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African Union angry over EU payment for Somali troops INTERNATIONAL

African Union angry over EU payment for Somali troops

African Union has lashed the EU for saying it will pay Burundian peacekeepers in Somalia directly, rather than through their government, ostensibly to prevent the money being diverted to the regime in Bujumbura.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
British Al-Jazeera reporter freed in Somalia INTERNATIONAL

British Al-Jazeera reporter freed in Somalia

A British journalist arrested in Mogadishu while on a reporting assignment has been released by Somalian security forces, his employer Al-Jazeera said on its website Thursday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Al Jazeera says journalist and team detained in Somalia INTERNATIONAL

Al Jazeera says journalist and team detained in Somalia

Somali security agents have detained a journalist working for pan-Arab television network Al Jazeera together with his cameraman and their driver and fixer, the channel said on Wednesday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Six killed in suspected Shabaab attack in northeast Kenya INTERNATIONAL

Six killed in suspected Shabaab attack in northeast Kenya

Six people were killed in a suspected attack by Shabaab militants on a residential compound in the restive northeastern Kenyan town of Mandera, police and local authorities said on Thursday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Car bomb kills two in Mogadishu INTERNATIONAL

Car bomb kills two in Mogadishu

At least two people were killed and five injured Saturday when a car loaded with explosives blew up near a restaurant in Mogadishu, a security official and witnesses said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Somali general killed in suicide car bomb attack INTERNATIONAL

Somali general killed in suicide car bomb attack

A top Somalia general known for fighting the jihadist Shabaab group, was killed on Sunday when a suicide bomber rammed an explosives-packed car into his vehicle, officials and witnesses said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Al Shabaab attacks Somali town, kill 7 troops INTERNATIONAL

Al Shabaab attacks Somali town, kill 7 troops

Somalia's Islamist militant group al Shabaab attacked a town in a region near Kenya's border, killing at least seven Somali soldiers, the group and Somali officials said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Dubai's DP World to manage Somaliland port ASIA

Dubai's DP World to manage Somaliland port

Dubai-based ports operator DP World said Monday it had won a concession to manage a port at Berbera in the breakaway republic of Somaliland for 30 years, in an investment of up to $442 million.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Death toll from Shabaab attack on Mogadishu hotels rises to 22 INTERNATIONAL

Death toll from Shabaab attack on Mogadishu hotels rises to 22

The death toll from Tuesday's car bomb attack targeting two hotels popular with officials near the presidential palace in the Somali capital Mogadishu has risen to 22, police said on Wednesday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Ten killed in Mogadishu beach restaurant attack INTERNATIONAL

Ten killed in Mogadishu beach restaurant attack

Ten people were killed in an attack by Shabaab jihadists on a beachfront restaurant in the Somali capital Mogadishu, a spokesman for the city authorities said on Friday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Twin suicide bombs claimed by al Shabaab kill 20 people in Somalia INTERNATIONAL

Twin suicide bombs claimed by al Shabaab kill 20 people in Somalia

More than 20 people were killed on Sunday when suicide bombers from the militant al Shabaab group detonated two car bombs at a local government headquarters in Somalia's semi-autonomous Puntland region, witnesses and officials said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Somalia sets presidential vote for October 30 INTERNATIONAL

Somalia sets presidential vote for October 30

Somalia will hold a delayed presidential vote on October 30 with parliamentary polls starting next month, an official statement sent to AFP Monday said ...

4:45 AM November 25 2016