http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/SomaliaFind stories, videos, and photos about Somalia from CNN.com.en-usCable News Network LP, LLLP.Sun, 08 Nov 2009 14:16:04 GMT5http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/1.0/logo/cnn.logo.rss.gifhttp://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Somalia14433Find stories, videos, and photos about Somalia from CNN.com.http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/10/28/somalia.shelling.president/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/10/28/somalia.shelling.president/index.html#cnnSTCTextSomalia's president escaped an opportunistic attack by Islamic militants Wednesday as deadly fighting erupted in the center of Mogadishu, officials said.Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:52:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/10/22/somalia.mogadishu.violence/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/10/22/somalia.mogadishu.violence/index.html#cnnSTCTextAt least 30 people died and 70 were wounded in shelling on a marketplace in the Somali capital of Mogadishu Thursday, according to journalists and emergency services.Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:24:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/10/21/world.piracy.increase/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/10/21/world.piracy.increase/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe first nine months of this year has seen more pirate attacks than all of last year. And more than half of those attacks were carried out by suspected Somali pirates, an international maritime watchdog group said Wednesday.Wed, 21 Oct 2009 11:17:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/20/indian.ocean.hijacking/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/20/indian.ocean.hijacking/index.html#cnnSTCTextChina plans to make "every effort to rescue" a merchant ship and crew hijacked in the Indian Ocean, the country's state news agency reported on Tuesday.Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:17:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/10/13/france.pirates/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/10/13/france.pirates/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe French military fended off a pirate attack on two fishing boats, hundreds of miles off the coast of east Africa, a French Defense Ministry spokesman said Tuesday.Tue, 13 Oct 2009 13:43:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/10/07/somalia.pirate.attack/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/10/07/somalia.pirate.attack/index.html#cnnSTCTextFive people were detained off Somalia's coast Wednesday after pirates mistook a French ship involved in an anti-piracy operation for a commercial vessel, the French Defense Ministry said.Wed, 07 Oct 2009 15:46:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/10/02/somalia.pirates.spanish.ship/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/10/02/somalia.pirates.spanish.ship/index.html#cnnSTCTextA Spanish fishing ship with 36 international crew members has lost contact with the shore after issuing distress calls saying pirates were attacking it off the coast of Somalia, the ship's owner, Echebastar Fleet, said Friday.Fri, 02 Oct 2009 11:17:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/09/23/somalia.bombing.american/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/09/23/somalia.bombing.american/index.html#cnnSTCTextAn online report has identified a Somali-American from Seattle, Washington, as one of the suicide bombers who killed 21 peacekeepers in Mogadishu, Somalia, last week.Thu, 24 Sep 2009 01:22:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/09/18/somalia.suicide.attack/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/09/18/somalia.suicide.attack/index.html#cnnSTCTextA brazen, daylight suicide bombing on the African Union's peacekeeping mission in Somalia's capital has killed at least 21 people, mostly peacekeepers, the mission said Friday.Fri, 18 Sep 2009 14:28:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/09/15/somalia.strike/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/09/15/somalia.strike/index.html#cnnSTCTextSomalia said a senior al Qaeda operative tied to several attacks in East Africa was killed Monday in a U.S. strike in southern Somalia.Tue, 15 Sep 2009 17:09:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/09/12/somalia.mortars/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/09/12/somalia.mortars/index.html#cnnSTCTextAt least nine people were killed in Somalia's war-torn capital Mogadishu when mortars slammed into a home for disabled veterans, according to journalists and witnesses.Sat, 12 Sep 2009 15:02:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/08/21/somalia.fighting/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/08/21/somalia.fighting/index.html#cnnSTCTextSomali forces clashed with al Qaeda-linked militants in the capital city Friday after the militants attacked an African Union peacekeeping station, according to an independent media report.Fri, 21 Aug 2009 14:15:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/08/20/somalia.town.captured/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/08/20/somalia.town.captured/index.html#cnnSTCTextSomali government forces have seized control of a central town from an al Qaeda-linked Islamist militia, a spokesman for