Baidoa
AU Somali force readies for possible Ethiopia pullout
Mar 21, 2013 07:10 EDT
African Union forces battling Islamist insurgents in Somalia are preparing troops to take over should Ethiopia withdraw more soldiers from the region, their commander said Thursday.
Somali Islamists claim deadly car bomb day after key advance
Mar 18, 2013 13:02 EDT
At least ten people were killed Monday in a suicide car bomb in the Somali capital claimed by Islamist insurgents, in one of the bloodiest attacks in war-ravaged Mogadishu in recent months.
Somali Islamists 'retake key town'
Mar 17, 2013 11:02 EDT
Somalia's Islamist fighters retook the key southern town of Hudur on Sunday, residents and the militants said, in the first territorial fight-back by the Al-Qaeda-linked Shebab for several months.
Somali Islamists retake key town
Mar 17, 2013 09:07 EDT
Somalia's Islamist fighters retook the key southern town of Hudur on Sunday, residents said, in the first territorial fight-back by the Al-Qaeda-linked Shebab for several months.
On Somali president's plate: goat liver and state rebuilding
Feb 28, 2013 17:12 EST
Breakfasting on porridge, vegetables and goat liver, Somalia's president listens attentively to his advisors -- a new day is starting for the man tasked with rebuilding his country ravaged by years of war.
African Union, Somali troops capture Islamist stronghold
Dec 09, 2012 12:45 EST
African Union troops and Somali forces seized the formerly Islamist-held town of Jowhar Sunday, wresting control of one of the largest remaining towns held by the Al-Qaeda linked Shebab, officials said.
Ethiopia to stay in Somalia until AU takeover: PM
Nov 28, 2012 07:55 EST
Ethiopian troops will remain in Somalia until African Union forces fighting Islamists can take over, Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn said Wednesday, as he met with his Somali counterpart.
Under fire, Somalia's brave journalists
Nov 02, 2012 14:27 EDT
Camera in one hand and pistol in the other, Somali reporter Abdukadir Hassan Abdirahman goes out to work on some of the most dangerous streets for journalists in the world.
African Union, Somali troops capture Islamist-held town
Oct 07, 2012 11:06 EDT
African Union troops alongside Somali forces seized the formerly Islamist-held town of Wanla Weyn on Sunday, the latest loss for the Al-Qaeda linked Shebab fighters, commanders said.
Shebab Islamists abandon last stronghold in Somalia
Sep 29, 2012 17:13 EDT
Al-Qaeda linked Shebab fighters Saturday abandoned their last bastion in Somalia, retreating from the port city of Kismayo almost a year after Kenya sent troops against the Islamists.
Shebab Islamists abandon last Somali stronghold
Sep 29, 2012 11:58 EDT
Al-Qaeda-linked Shebab fighters Saturday abandoned their last bastion in Somalia, retreating from the port city of Kismayo almost a year after Kenya sent troops against the Islamists.
African troops assault last Somali rebel stronghold
Sep 28, 2012 16:01 EDT
African Union troops backed by jets launched a beach assault Friday on the southern Somali port city of Kismayo, the last major stronghold of the Islamist Shebab insurgents.
Kenyan army 'captures' last Somali rebel stronghold
Sep 28, 2012 07:26 EDT
Kenya's army said Friday it had taken the southern Somali port city of Kismayo, the last stronghold of the Al-Qaeda linked Shebab, but the African Union force said operations were still ongoing.
Kenyan troops capture last Somali rebel stronghold
Sep 28, 2012 04:33 EDT
The Kenyan army said Friday that it has taken the southern Somali port city of Kismayo, the last stronghold of the Al-Qaeda linked Shebab, a claim dismissed by residents and the insurgents.
Kenyan army claims fall of last Somali rebel stronghold
Sep 28, 2012 03:56 EDT
The Kenyan army said Friday that it has taken the southern Somali port city of Kismayo, the last stronghold of the Al-Qaeda linked Shebab, a claim dismissed by residents and the insurgents.
Shebab threaten to kill Somali lawmakers
Sep 24, 2012 06:36 EDT
Somalia's Al-Qaeda linked Shebab threatened Monday to kill all the country's new lawmakers, saying that an MP killed at the weekend in Mogadishu was just the first to be targeted.
Somali Shebab supporters kill 14 in double suicide attack
Sep 20, 2012 15:38 EDT
Supporters of Somalia's Al-Qaeda linked Shebab killed 14 people and wounded 20 more in a double suicide attack in the capital Mogadishu Thursday, in one of most deadly attacks for months.
Somalis flee as troops advance towards Islamist bastion
Sep 18, 2012 10:43 EDT
Forces battling Somalia's Islamist fighters pressed their advance on the key insurgent bastion of Kismayo, officials said Tuesday, as thousands of civilians fled ahead of the anticipated assault.
New Somali parliament speaker elected: official
Aug 28, 2012 11:36 EDT
Veteran Somali politician Mohamed Osman Jawari, a former minister, was elected as the speaker of the war-torn nation's new parliament, the outgoing interim speaker said Tuesday.
Candidates campaign for Somali parliament speaker
Aug 27, 2012 09:14 EDT
Candidates for Somalia's powerful position of parliamentary speaker campaigned Monday a day ahead of the expected vote, a key step in setting up a new government for the war-torn nation.
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| Baidoa | |
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  Baidoa
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| Coordinates: 3°07′N 43°39′E / 3.117°N 43.65°E | |
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