al-Shabaab, or “the Youth,” is a militant group that adheres to a fundamentalist interpretation of Islam that was formed in the early 2000s and has carried out deadly attacks across much of East Africa, according to The Council on Foreign Relations
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On September 3, the al-Qaeda-linked terrorist group al-Shabab attacked seven trucks that were transporting food, killing at least 21 civilians. According to Al Jazeera, the attack occurred in the Hiran area of Hirshabelle State, Somalia.
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Somalia’s federal parliamentary elections have been postponed with no planned makeup date, drawing the ire of Western backers that have condemned the delay.
March 15 was the deadline for each of Somalia’s five states to separately hold elections for the country’s lower house of parliament. By the end of the day, however, the central government failed to announce the completion of the vote nationwide. While voting was completed in the states of South West and Galmudug, the states of Jubaland, Hirshabelle, and Puntland cumulatively still had 40 vacant seats to fill as of the date of the deadline, according to Africanews.
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A deadly bomb attack struck central Somalia on February 16, leaving 13 dead and many injured. Al Jazeera reports that the blast was caused by a suicide bomber targeting a Somali government spokesman, Mohamed Ibrahim Moalimuu, who is being treated at a hospital for his injuries. Several other politicians and government officials were injured.
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The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has ruled in favor of Somalia in a maritime time dispute case instituted against Kenya over the delimitation of maritime spaces claimed by both states in the Indian Ocean. The judgement, which is binding and without appeal, was unanimous in its finding that there is no agreed maritime boundary between the two states, according to an ICJ press release.
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With just one of these cargo ships, pirates can make millions worth of dollars than with conventional jobs. With such financial motivation, the path to piracy is easier as ever.
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Nearly three decades after its closure following the outbreak of civil war, the United States has officially reopened its embassy in Somalia.
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Alyssa Veltre Staff Writer On Monday, April 8, Prime Minister Hassan Ali Khaire visited Washington to discuss the American use
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The Shabab, a branch of the terrorist group Al Qaeda, was also responsible for an earlier attack in February when another car bomb attack occurred in a market in Mogadishu, leaving at least 39 people dead and 50 injured.
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A helicopter, allegedly belonging to a Saudi-led coalition fighting Yemeni rebels, opened fire on a boat carrying Somali refugees off the coast of Yemen, in the middle of the night.
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