Somalia's president said Thursday.Thu, 20 Aug 2009 16:43:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/08/14/egypt.somalia.pirates/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/08/14/egypt.somalia.pirates/index.html#cnnSTCTextThirty-four fishermen are free four months after the two Egyptian vessels they were on were hijacked off the coast of Somalia, an Egyptian official said Friday.Fri, 14 Aug 2009 18:02:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/08/12/somalia.aid.workers/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/08/12/somalia.aid.workers/index.html#cnnSTCTextFour aid workers and two pilots held captive in Somalia for nine months were released Tuesday.Wed, 12 Aug 2009 08:19:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/08/06/clinton.somalia/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/08/06/clinton.somalia/index.html#cnnSTCTextU.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Thursday vowed to continue U.S. support for the government of Somalia's new president, whose government is waging a bloody battle against an Islamic insurgency.Thu, 06 Aug 2009 20:37:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/07/29/shabaab.somalia/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/07/29/shabaab.somalia/index.html#cnnSTCTextAn Al Qaeda-linked militant group waging war against Somalia's fragile government is becoming an increasing threat to Western ally Kenya and could potentially destabilize the region with dire consequences for global security, officials and analysts warn.Sat, 01 Aug 2009 13:35:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/07/27/somalia.piracy/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/07/27/somalia.piracy/index.html#cnnSTCTextPiracy is expected to pick up in the high seas off Somalia after a lull caused by monsoon season, maritime officials warned Monday.Mon, 27 Jul 2009 08:03:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/07/16/somalia.french.hostages/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/07/16/somalia.french.hostages/index.html#cnnSTCTextSomalia's interim prime minister said Thursday that he has spoken to one of two French hostages seized earlier this week by gunmen who stormed their hotel in Mogadishu.Thu, 16 Jul 2009 16:11:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/07/13/somalia.american.killed/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/07/13/somalia.american.killed/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe family of a Somali-American man who died in Somalia have said they want to know who is responsible for recruiting him to join an al Qaeda-linked Islamist insurgency.Mon, 13 Jul 2009 22:07:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/07/13/somalia.president.plea/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/07/13/somalia.president.plea/index.html#cnnSTCTextAmid the worsening conflict in his country, Somalia's president made a plea for Somalis living in the United States to stop sending their young men to fight.Mon, 13 Jul 2009 13:23:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/07/12/somalia.fighting/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/07/12/somalia.fighting/index.html#cnnSTCTextFresh fighting erupted Sunday between Somalia's transitional government forces and Islamist rebels, continuing a wave of violence that a top United Nations official called a "grave violation of human rights" that could possibly amount to war crimes.Sun, 12 Jul 2009 13:07:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/07/07/somalia.refugees.fleeing/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/07/07/somalia.refugees.fleeing/index.html#cnnSTCTextAround 204,000 people have fled their homes in the Somali capital of Mogadishu as a result of a militant offensive against government forces, the U.N. refugee agency said on Tuesday.Tue, 07 Jul 2009 11:03:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/06/28/somali.pirates.belgium.ship/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/06/28/somali.pirates.belgium.ship/index.html#cnnSTCTextA Belgian ship and its crew captured by Somali pirates two months ago have been released, the Belgium government said Sunday.Sun, 28 Jun 2009 10:20:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/06/16/world.refugees.report/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/06/16/world.refugees.report/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe number of uprooted people across the world dropped slightly last year, but new displacement this year in conflict zones like Pakistan, Somalia and Sri Lanka so far "has already more than offset the decline," the U.N. refugee agency said Tuesday.Thu, 18 Jun 2009 15:14:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/06/18/somalia.minister/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/06/18/somalia.minister/index.html#cnnSTCTextSomalia's internal security minister was killed Thursday in a massive suicide car bombing in central Somalia, the country's president said.Thu, 18 Jun 2009 14:15:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/05/26/somalia.refugees/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/05/26/somalia.refugees/index.html#cnnSTCTextDescribed as the largest single gathering of displaced residents in the world today, tens of thousands of civilians are seeking shelter along the Afgooye corridor outside Mogadishu, according to the United Nations.Tue, 26 