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Mystical branch of Islam has resurgence in Somalia

Al-Shabab, a group of al-Qaida-linked militants that seeks to instill an ultra-conservative brand of Islam across Somalia, controlled Mogadishu from roughly 2007 to 2011.

UK, Somalia host conference in London

They will attend sessions on Somalia's armed forces and maritime security, justice and policing, financial management and political stability at Tuesday's conference in London.

Correction: Somalia-Famine Deaths story

When asked about the report, Somalia Health Minister Maryan Qasim Ahmed said she didn't want to comment until she read it because of questions she had about the accuracy of the figures.

London hosts Somalia meeting to aid post-war gains

Britain and Somalia on Tuesday co-host a donors' conference to win support for the Mogadishu government as it leaves behind two decades of conflict.

'Off the charts': 133k Somalia famine child deaths

The first in-depth scientific study of famine deaths in Somalia in 2011 was released Thursday.

Danish, Filipino hostages freed in Somalia

The Danish government has announced the release of two Danes and four Filipinos who were held hostage in Somalia for more than two years after their ship was attacked by pirates.

Somalia: Car bomb rams bus; many casualties feared

Witnesses in Somalia's capital say a suicide car bomb has rammed into a bus near a popular restaurant in Mogadishu.

Somalia asks US to grant immunity for former PM

McLEAN, Va. -- Somalia's newly recognized government is asking the State Department to grant immunity to a former prime minister who was found responsible in a U.S. court for human-rights abuses.

Somalia: Suicide bomber attacks seaside restaurant

A police officer in Somalia's capital says a suicide bomber detonated his explosives at the gate to a beachside restaurant.

$50k for info on journalists killers in Somalia

Somalia is one of the world's most dangerous countries in which to practice journalism, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists.

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MOGADISHU, Somalia: Rapes on rise in Somaliland, say medical officials

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NAIROBI, Kenya: Africa is riskiest place to be born, report says

And the whole science of neo-natal care is a huge science that is not well developed in Somalia."

MOGADISHU, Somalia: London hosts Somalia meeting to aid post-war gains

International donors are likely to pledge aid to help get Somalia's plans moving.

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2 Minnesota women sentenced in Somali terror case

The al-Qaida-linked group is at the heart of much of the violence in Somalia in recent years.

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Minn. Women to Be Sentenced in Somali Terror Case

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Leading humanitarian relief efforts during African famine

The drought and lack of food in the Horn of Africa region was complicated by a number of factors...