World news about “Somalia” published by euronews.
Somali suicide bomber hits Qatari convoy A suicide bomber killed at least 11 people when he rammed his car into a convoy in the centre of Somalia’s capital Mogadishu. A visiting delegation from… 05/05/2013
Somali bomb blast kills several officials A massive car bomb has exploded in the Somali capital of Mogadishu killing at least eight people and wounding five others. The target was apparently a convoy… 05/05/2013
Somalia famine ‘left more than a quarter of a million people dead’ More than a quarter of a million people died because of the severe famine that struck Somalia between 2010 and 2012, says the UN. The report, published in… 02/05/2013
Danish and Filipino hostages freed after two year ordeal Two Danes and four Filipinos who were held hostage in Somalia for more than two years after their ship was attacked by pirates have been released. Danish… 01/05/2013
Dozens dead as terror returns to Mogadishu Two suicide attacks in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Sunday have left at least 30 people dead, exposing the fragile security there despite the government’s… 14/04/2013
Violence returns to Somalia as 19 are killed in Mogadishu The Somali capital Mogadishu has been hit by its worst violence this year with at least 19 people killed in two separate terrorist attacks. Al Shabaab… 14/04/2013
Somalia: Mogadishu car bomb kills at least 10 people In the Somali capital Mogadishu, a suicide car bomber has killed at least ten people near the presidential palace. Islamist militant group al Shabaab says… 18/03/2013
The green shoots of football return to Mogadishu There is a new era of hope opening up for footballers in Somalia who are taking back sporting facilities after al-Shabaab extremists were driven out of the… 18/01/2013
In Somalia, one woman’s struggle for her sisters “I came from the Ethiopian border, we used to raise animals, mainly goats. Because of the drought, I lost all my animals. And there was also fighting between… 17/09/2012
Somalia’s new president faces decades of accumulated anarchy Violence in Somalia has become a more or less permanent condition. The internally warring country in the Horn of Africa has not had effective central… 17/09/2012
Somalia: one woman’s struggle for peace Is there any room for hope in Somalia, long-since written-off as a ‘failed state’? Hawa Aden Mohamed has never stopped believing. euronews met her in… 10/09/2012
Key Somali stronghold seized – nocomment Somalian and African Union troops have seized the rebel stronghold of Afgoye, near Mogadishu, from al Qaeda-linked insurgents, marking a major blow against… 26/05/2012
Consequences of conflict According to UNICEF, in countries torn apart by armed conflict, 39 million primary school children do not go to school – and tempting them back into the… 19/04/2012
UK appoints first Somalia ambassador for 21 years Britain has appointed its first ambassador to Somalia for 21 years. William Hague announced the move during the first visit to the war-stricken nation by a… 02/02/2012
Displaced people continue to flood into Somalia’s Puntland – nocomment Displaced people from the Bay region continued to flood into Somalia’s semi-autonomous region of Puntland on Tuesday (September 6) with tales of hunger and… 07/09/2011
A Somali woman and her child wait for medical careA woman looks after her child as they wait for medical care at Camp Seyidka, a camp for displaced people, in Mogadishu. REUTERS/Umit Bektas 19/08/2011
FAO calls for more Somalian aid Agriculture ministers from the 191 members of the U.N.‘s Food and Agriculture Organisation have gathered in Rome. This is the second emergency meeting… 18/08/2011
First UN relief airlift to Mogadishu for five years – nocomment The United Nations’ refugee agency has airlifted supplies into the Somali capital for the first time in five years, to help tackle the famine that has hit the… 10/08/2011
Refugee camp in Kenya – nocomment Many Somalis, starving and searching for safety, are risking their lives, crossing into Kenya and taking up residence in Dadaab, the world’s largest refugee… 06/08/2011
Malnourished refugees in the Horn of AfricaA severely malnourished refugee girl from Buale in Somalia, holds a cup inside a ward at the International Rescue Committee (IRC) clinic at the Hagadera… 30/07/2011
Drought in the Horn of AfricaAn aid worker using an iPad films the rotting carcass of a cow in Wajir near the Kenya-Somalia border. REUTERS/STR New 26/07/2011
Drought causes thousands to flee Somalia – nocomment Tens of thousands of Somali refugees are flooding camps in Ethiopia and Kenya in search of food after several seasons without rain decimated livestock and… 18/07/2011
Hunger in the Horn of Africa The exodus of Somali refugees into Kenya and Ethiopia is getting worse by the day. Most arrive exhausted. Over 8,500 Somalis have come to Kenya since the… 14/07/2011
A car travels through a flooded street in MogadishuThe Horn of Africa is in the grip of a major food crisis, with millions of people severely affected in drought-stricken areas, while others are flooded… 14/07/2011
