Somalia offers $50,000 for info on journalists` killers

Last Updated: Monday, February 18, 2013, 20:41

Somalia is one of the world`s most dangerous countries in which to practice journalism, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists.

US recognises Somali government

Last Updated: Friday, January 18, 2013, 13:35

The US has officially recognised the Somali government in Mogadishu after more than two decades.

Three killed in Mogadishu suicide attacks

Last Updated: Saturday, November 3, 2012, 20:54

Two suicide bombers Saturday hit an up-market restaurant in the Somali capital Mogadishu, killing a guard, along with themselves.

Somali MP killed in Mogadishu

Last Updated: Sunday, September 23, 2012, 09:27

According to the state radio, Mustaf Haji Mohamed was murdered as he left a mosque in Mogadishu`s Waberi district Saturday.

Somalia`s new President unhurt in Mogadishu blasts

Last Updated: Wednesday, September 12, 2012, 23:28

Al-Shabab, a radical Islamist militia that is affiliated with al Qaeda and which is waging an insurgency against the Somali government, quickly claimed responsibility for the attack.

Kill yourself to go to paradise: Al Qaeda to kids

Last Updated: Monday, August 13, 2012, 11:40

Al Qaeda-inspired Somali terrorist group, Al Shabaab, kidnapped young children and brainwashed them to become suicide bombers.

Somalia: 89 Al-Shabaab terrorists held

Last Updated: Sunday, July 15, 2012, 10:42

Somali security forces have arrested 89 people suspected to be having links with al Qaeda-affiliated terror outfit Al-Shabaab.

As troops advance in Somalia, thousands flee

Last Updated: Thursday, May 24, 2012, 19:36

African Union and Somali forces pushed al-Shabab militants out of Mogadishu last August and are now trying to seize areas outside of Mogadishu.

`War planes strike suspected Somali pirate base`

Last Updated: Wednesday, April 18, 2012, 00:17

War planes fired several missiles at a suspected Somali pirate base in the north of the war-torn country, wounding two civilians, a coastguard official said.