May 2009 20:10:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/05/25/somalia.president/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/05/25/somalia.president/index.html#cnnSTCTextSomalia needs international help to fight Islamist extremists battling for power in the lawless Horn of Africa nation, the country's moderate Islamist president said Monday.Mon, 25 May 2009 13:58:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/05/23/somalia.fighting/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/05/23/somalia.fighting/index.html#cnnSTCTextFighting between government and rebel forces in Somalia over the past two days has killed more than 40 civilians and wounded about 150 others, according to sources at the scene.Sun, 24 May 2009 04:12:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/05/19/somalia.ethiopian.forces/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/05/19/somalia.ethiopian.forces/index.html#cnnSTCTextEthiopian forces returned to Somalia on Tuesday, seizing control of a Somali border town, a local journalist told CNN.Tue, 19 May 2009 15:27:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/05/18/somalia.fighting.civilians/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/05/18/somalia.fighting.civilians/index.html#cnnSTCTextSome of the worst fighting to hit Somalia's capital city in recent months uprooted nearly 34,000 people in less than a week, according to a United Nations report released Monday.Mon, 18 May 2009 18:28:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/05/15/somalia.fighting/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/05/15/somalia.fighting/index.html#cnnSTCTextClashes between Somalia's transitional government and the Al-Shabab militia left 103 people dead and 420 others wounded, Somali officials said Friday.Fri, 15 May 2009 22:34:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/05/04/somali.jihad.video/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/05/04/somali.jihad.video/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe latest video from Somalia's al Qaeda-backed Al-Shabaab wing is as slickly produced as a reality TV show but with a startling message -- complete with a hip-hop jihad vibe.Tue, 05 May 2009 02:21:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/04/24/pirates.security.meeting.money/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/04/24/pirates.security.meeting.money/index.html#cnnSTCTextCountries have pledged $213 million at an international conference to boost security in Somalia and halt the country's growing piracy problem.Fri, 24 Apr 2009 14:36:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/04/23/pirates.security.meeting/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/04/23/pirates.security.meeting/index.html#cnnSTCTextSomalia's prime minister told CNN Thursday that the international naval patrols in the Gulf of Aden are not solving the problem of piracy in the region.Thu, 23 Apr 2009 13:35:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/04/23/pirates.somalia.humanitarian/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/04/23/pirates.somalia.humanitarian/index.html#cnnSTCTextRecent headlines focusing on the rash of pirate attacks off the coast of Somalia should instead focus on the humanitarian crisis driving Somalis to commit crimes on the high seas, an international aid group said Thursday.Thu, 23 Apr 2009 13:10:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/04/20/somalia.islamic.law/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/04/20/somalia.islamic.law/index.html#cnnSTCTextWomen in Somalia's third-largest city, Baidoa, have been ordered to wear Islamic dress starting this week or face jail time, according to a resident and Somali media reports.Mon, 20 Apr 2009 18:15:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/04/19/somalia.hostages/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/04/19/somalia.hostages/index.html#cnnSTCTextGunmen attacked a convoy Sunday in Somalia and took several hostages, including two foreign aid workers from the group Doctors Without Borders.Mon, 20 Apr 2009 09:19:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/04/15/somalia.pirates/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/04/15/somalia.pirates/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe French navy on Wednesday captured 11 suspected pirates off the coast of Kenya, Franc'e mnistry of defense announced, while other pirates who had held a Greek vessel for nearly a month let it go.Wed, 15 Apr 2009 20:33:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/04/14/obama.pirates/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/04/14/obama.pirates/index.html#cnnSTCTextAs the Defense Department weighs options to prevent a repeat of the drama that unfolded on the seas this weekend, those who patrol the waters say pirates must be rooted out before they leave land.Wed, 15 Apr 2009 00:59:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/04/13/somalia.attack/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/04/13/somalia.attack/index.html#cnnSTCTextA plane carrying U.S. Rep. Donald Payne was fired on as it left the airport in Mogadishu, Somalia, but it departed safely and landed without incident in Nairobi, Kenya, his office said, citing U.S. State Department officials.Mon, 13 Apr 2009 22:45:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/04/10/somalia.france/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/04/10/somalia.france/index.html#cnnSTCTextA