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Somalia refugees abused and raped – Human Rights Watch

YoopyaMar 27, 20130

Internally displaced people in Somalia are suffering sexual violence and other forms of abuse, reports the Human Rights Watch (HRW) campaign group. The abuse takes

Car bomb kills at least 10 in Somali capital

YoopyaMar 18, 20130

(Reuters) – A suicide car bomber killed at least 10 people on Monday in the worst attack in the Somali capital this year when he

Somali court frees reporter jailed for interviewing rape victim

YoopyaMar 18, 20130

(Reuters) – A Somali judge on Sunday freed a journalist who was jailed last month for interviewing an alleged gang-rape victim in a case that

Exclusive: U.N. monitors see arms reaching Somalia from Yemen, Iran

YoopyaFeb 11, 20130

(Reuters) – As the United States pushes for an end to the U.N. arms embargo on Somalia, U.N. monitors are reporting that Islamist militants in

Denis Allex: French agent ‘killed’ by Somalia al-Shabab

YoopyaJan 17, 20130

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French Soldier Killed in Somalia Commando Raid

kiemtarJan 12, 2013January 12, 20130

French special forces failed early Saturday in a hostage rescue mission in southern Somalia. rief, somber televised statement on Saturday evening, said that two French soldiers

Somali troops roll into once rebel bastion of Kismayu

YoopyaOct 2, 2012April 11, 20230

By Abdi Sheikh MOGADISHU (Reuters) – Hundreds of Somali government troops and allied militia fighters deployed throughout the former al Shabaab rebel stronghold of Kismayu on

Kenyan forces hit Shebab bases around final Somali bastion

kiemtarOct 1, 2012October 1, 20120

Kenyan helicopter gunships struck Shebab bases outside the Somali port of Kismayo to clear the way for a takeover of the town abandoned by the

Somalia’s al Shabaab rebels pull out of Kismayu bastion

YoopyaSep 29, 20120

(Reuters) – Somalia’s al Shabaab rebels withdrew from their last major bastion of Kismayu overnight, the group and residents said, a day after Kenyan and

Somalia, allies batter al Shabaab, but gains may be fragile

YoopyaSep 29, 20120

(Reuters) – “Paradise lies under the shade of swords,” reads the Arabic inscription on an arch leading into the Somali port of Marka, abandoned last