Reuters) - Kidnappers who seized a wheelchair-bound French woman, who later died in Somalia, are now trying to sell her body, France's defence minister said on Thursday.
20111019 Reuters MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Torrential rain and thick mud bogged down Kenyan and Somali forces advancing on al Qaeda-linked rebels in the southern Somali town of Afmadow, a military commander said on Wednesday.
20111019 Reuters MOGADISHU (Reuters) - A remotely detonated bomb exploded near the seaport in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, on Wednesday, wounding six people and a man was arrested carrying another explosive device, police said.
20111018 Reuters MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Residents fled Afmadow in southern Somalia on Tuesday as al Qaeda-linked rebels rushed in reinforcements and dug defences around the town in anticipation of clashes with advancing Kenyan-backed government troops.
2011108 Reuters JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South African peace icon Archbishop Desmond Tutu celebrated his 80th birthday on Friday in the church where he preached against apartheid, just a few days after saying the former liberation movement now in government was in some ways even worse.