French hostage and two pirates died Friday in a rescue operation off Somalia, the French president's office in Paris said Friday.Sat, 11 Apr 2009 02:07:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/03/31/german.pirates.arrests.somalia/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/03/31/german.pirates.arrests.somalia/index.html#cnnSTCTextSeven suspected pirates are in German custody after they fired on a naval tanker off the coast of Somalia and were pursued by warships, the German military said.Tue, 31 Mar 2009 11:23:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/03/26/somalia.pirates.tankers.hijacked/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/03/26/somalia.pirates.tankers.hijacked/index.html#cnnSTCTextPirates have hijacked two European-owned chemical tankers off the coast of Somalia in the past 24 hours, the European Union Maritime Security Center said Thursday.Thu, 26 Mar 2009 16:26:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/03/23/somalia.japan.pirates/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/03/23/somalia.japan.pirates/index.html#cnnSTCTextPirates attacked a Japanese cargo ship off the coast of Somalia on Sunday, a Japanese Transportation Ministry official said.Mon, 23 Mar 2009 12:57:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/03/20/pirates.greece.somalia/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/03/20/pirates.greece.somalia/index.html#cnnSTCTextPirates have struck again, this time capturing a Greek cargo ship in waters off Somalia on Thursday evening, a Greek government spokesman said.Fri, 20 Mar 2009 09:24:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/03/05/house.piracy.hearing/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/03/05/house.piracy.hearing/index.html#cnnSTCTextPiracy off the East African coast will not be fully controlled until stability is restored to the troubled nation of Somalia, participants in a key U.S. House committee's hearing concluded Thursday.Thu, 05 Mar 2009 18:01:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/02/24/somalia.clashes/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/02/24/somalia.clashes/index.html#cnnSTCTextHeavy clashes between Islamic insurgents and forces from the transitional government of Somalia Tuesday left at least 15 people dead and 60 others wounded, according to eyewitnesses, medics and residents.Tue, 24 Feb 2009 14:22:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/02/23/au.somalia/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/02/23/au.somalia/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe African Union responded angrily and defiantly to the killing of at least 11 Burundian soldiers in an apparent suicide bomb attack Sunday in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu.Mon, 23 Feb 2009 10:44:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/02/12/piracy.arrests/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/02/12/piracy.arrests/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe U.S. Navy arrested nine more suspected pirates off the coast of Somalia Thursday -- the second capture in two days -- after receiving a distress call from an Indian-flagged commercial ship.Thu, 12 Feb 2009 20:04:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/02/05/analysis.somalia/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/02/05/analysis.somalia/index.html#cnnSTCTextIt was an odd sight in Ethiopia's capital this week: a standing ovation for Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, the man whom Ethiopian forces had removed from power in neighboring Somalia two years ago.Thu, 05 Feb 2009 14:25:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/02/02/somalia.fighting/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/02/02/somalia.fighting/index.html#cnnSTCTextAt least 39 civilians were killed in Somalia's capital Monday after a convoy of African Union peacekeepers was hit by a roadside bomb, causing the troops to open fire, officials and eyewitnesses said.Tue, 03 Feb 2009 03:33:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/01/31/somalia.election.president/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/01/31/somalia.election.president/index.html#cnnSTCTextModerate Islamist leader Sheikh Sharif Sheekh Ahmed was sworn in as Somalia's new president Saturday after he was voted in by the country's parliament, a Somali journalist said.Sun, 01 Feb 2009 02:39:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/01/26/somalia.takeover/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/01/26/somalia.takeover/index.html#cnnSTCTextRadical Islamist fighters seized control of the seat of Somalia's U.N.