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Ambulance offers hope in war-torn Somalia

Chaos and death on the streets of Mogadishu: unfortunately, it's nothing new in the Somali capital.

Somali refugee conditions 'appalling'

Somalis forced to flee war and drought are living in overcrowded and unsanitary conditions at home and in neighboring countries, including in Kenya and Ethiopia, an aid agency said Thursday.

Reporter killed in Somali shootout

A reporter for Somalia's Shabelle Radio was shot and killed Thursday during a gun battle south of Mogadishu, the network reported.

Time.com: Will NATO Navies Stop Somali Pirates?

France 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

Journalists kidnapped in Somalia

Two international journalists, along with their Somali colleague and a driver, were kidnapped Saturday, a journalists' organization in Somalia said.

Somalia attacks make mosque, market 'human butcher houses'

Heavy 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.

Somalia: Clashes leave at least 10 dead

Fresh fighting between Ethiopian-backed government forces and Islamic insurgents in Somalia's capital city of Mogadishu reportedly killed at least 10 people Sunday, eyewitnesses said.

Leading Somali journalist slain

A leading Somali reporter was gunned down Saturday in a "targeted assassination," according to the national press union, making him the 10th journalist to be killed in the war-torn African country since last year.

Time.com: Somalia Takes a Turn for the Worse

After a brief lull, the troubled African nation is seeing a rise in radical Islamic terror -- and the threat of another drought

Time.com: WHO Claims Polio Stopped in Somalia

The World Health Organization claims polio transmission has been stopped in Somalia, leaving only a dozen other countries with the deadly disease

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