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6 killed in suspected Shabaab attack in Kenya: official

Six people were killed on Monday morning after an attack by al-Shabaab militants in Kenya's coastal Lamu region that borders Somalia, AFP reported, citing a local official.

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Casualties feared in suicide car bombing in Somalia's Mogadishu

An unknown number of people are feared dead and others injured after a suicide bomber drove into a checkpoint in Mogadishu, Somalia's capital city, on Saturday, according to local police and witnesse

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Somalia severs diplomatic ties with Kenya

The Somalia government has cut diplomatic ties with neighboring Kenya after accusing it of meddling in its internal affairs, Somali Minister of Information Osman Abukar Dubbe said on Tuesday."The Som

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U.S. to withdraw majority of forces from Somalia by early 2021

The Pentagon said on Friday that President Donald Trump had ordered most U.S. military forces to leave Somalia by early 2021.

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Urgent: Huge blast heard in Mogadishu

A huge blast was heard at a busy street intersection in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Monday. Police and eyewitnesses said the blast linked to suicide car bomb was followed by gunfire near a Somali

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Former Somali PM succumbs to COVID-19 in Britain

Former Somali Prime Minister Nur Hassan Hussein died on Wednesday in Britain, about a week after being diagnosed with COVID-19. Hussein's family confirmed the death, at King's College Hospital in Lon

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UN says contractor in Somalia tested positive for COVID-19

The United Nations in Somalia confirmed on Friday that an employee of a commercial contractor engaged by the UN has been diagnosed with COVID-19. The UN Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM) said th