-backed transitional government Monday, raiding the parliament building and demanding that several lawmakers publicly surrender, according to a journalist who witnessed the spectacle.Tue, 27 Jan 2009 03:48:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/01/25/ethiopia.somalia/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/01/25/ethiopia.somalia/index.html#cnnSTCTextEthiopia said Sunday it has withdrawn all its troops from Somalia, two years after the soldiers were deployed to prop up Somalia's transitional government.Sun, 25 Jan 2009 13:36:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/01/24/somalia.car.bomb/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/01/24/somalia.car.bomb/index.html#cnnSTCTextA car bomb exploded Saturday in Somalia's capital, killing 15 people and wounding 24, a government spokesman said.Sat, 24 Jan 2009 21:16:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/01/16/pirates.year/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/01/16/pirates.year/index.html#cnnSTCTextPiracy off the coast of Somalia rose nearly 200 percent in 2008 compared to the year before, with bolder attacks over greater distances, an international piracy monitor said Friday.Fri, 16 Jan 2009 17:28:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/01/15/somalia.us.piracy/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/01/15/somalia.us.piracy/index.html#cnnSTCTextPiracy off the coast of Somalia can't be stopped until there is some authority to bring pirates to justice, according to the commander of the U.S. Navy's Fifth Fleet, based in Bahrain.Fri, 16 Jan 2009 02:11:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/01/13/somalia.piracy/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/01/13/somalia.piracy/index.html#cnnSTCTextSomalia-based pirates on Tuesday released a Turkish-flagged ship carrying 4,500 tons of chemicals that was seized two months ago off Yemen's coast, the International Maritime Bureau told CNN.Wed, 14 Jan 2009 09:32:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/01/13/ethiopia.somalia/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/01/13/ethiopia.somalia/index.html#cnnSTCTextEthiopian forces propping up Somalia's transitional government have begun their withdrawal from the country, pulling out of two key bases in Mogadishu, eyewitnesses and officials said Tuesday.Tue, 13 Jan 2009 14:31:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/01/10/pirates.tanker/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/01/10/pirates.tanker/index.html#cnnSTCTextPirates holding a Saudi-owned oil supertanker off the coast of Somalia have set the vessel free after receiving a ransom payment, a piracy monitor in neighboring Kenya and the U.S. Navy Fifth Fleet said Saturday.Sat, 10 Jan 2009 19:28:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/01/08/piracy.task.force/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/01/08/piracy.task.force/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe U.S. Navy has started a force to battle pirates attacking ships in and near the Gulf of Aden off Somalia's coast, the U.S. Fifth Fleet said Thursday.Thu, 08 Jan 2009 18:09:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/01/01/somalia.journalist.battle/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/01/01/somalia.journalist.battle/index.html#cnnSTCTextA reporter for Somalia's Shabelle Radio was shot and killed Thursday during a gun battle south of Mogadishu, the network reported.Thu, 01 Jan 2009 12:48:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/12/29/somalia.president.resigns/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/12/29/somalia.president.resigns/index.html#cnnSTCTextSomalia's transitional president has resigned amid a power struggle with the African nation's prime minister and parliament, sources told CNN on Monday.Mon, 29 Dec 2008 13:06:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/12/14/somalia.politics/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/12/14/somalia.politics/index.html#cnnSTCTextSomalia's president said Sunday he has dismissed his prime minister for failing to do his job, a move that could threaten peace efforts in the the violence-ravaged African nation.Sun, 14 Dec 2008 14:24:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/12/13/usmilitary.piracy/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/12/13/usmilitary.piracy/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe Pentagon is looking at options, but there are no plans for U.S. forces to go ashore in pursuit of pirates in Somalia, a spokesman for the Joint Chiefs of Staff said Friday.Sat, 13 Dec 2008 21:32:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/12/13/india.pirates/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/12/13/india.pirates/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe Indian navy captured 23 piracy suspects who tried to take over a merchant vessel in the Gulf of Aden, between the Horn of Africa and the Arabian Peninsula, Indian officials said.Sat, 13 Dec 2008 21:30:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/US/12/12/minneapolis.somalis/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/US/12/12/minneapolis.somalis/index.html#cnnSTCTextLast month, 17-year-old Burhan Hassan told his family he was catching a ride to school with a friend. He then vanished.Fri, 12 Dec 2008 12:46:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/US/12/10/united.nations.us.pirates/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/US/12/10/united.nations.us.pirates/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe United States is circulating a proposal that could allow military forces to enter Somali territory in "hot pursuit" of pirates, sources on the U.N. Security Council said Wednesday.Wed, 10 Dec 2008 23:01:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/12/08/somalia.downward.spiral/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/12/08/somalia.downward.spiral/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe United States and other Western powers have "exacerbated Somalia's downward