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65 Al-Shebab Insurgents killed In Somalia: Army
Somalia security forces have killed 65 Al-Shebab Islamic insurgents who attacked coastal towns in the semi-autonomous Puntland area in the country's northeast, the regional army chief said on Monday.
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Kenya Army Says Killed 34 Al Shebab In Somalia Firefights
The Kenyan military said today it killed 34 Islamic insurgents in two separate battles in neighbouring Somalia this weekend.
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30 Shebab Killed In Two Clashes In Somalia, Say Officials
Thirty insurgents in Somalia's Al-Qaeda-aligned Shebab terrorist group were killed on Wednesday in heavy clashes in the south and northeast of the country, Kenya's armed forces and local authorities said separately.
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At Least 20 Killed, 90,000 Flee Somalia Clashes: UN
At least 20 people were killed, 120 wounded and over 90,000 forced to flee days of rival militia battles in central Somalia, although the situation has now calmed, the UN said on Tuesday.
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Somalia's Shebab Kill at Least 6 in Mogadishu Hotel Car Bombing
Somalia's Shebab insurgents killed at least six people Sunday in a huge car bomb attack on a heavily guarded hotel in the capital Mogadishu that is also home to several diplomatic missions, officials and witnesses said.
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Dozens Killed as Somali Shebab Overrun African Union Base: Witnesses
Dozens of soldiers were killed today when Somalia's Shebab insurgents overran an African Union base, witnesses said, describing intense fighting which left corpses strewn on the ground.
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6 Killed in Somalia Shebab Attack on UAE Embassy Convoy: Police
Somalia's Shebab insurgents killed at least six people today in a suicide attack on a diplomatic convoy from the United Arab Emirates in the Somali capital Mogadishu, police and the Islamists said.
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US Secretary of State John Kerry Makes Surprise Visit to Somali Capital
John Kerry made an unannounced visit to Somalia on Tuesday, the first US Secretary of State to visit the Horn of Africa nation that is struggling to rebuild after two decades of war and battling an Islamist insurgency by al Shabaab militants.
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Kenyan Airstrikes Target Al Shebab After University Massacre
Kenyan fighter jets pounded Al-Qaeda-linked Shebab insurgent camps in southern Somalia today, the army said, days after the Islamists killed 148 people in their worst ever massacre in Kenya.
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At Least 10 Dead in Somalia Hotel Attack: Officials
At least 10 people have died in an attack by Al-Qaeda-linked Shebab militants on a hotel in Somalia's capital Mogadishu, Somali security officials said on Friday.
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65 Al-Shebab Insurgents killed In Somalia: Army
Somalia security forces have killed 65 Al-Shebab Islamic insurgents who attacked coastal towns in the semi-autonomous Puntland area in the country's northeast, the regional army chief said on Monday.
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Kenya Army Says Killed 34 Al Shebab In Somalia Firefights
The Kenyan military said today it killed 34 Islamic insurgents in two separate battles in neighbouring Somalia this weekend.
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30 Shebab Killed In Two Clashes In Somalia, Say Officials
Thirty insurgents in Somalia's Al-Qaeda-aligned Shebab terrorist group were killed on Wednesday in heavy clashes in the south and northeast of the country, Kenya's armed forces and local authorities said separately.
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At Least 20 Killed, 90,000 Flee Somalia Clashes: UN
At least 20 people were killed, 120 wounded and over 90,000 forced to flee days of rival militia battles in central Somalia, although the situation has now calmed, the UN said on Tuesday.
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Somalia's Shebab Kill at Least 6 in Mogadishu Hotel Car Bombing
Somalia's Shebab insurgents killed at least six people Sunday in a huge car bomb attack on a heavily guarded hotel in the capital Mogadishu that is also home to several diplomatic missions, officials and witnesses said.
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Dozens Killed as Somali Shebab Overrun African Union Base: Witnesses
Dozens of soldiers were killed today when Somalia's Shebab insurgents overran an African Union base, witnesses said, describing intense fighting which left corpses strewn on the ground.
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6 Killed in Somalia Shebab Attack on UAE Embassy Convoy: Police
Somalia's Shebab insurgents killed at least six people today in a suicide attack on a diplomatic convoy from the United Arab Emirates in the Somali capital Mogadishu, police and the Islamists said.
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US Secretary of State John Kerry Makes Surprise Visit to Somali Capital
John Kerry made an unannounced visit to Somalia on Tuesday, the first US Secretary of State to visit the Horn of Africa nation that is struggling to rebuild after two decades of war and battling an Islamist insurgency by al Shabaab militants.
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Kenyan Airstrikes Target Al Shebab After University Massacre
Kenyan fighter jets pounded Al-Qaeda-linked Shebab insurgent camps in southern Somalia today, the army said, days after the Islamists killed 148 people in their worst ever massacre in Kenya.
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At Least 10 Dead in Somalia Hotel Attack: Officials
At least 10 people have died in an attack by Al-Qaeda-linked Shebab militants on a hotel in Somalia's capital Mogadishu, Somali security officials said on Friday.
