20110601
Reuters
NAIROBI (Reuters) - A power-sharing deal might offer Somalia's feuding leaders a way to save face and reach agreement on political reform, the U.N.'s special envoy to the Horn of Africa nation said on Wednesday.

20110525
Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two more Somalis pleaded guilty in U.S. court on Tuesday for pirating a yacht that led to the murder of two American couples and face mandatory sentences of life in prison.

20110522
Aljazeera

Nairobi — The African Union has confirmed that the United Nations is actively considering an air and sea blockade of Somalia but gave no indication if a decision was imminent.

The AU maintains that a blockade on Somalia is necessary to prevent infiltration of foreign insurgents into the Horn of Africa country and to cut off their supply lines, in addition to meeting the crippling piracy challenge.

20110514
reuters

Gunmen have killed a U.N. driver in Ethiopia's Somali Region in an ambush that also injured another staff member, the World Food Programme said on Saturday.

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reuters

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - The United States voiced concerns on Tuesday about Somalia's decision to temporarily block dozens of lawmakers from travelling abroad as a power struggle among its bickering leaders intensified.

20110507
reuters

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somalia's al Qaeda-linked rebels vowed on Saturday to avenge the killing of Osama bin Laden and said his death would not hurt their fight to topple the country's Western-backed government.

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reuters

Nairobi — Thousands of families in Somalia's central town of Dusamareb, the regional capital of Galgadud, are caught between an unending conflict and severe drought.

20110501
East African

Nairobi — The European Union, one of the major financiers of Amisom and the Somali Transitional Federal Government, has threatened to cut further support if the current office holders do not relinquish power when their term of office comes to an end in August.

20110423
reuters

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somali pirates have freed a Greek-owned, Cyprus-flagged ship they seized in January after receiving a ransom, pirates and a piracy monitoring group said.

20110423
reuters

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somali pirates have freed a Greek-owned ship they seized in January, pirates and a maritime official said.

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reuters

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somalia pirates said on Saturday they would keep any Indian nationals from freed ships as hostages until fellow pirates held by India are set free.

20110415
IRIN

Mogadishu — There are a lot of boots to shine in heavily militarized Mogadishu, and a lot of boys to shine them, despite the risks of bombs, bullets and beatings.

20110415
reuters

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somali pirates have released a Panamanian-flagged bitumen carrier ship after receiving a ransom, but detained some of its crew, pirates and a maritime official said on Friday.

20110414
Reuters
NAIROBI (Reuters) - A United Nations special envoy urged Somalia on Wednesday to hold elections and bring an end to its transitional government, but it was unclear how such a vote could take place in the war-torn country.

20110411
reuters

New York — Somalia has retained a Washington lobbying firm at a cost of $20,000 per month to persuade the Obama administration to continue aiding a transitional government criticised as thoroughly corrupt and ineffective.

20110402
Garowe Online (Garowe)

Somali cabinet ministers held conference in Mogadishu and boycotted an upcoming UN consultative meeting to be held in Kenyan capital Nairobi on April, Radio Garowe reports.

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Garowe Online (Garowe)

Somali ministers voted to extend the government's mandate for another one year on Sunday, government officials told Garowe Online.

20110324
presstv
At least eleven soldiers have been killed and dozens injured in two heavy land mine explosions that rocked a district north of the Somali capital, Mogadishu.

20110323
Xinhua
NAIROBI, March 22 (Xinhua) -- Instability in Somalia is now a global security issue that requires concerted efforts of the international community, European Union senior official said on Tuesday.

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Xinhua
MOGADISHU, March 23 (Xinhua) -- The Somali government on Tuesday said its forces "weakened" the Islamist group's power and made headway in its latest assault against radicals.