spiral" and must revise their policies in the east African country, a Human Rights Watch report has warned.Mon, 08 Dec 2008 13:47:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/12/06/somalia.clashes/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/12/06/somalia.clashes/index.html#cnnSTCTextClashes erupted in Somalia over the weekend, leaving 28 dead in incidents, according to a hospital spokesman and witness accounts.Sat, 06 Dec 2008 23:16:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/12/03/somalia.pirates.boat.released/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/12/03/somalia.pirates.boat.released/index.html#cnnSTCTextPirates have released a Yemeni cargo ship without receiving a ransom after negotiations with local elders, a Somali official said Wednesday.Wed, 03 Dec 2008 09:55:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/11/27/somalia.journalists.kidnap/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/11/27/somalia.journalists.kidnap/index.html#cnnSTCTextFour journalists have been kidnapped in the Somali port city of Bosasso, officials and an international press freedom group say.Thu, 27 Nov 2008 11:37:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/11/25/somalia.pirates.yemen/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/11/25/somalia.pirates.yemen/index.html#cnnSTCTextA Yemeni freighter has become the latest commercial vessel to be attacked in the pirate-plagued Gulf of Aden, a Kenyan maritime official said Tuesday.Tue, 25 Nov 2008 11:18:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/11/21/pirates.ransom.payments/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/11/21/pirates.ransom.payments/index.html#cnnSTCTextMore than $150 million has been paid to pirates around the Horn of Africa over the past 12 months, Kenya's foreign minister said Friday.Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:16:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/11/11/somalia.pirates/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/11/11/somalia.pirates/index.html#cnnSTCTextArmed pirates have hijacked a Philippines chemical tanker off the coast of Somalia, but Indian forces thwarted an attack on one of its vessels, authorities said Tuesday.Tue, 11 Nov 2008 14:18:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/11/11/somalia.towns.seized/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/11/11/somalia.towns.seized/index.html#cnnSTCTextAn Islamic militia took over two strategic towns in Somalia Tuesday in a territory grab by the strengthening insurgency, a regional commander told CNN.Tue, 11 Nov 2008 13:45:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/11/05/somalia.aid.workers/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/11/05/somalia.aid.workers/index.html#cnnSTCTextFour aid workers and two pilots working for the French aid group Action Against Hunger were abducted Wednesday in the central Somali town of Dhusa Mareb, the organization said.Wed, 05 Nov 2008 14:20:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/10/29/somalia.pirates/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/10/29/somalia.pirates/index.html#cnnSTCTextFive attempts to hijack ships off the coast of Somalia were thwarted Tuesday by the ships' crews, the U.S.-led coalition that monitors the region said Wednesday.Wed, 29 Oct 2008 20:35:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1853690,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1853690,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsFrance captured nine pirates and handed them over to Somalia for trial. But it's the weakness of the Somali state that has encouraged piracy in the first place Fri, 24 Oct 2008 20:00:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/10/20/unicef.worker.death/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/10/20/unicef.worker.death/index.html#cnnSTCTextThree gunmen shot and killed a United Nations staff member in southern Somalia on Sunday, the U.N. Children's Fund said Monday.Mon, 20 Oct 2008 18:58:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1851847,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1851847,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsIt's been a busy, profitable week for Somali pirates: They hijacked one South Korean bulk carrier Wednesday, released another South Korean cargo ship Thursday and let a hijacked Thai ship go SaturdaySun, 19 Oct 2008 21:00:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/10/14/pirates/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/10/14/pirates/index.html#cnnSTCTextSomali forces on Tuesday freed the 11-man crew of a hijacked ship and captured the 10 pirates who seized the vessel last week, according to the foreign minister for Puntland, a semi-autonomous region of northern Somalia.Tue, 14 Oct 2008 18:04:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1849300,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1849300,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsThe pirates who hijacked an arms-laden Ukrainian tanker off Somalia issued an ultimatum Friday and threatened to destroy the ship if no ransom is paid, a spokesman for the bandits saidFri, 10 Oct 2008 21:00:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1847811,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1847811,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsA Somali pirate on a hijacked cargo ship laden with tanks and