Somalia Polio Outbreak Spreads
Has 105 cases, more than the rest of the world combined
Somalia
African Union Troops Accused of Raping 20-Year-Old Woman in Mogadishu
Said they were arresting her for terrorism, gang raped in a military camp according to a Somali women's network
Doctors Without Borders Closing Operations in Somalia After 22 Years
Staff have been attacked
Puntland Region of Somalia Cuts Off Ties With Central Government
Says the nascent government's not taking the federalist system seriously
Al Shabaab Fires Grenades, Mortars in Mogadishu
Islamist militants challenging government security
Somalia to Set Up Coastguard to Combat Piracy
Pirates were originally hired out as a voluntary coast guard
Somali Traders Treating Tax Collectors Like the Warlords That Preceded Them
5 killed so far this year
Journalists Oppose Somalia's New Media Watchdog Law
Making it harder to practice journalism in an already difficult place
Protesters in Mogadishu Demand Release of Terrorist Chief
Was a prisons colonel before the Somali Civil war started in 1991
Why Somalia Matters
A new book is a powerful antidote to the view of Somalia as the locus of cartoonish violence and exotic pirates.
Somali Government to Recognize Islamist Warlord as Leader of Port City
The more things change...
Somali Governor Says Mogadishu Under Effective Government Control
After a deadly attack on a UN compound
Appeals Court Reinstates Hostage Taking Charge Against Alleged Somali Pirate
Conspiracy to commit piracy charge remains dropped
Semi-Autonomous Puntland Government Confirms Surveillance Drone Crash in Somalia
Say it isn't clear whose drone it is
US Confirms Drone Crash in Somalia
But say it is "highly unlikely" it was shot down by militants
Somali Government Begins Removing Illegal Roadblocks
Militias used roadblocks to terrorize travelers
Somalia's New Central Bank Mulling New Currency
Commercial banking licenses to be released by end of the year
Up to 3,000 AU Peacekeepers Have Been Killed in Somalia in the Last Few Years
According to the UN
Analysts: Islamic Militants, U.S. Counterterror Policy to Blame for Somali Famine
Private actors thwarted from providing relief
Soldier Killed During Execution of 13 Prisoners in Somalia
Most of the prisoners were convicted of targeted killings, soldier was killed by a stray bullet
Somalian Hospitals Seeing Fewer War Victims
Security improved, doctors now see people with normal illnesses
Somali Prosecutor Killed in Mogadishu
Shooting occurred shortly after the British reopened their embassy
Human Rights Watch: Somali Judges Need Protection From Islamists
30 killed in suicide bombings aimed at courts over the weekend
