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How Coalition Planes Hunt Somali Pirates In The Horn Of Africa
Djibouti :: Djibouti | 4 months ago
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The shipping lanes of the pirate-infested Somali basin have faded somewhat from the headlines in the past year as attacks and successful hijackings have dropped significantly. The decrease is due in part to the continued efforts of several coalition
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Somalia: Peacekeepers Report Progress
Mogadishu :: Somalia | 4 months ago
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Somalia spoke to Radio Garowe and discussed the security progress in southern Somalia, Garowe Online reports...Radio Garowe, a Puntland based media organization, on Friday speaking about the forces' achievements fighting Al Shabaab in southern
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KDF troops help re-build Somalia
Mogadishu :: Somalia | 5 months ago
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Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) in charge of Sector II of the African Union Mission in Somalia (Amisom) will remain in Kismayu, Somalia until a leadership vacuum is solved and security in the country stabilises. KDF Information Officer Col Cyrus Oguna,
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Somalia: Somali and AU Forces Capture Jowhar From Al Shabaab
Mogadishu :: Somalia | 5 months ago
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The allied forces attacked the agriculture-rich district of Jowhar the administrative capital of Middle Shabelle region, which was an Al Shabaab stronghold. Sunday morning allied forces had a brief battle with the Al Shabaab fighters in Jowhar who
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Somalia: Al Shabaab - Losing the Battle, Winning the War?
Nairobi :: Kenya | 6 months ago
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However, they are winning a strategic war back in Kenya; this is the battle for hearts and minds. On Sunday, a blast likely carried out by al-Shabaab sleeper cells in Nairobi killed seven Kenyans on a minibus. Soon after, a machete-wielding mob of
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Somalia: Heavy Fighting Renews in Southern Somalia
Mogadishu :: Somalia | 6 months ago
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Official in Bay region say the battle sparked when government forces attacked bases controlled by Al shabab militants and the attacks lasted last night until on Friday morning. "We could hear deafening sounds of mortar and artillery shelling used by
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Annadif to lead AU Somalia mission
Mogadishu :: Somalia | 7 months ago
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Rating In Summary Mr Mahamat Saleh Annadif, from Chad, is also the commission's new special representative to the war-torn country. The Africa Union has appointed a new head of its mission in Somalia. Mr Mahamat Saleh Annadif, from Chad, is also the
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Somalia: Al Shabab Ambushes KDF in Southern Somalia
Mogadishu :: Somalia | 7 months ago
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Kismayo Al shabab fighters have laid an ambush Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) at a rural village between Afmadow and Kismayo towns in southern Somalia, reports said. The attack occurred on Saturday night in the main road linking Afmadow to the southern
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Africa: After Kismayo - What Next for Al-Shabaab and Somalia?
Mogadishu :: Somalia | 7 months ago
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Kenya deserves some praise for its effort to liberate Kismayo from the brutal rule of Al-Shabaab, but in the immediate aftermath it also seems to have missed the point, or an important part of it. The Kenyan army, after spending considerable time and
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Somalia: Deadly Clashes Break Out in South, 18 Killed
Mogadishu :: Somalia | 10 months ago
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Qansah-Deere At least 18 people have died in heavy artillery clashes between Islamist rebels and Somali forces in Qansah-dhere district of Bay region, Witnesses and Officials said on Saturday. Reports suggested the two sides pounded each other after
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