Bomb hits convoy carrying Qataris in Somalia, eight dead

By Feisal Omar MOGADISHU (Reuters) - A Somali judge on Sunday freed a journalist who was jailed last month for interviewing an alleged gang-rape victim in a case that sparked international condemnation over how Somali authorities treat victims of ...

By Abdi Sheikh and Feisal Omar MOGADISHU (Reuters) - At least four people were killed as two car bombs exploded outside the law courts in Somalia's capital Mogadishu and gunmen stormed the building on Sunday, before a gunbattle erupted with security ...

By Feisal Omar and Abdi Sheikh MOGADISHU (Reuters) - A suicide car bomber killed at least 10 people on Monday in the worst attack in the Somali capital this year when he tried to kill Mogadishu's security chief near the presidential palace, police ...

Reuters/Feisal Omar The governments of the UK and Somalia are hosting an international conference today in London. The conference aims to garner support for the government of Somalia. Mogadishu is still fighting the Shebab, the radical ...

Somali security forces. The security situation in Mogadishu has greatly improved in the past year. Photograph: Feisal Omar/Reuters A car bomb exploded near the presidential palace in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, on Monday, killing at least 10 ...

The Millenium Development Goals are the 21st century benchmark for almost all poverty and development policy. However, with only 32 months until the MDG targets are meant to be achieved, weve still got no idea how much money is being spent towards ...

Suspected al-shabaab members and their weapons are paraded during a patrol by Djibouti soldiers serving in AMISOM in BeledweyneSuspected al-shabaab members and their weapons are paraded during a patrol by Djibouti soldiers serving in the African ...

Reuters Residents carry posters with Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron and Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud as they take part in a parade in support of the Somalia conference in London, along the streets of Somalia's capital Mogadishu ...

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