Somali

AP - The retired British couple were sailing the world on a 38-foot-yacht that represented most of their life savings when Somali pirates captured them last year, demanding the sort…

AFP - Paul and Rachel Chandler said they were “happy to be alive” after the Somali pirates who hijacked the couple’s yacht near the Seychelles last year released them for…

Reuters - Somali pirates released British couple Paul and Rachel Chandler on Sunday after holding them hostage for more than a year.

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AFP - Somali pirates on Sunday freed British couple Paul and Rachel Chandler, ending an ordeal that started when their yacht was hijacked off the idyllic shores of the Seychelles…

Reuters - A man was shot dead on Sunday after he refused to disembark from a yacht in the Indian Ocean that was hijacked by Somali pirates last week, pirates…

Reuters - Somali legislators approved the appointment of Prime Minister Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed on Sunday, voting overwhelmingly for the president’s nominee.

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AP - Analysts and militants say that Somalia’s most powerful militant group is teetering on the brink of a major split because of a rift between its top two leaders

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AP - Somalia and other African nations could soon pose more of a terrorist threat than Afghanistan, Interpol’s secretary general warned Thursday.

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AP - A suicide bomber and gunmen wearing military uniforms attacked a hotel near Somalia’s presidential palace Monday, sparking a one-hour gun battle with security forces. At least 32 people…

AP - The European Union’s anti-piracy task force says Somali pirates have left a cargo ship a day after they hijacked it.

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