Somalia: protests over PM’s ouster turn violent – nocomment A demonstration against the the anticipated removal of the prime minister turned into clashes. 11/06/2011
Somali govt and African Union forces make gains in Mogadishu – nocomment African Union peacekeepers and Somali government forces continued to advance on Mogadishu’s strategic Bakara Market, a rebel stronghold, amid heavy gunbattles. 01/06/2011
How do the media decide which stories to cover? Frank, Lyon, France: “Events in Libya and the rest of the Arab world have dominated news coverage over recent weeks. This has completely overshadowed… 14/04/2011
Civil war, civil wounded, Somalia Civilians in Somalia’s 20-year war are wounded every day. The crossfire between government forces and insurgents destroys ordinary people’s lives. Reporter… 17/02/2011
Getting help to Somalia against the odds Somalia is facing a dire humanitarian crisis, according to the UN. Almost 30 percent – or two million – of its long-suffering people need aid to survive… 13/01/2011
Britons told to get out of SomaliaThe British government has told UK nationals to leave Somalia immediately. The Foreign Office in London warned of a ‘specific threat’ to foreigners in the… 27/01/2013
Kidnapped French hostage killed by Somali militantsFrench intelligence agent Denis Allex – seen in the video above – has been reportedly killed by Somali militants linked to al Qaeda. In a statement the… 17/01/2013
French hostage killed by Somali militantsFrench intelligence agent Denis Allex has been reportedly killed by Somali militants linked to al Qaeda. In a statement the group said it had executed the… 17/01/2013
French hostage sentenced to death by Somali militantsSomali Islamic militant have sentenced to death a French intelligence agent they have been holding hostage for three years. It follows a failed bid by… 16/01/2013
African troops in Mali in “days or weeks”It is Day Four of the French intervention in Mali. Militant Islamists have reportedly fled from several towns they had occupied in the north. The French say… 15/01/2013
Somali militants post picture of dead French soldierSomali militants have posted a picture of what they claim is the second French commando killed after a failed attempt to save a French hostage. He was part… 14/01/2013
French in Mali for “a matter of weeks”It was all hands to the pump as a British C17 transporter plane loaded up with supplies for the French military operation in Mali. The UK was one of the… 14/01/2013
Fate of French hostage still unclearThe fate of French hostage Denis Allex is still unclear. Official sources say the government agent was killed during a rescue operation in Somalia on… 13/01/2013
Failed hostage rescue in Somalia: 1 French soldier dead, 1 missingThe French government says it believes hostage Denis Allex has been killed in Somalia by Islamic militants. French forces carried out an air strike in Bula… 12/01/2013
French hostage in Somalia reported dead following rescue attemptThe French Defence Ministry says a hostage has been killed in Somalia by al Shabaab Islamic militants during a failed attempt by French forces to rescue… 12/01/2013
Fatal grenade attack on Kenyan churchReports say a grenade attack on a church in Kenya has left one person dead and injured at least 11. The man who died was thought to have been acting as… 04/11/2012
Somalia urges unity with new PMSomalia ‘s new president has named a fellow newcomer as the country’s prime minister. Abdi Farah Shirdon Saaid has been described as someone untainted by the… 07/10/2012
Search for bombs in Kismayu after Somali rebel retreatIn Somalia African Union troops and the government’s own forces have been combing Kismayu for bombs hidden by al Shabaab militants who’ve retreated from their… 04/10/2012
Kenyan and Somali troops flush al-Shabbab out of KismayoAfrican Union and Somali troops have entered the strategic port town of Kismayo, the former stronghold of the al-Shabaab rebel group in Somalia. Al-Shabaab… 02/10/2012
Somali forces appeal for order after rebel retreatThe Somali government in Mogadishu has called on residents in Kismayu to co-operate with security forces after al-Shabaab rebels were ousted from the southern… 30/09/2012
Somalia’s al Shabaab rebels withdraw from final strongholdSomalia’s al Shabaab rebels have lost their last bastion, after being forced out by Somali and Kenyan government forces. The rebels withdrew from the… 29/09/2012
Battle for Kismayu threatens al-ShabaabFighting is continuing in the Somalian port of Kismayu. International forces launched a pre-dawn assault on the town in an effort to drive al Qaeda-linked… 28/09/2012
Somalia offers new deal to Al Shabaab rebelsSomalia has promised to find civilian jobs and training for rebels from the radical Islamist group Al Shabaab if they abandon their part in a six year old… 25/09/2012
Islamic extremists suffer defections in SomaliaIn Somalia, more than 200 al-Shabaab fighters have surrendered to African Union and Somali government forces. The al-Qaeda linked group currently controls… 24/09/2012
Suicide bombers kill 15 in MogadishuAt least 15 people have been killed after two suicide bombers blew themselves up at a restaurant in central Mogadishu. It came a week after militants… 21/09/2012
