Somalia Archives
February 28, 2013Exclusive: Interview With Somali President
Excerpts of an exclusive AFP interview with Somalia’s president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, in which he speaks of the constant threat of attack, and the country's steps forward in the battle against Al-Qaeda-linked Shebab rebels.
August 17, 2012Mogadishu 2012: Photo Essay
As Somalia approaches yet another moment of political transition, the first of two photo essays illustrates life in the war-ravaged nation's capital.
July 23, 2012
Prosecuting Pirates: Enforcing the Rule of Law at Sea
With Somali piracy surging over the last four years, the UN is calling for travel and financial sanctions on senior pirate leaders. Is this an effective way to punish the ringleaders or could it make piracy more violent? Should the focus, instead, be on the underlying problems in Somalia?
June 28, 2012Combating Piracy
Roles for Regional Partners and Private Industry
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April 2012
At Least Six Killed In Somalia Theater BombingMarch 2012
Suicide Bomber Kills Four At Somalian Presidential CompoundDecember 2011
Man Shoots Former Co-workers In SomaliaNovember 2011
Kenya's Clash With Al-ShabaabOctober 2011
Suicide Blast Kills 6 In MogadishuAugust 2011
Somali Abuses Blamed On All SidesMeasles Hits Ethiopian Refugee Camp
The Face Of Famine In Somalia
Somali Refugees Forced To Outskirts Of Camps
Bandits Raid Somali Refugee Camp
Somalia's Refugees Could Overwhelm Kenya
Famine-Stricken Somalis Need Nutrition Not Just Food
Somalia Needs A Long-Term Plan
Unprecedented Drought And Famine
Crossing Front Lines For Aid In Somalia
Famine In Somalia: An Expected Turn For The Worse
Drought Damage In Somalia
July 2011
Famine Aid To Go To Islamist AreasIs The CIA Running Secret Prisons In Somalia?
June 2011
1998 U.S. Embassy Blasts Suspect DeadFebruary 2011
Somali Pirates Turn To Violence, Kill 4 AmericansSomali Pirates Captured By India To Face Trial
January 2011
Pirate Proof Ships?December 2010
Al Shabaab's Increasing PowerNovember 2010
Freed Chandlers in Good SpiritsTanker Seized off Somalia Coast
October 2010
Freed Hostage Gives Press ConferenceUN Considers More Troops to Somalia
July 2010
African Union Urges United FrontApril 2010
Somali Pirates Choose Wrong ShipU.S. Navy Captures Pirates
February 2010
Somalia-Kenya ChallengesCrisis Along Kenyan-Somali Border
Somalia Violence Spreads
November 2009
Potential Terrorism Recruiters for Al-ShabaabSomaliland at Crisis Point
October 2009
Somali Pirates Hold 23 Russian SailorsAugust 2009
Somali Refugees Tapped up for Fighting at Home Clinton's Meeting in Somalia
Somalia Emerges as Birthplace of Terrorism and Piracy
Prof. Johan Galtung on Somalia and Piracy
Special Report: Somalia's Militants Recruit Kenyans
July 2009
Somalia: The Impact of Conflict on Daily LifeDisplaced Families Amidst Fighting in Somalia
French Officials Abducted in Somalia
Clashes in Somalia
July 1st, Independence Day in Somalia
The Somali Crisis and the AU
June 2009
U.S. Fears Collapse of Somali GovernmentSomalia Fears Wider War
May 2009
Russia-US re-START Nuke TalksUS 'heartened' at Saberi release