heavy weaponry says the ransom demand has been reduced from $20 million to $8 million.Tue, 07 Oct 2008 09:00:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1847040,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1847040,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsPirates holding a hijacked ship off Somalia gave no indication they planned to surrender, as six U.S. warships circled the vessel Friday with clearance from the Somali government to attack it, and a Russian frigate headed toward the standoffFri, 03 Oct 2008 15:00:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/09/03/somalia.pirates/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/09/03/somalia.pirates/index.html#cnnSTCTextTwo French citizens have been abducted by pirates from a sailboat off the coast of Somalia, the French foreign ministry announced Wednesday.Wed, 03 Sep 2008 16:04:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/08/24/somalia.kidnap/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/08/24/somalia.kidnap/index.html#cnnSTCTextTwo international journalists, along with their Somali colleague and a driver, were kidnapped Saturday, a journalists' organization in Somalia said.Sun, 24 Aug 2008 09:55:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/08/22/somalia.fighting/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/08/22/somalia.fighting/index.html#cnnSTCTextBodies littered the streets of the third largest city in Somalia on Friday after Islamic fighters took control of the city, residents said.Sat, 23 Aug 2008 08:30:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/08/21/Somalia.fighting/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/08/21/Somalia.fighting/index.html#cnnSTCTextHeavy shelling struck Somalia's capital city on Thursday, leaving pools of blood around a neighborhood mosque, a devastated market and 11 civilians dead, according to witnesses and a local journalist.Fri, 22 Aug 2008 13:32:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/08/21/somalia.pirates/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/08/21/somalia.pirates/index.html#cnnSTCTextPirates hijacked three ships off the coast of Somalia on Thursday in the "worst number of attacks" in one day in many years, an international maritime watchdog said.Fri, 22 Aug 2008 05:47:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1834627,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1834627,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsArmed pirates hijacked three ships off the coast of Somalia in a series of attacks Thursday, an international maritime body said, as it urged the U.N. to restore law and order to the notorious African watersThu, 21 Aug 2008 17:00:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/08/18/somalia.worker/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/08/18/somalia.worker/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe United Nations' World Food Program on Monday expressed its shock at the "senseless and barbaric" killing of an aid worker in southern Somalia.Mon, 18 Aug 2008 14:56:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/08/16/somalia.shootings/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/08/16/somalia.shootings/index.html#cnnSTCTextEthiopian forces in Somalia have killed at least 46 civilians after a roadside bomb ripped through their military convoy, residents said.Sat, 16 Aug 2008 13:02:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/08/14/somalia.piracy.thai.cargo/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/08/14/somalia.piracy.thai.cargo/index.html#cnnSTCTextPirates have hijacked a Thai cargo ship in the Gulf of Aden off the Somali coast, the Kenya Seafarers Association said Thursday.Thu, 14 Aug 2008 16:53:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/08/06/somalia.piracy/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/08/06/somalia.piracy/index.html#cnnSTCTextCanada announced Wednesday that it will dispatch a warship to Somalia's coast to protect U.N. aid ships from pirate attacks.Wed, 06 Aug 2008 15:29:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/08/03/somalia.strife/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/08/03/somalia.strife/index.html#cnnSTCTextA roadside bombing in Somalia's capital killed 21 women who were cleaning rubbish from a southern Mogadishu street on Sunday morning, a hospital official said.Sun, 03 Aug 2008 16:46:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1826645,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1826645,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsSomalia's new opposition leader said Friday his supporters could take up arms against U.N. peacekeepers if they deploy in the lawless country and side with the country's weak governmentFri, 25 Jul 2008 19:00:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/07/15/somalia.aidworkers/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/07/15/somalia.aidworkers/index.html#cnnSTCTextGunmen in Somalia have shot dead an agent for a World Food Program transport company, the U.N. agency said Tuesday.Tue, 15 Jul 2008 14:43:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/07/12/somalia2.aidworkers/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/07/12/somalia2.aidworkers/index.html#cnnSTCTextThree aid workers have been shot over the last day in Somalia, two of them fatally, Somali media reports said.Sat, 12 Jul 2008 18:39:00 EDT