Targeted Killing Leaves 17th Journalist Dead in Mogadishu
Though the government is consolidating power and the civil war of the late 2000s is finally over, it's been the bloodiest year on record for local media
Somalia
Somali Reporter 16th Journalist Killed in Mogadishu This Year
The vast majority were targeted assassinations
EU Envoy Lands in Mogadishu
First ambassador from Europe since the last government collapsed in 1991
US Convicts Somali of Trying to Recruit Terrorists in Minnesota
Wanted to topple Mogadishu government
Somalia Detains 300 Suspected Al-Shabaab Members
The largest mass arrest in months for the newly-formed government
African Union Denies Al-Shabaab Claim of Destroying Military Vehicle
AU peacekeepers remain in the country as a new government consolidates power and the Al-Qaeda affiliate Al-Shabaab appears on the run
Al-Shabaab's Last Stand?
Somali forces have expelled the Al-Qaeda affiliate from its last stronghold in the country but the extremists vow to strike back
2 More Somali Journalists Killed, Total Up to 15 This Year
One was gunned down, the other beheaded as Somalia's first government in two decades settles into Mogadishu
Source: Al-Shabaab Planning to Infiltrate Newly Formed Somali Government
Somalia's Al-Qaeda affiliate may be planning to infiltrate Somalia's security forces as the new president has Islamist ties
War on Journalists in Somalia Continues
The presence of a new government has not dampened the rate at which journalists in the country are being killed
200 Somali Militants Surrender to Security Forces According to African Union
AU colonel says members of Al-Shabaab surrendered to authorities while armed and renounced their allegiance to the Al-Qaeda affiliate
Off to a Good Start
Somalia's new president has been moved to a secure compound after surviving an assassination attempt
Bomb Attack Targets New Somali President
Somalia's president is safe after a bomb went off at a hotel where he was meeting with Kenyan officials.
Tob Shabaab Commander Killed in Kenyan Shelling of Somali Port Town
According to Kenyan authorities
Somali's New Supreme Court Overturns New Bureaucracy's Decision to Reject 15 Candidates
Birth of a government
Mogadishu Getting Safer, Still Dangerous
Targeted killings are up as a new government takes power in Somalia's capital
Rule of Transitional Government Ends in Somalia
A new federal parliament was sworn in at Mogadishu's heavily fortified airport this week
Somali Pirates Follow Classic Rules of Innovation
Even thugs recognize value in asymmetrical fights, cooperation, and even stock markets
Two American Businessmen Fund Private Effort to Feed Somalis
Paid their own way to get there, distributed nearly 200,000 meals and paid for the water to be turned back on at one camp
World Leaders Worry About Corrupt Somali Transition
Corruption in the process of State formation? Whodathunkit?
U.S. Sentences Somali Pirate to 12 Life Terms
Man considered to be the highest-ranking pirate the U.S. has captured.
Mogadishu Celebrates One Year Since Ouster of Al-Shabab
Covert U.S. military operations targeting the Al-Qaeda affiliate continue in the country
Brits Developing Sea Drones That Could Attack Submarines and Other Vessels
The underwater drones could be deployed off the coasts of Somalia and Iran
Somalia Progresses on Building Constitution
Delegates finish deliberations despite suicide bombing attempt.
Suicide Bombers Thwarted At Somali Constitutional Convention
Security forces say they shot two would-be suicide bombers trying to enter a meeting of more than eight hundred elders.