Mohamud is new president of ‘lawless’ SomaliaHassan Sheikh Mohamud has begun the task of overseeing a nation often described as a ‘lawless country’ after being inaugurated as Somalia’s new… 17/09/2012
Somalia’s new president wants an end to conflict and piracySomalia’s new president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has taken office and called for an end to conflict and piracy in a country afflicted by violence for more than… 17/09/2012
Somalia’s new president escapes bomb attackSomalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and the visiting Kenyan foreign minister have escaped an apparent suicide bombing at a Mogadishu hotel. At least… 13/09/2012
Somalia votes for change as it elects a new presidentSomalia has voted in political newcomer Hassan Sheikh Mohamud as president in the first free and fair elections for decades. Mohamud unexpectedly defeated… 11/09/2012
Somali athlete dies trying to make London GamesIt has emerged a Somali Olympic sprinter failed to make the London Games after allegedly dying on a boat on her way to Italy. According to the Italian… 20/08/2012
Car bomb kills Somali lawmakerA lawmaker has been killed in a car bomb attack in the Somali capital Mogadishu. Mohamud Abdi Ibrahim, a former minister, was known to be close to the… 17/07/2012
Pirates free Italian tankerPirates who took an Italian chemical tanker, the Enrico Ievoli off the coast of Oman late last year have released the vessel. All its crew has been freed… 23/04/2012
Somali sports officials die in theatre suicide blastSomalia’s prime minister has survived a suicide attack that killed at least 10 people at the newly-reopened national theatre in Mogadishu. While Abdiweli… 04/04/2012
Suicide bomber kills 4 at Somali presidential residenceAt least four people have been killed in a bomb attack on the presidential residence in the Somali capital Mogadhishu. Al Shabaab, a group linked to al… 14/03/2012
Clinton warns US will act against Somali militantsUS Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warned on Thursday that Washington will look to act against Somali militant and pirate groups deemed as a threat to… 23/02/2012
London hosts international summit on SomaliaA host of international politicians are in London for meeting to discuss the future of Somalia – often referred to as a ‘failed state’. Forty countries… 23/02/2012
Somalia: US commandos free pirate hostagesTwo aid workers, an American woman and a Danish man, being held by pirates in Somalia, have been freed after a rescue mission by US special forces. Military… 25/01/2012
Somali pirates free Italian tanker after 10 monthsAn Italian-owned oil tanker and its crew have been released by Somali pirates amid reports a ransom of over 8.5 million euros has been paid. The five… 21/12/2011
Reports of Ethiopian troops in SomaliaEyewitnesses say Ethiopian soldiers have crossed the border into Somalia in significant numbers. They report seeing at least 20 vehicles carrying troops and a… 19/11/2011
Kenya and Somalia join forces to fight Islamic militantsThe leaders of Somalia and Kenya have vowed to fight together to defeat the Islamic militant group al Shabab. The East African neighbours will coordinate… 31/10/2011
Somali gunmen seize three aid workersGunmen kidnapped three aid workers in northern Somalia on Tuesday. They seized one American and two Danish nationals close to Galkayo airport in the region… 25/10/2011
Grenade attack on Nairobi nightclub injures 12Kenyan police say an Islamist militant group may be behind a grenade attack on a nightclub in the capital, Nairobi. At least a dozen people were hurt… 24/10/2011
French hostage kidnapped in Kenya is deadMarie Dedieu the French woman kidnapped in Kenya has died. A statement from the French Foreign Ministry confirmed the death of the 66-year-old who was… 19/10/2011
Al Shabaab advancing for combat in SomaliaSomalia’s al Shabaab rebels are advancing for a confrontation with Somali and Kenyan government troops. The troops began a huge offensive by land and air… 17/10/2011
Kenya sends in army to go after militants in SomaliaKenyan troops have crossed into Somalia to pursue islamist rebel group Al Shabaab who are believed have kidnapped foreign aid workers in Kenya. Witnesses… 16/10/2011
Somali militants warn of more serious attacksSomali islamist militants Al Shabaab are urging people to stay away from government buildings in Mogadishu after the group carried out a deadly bombing on… 05/10/2011
Somali militants kill 65 near government buildingsAn Islamist militant group with links to al Qaeda says it carried out the truck bomb attacks that killed at least 65 people in Somalia’s capital… 04/10/2011
UN gives stark warning about Somalia famineFamine in Somalia has spread to engulf three quarters of the country’s regions according to the United Nations. Four million Somalis are now going hungry. The… 06/09/2011
Turkish PM visits famine victims in SomaliaTurkey’s prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has become the most high profile leader so far to visit Mogadishu during Somalia’s famine. He and his family… 19/08/2011
Cholera epidemic spreads in famine-hit SomaliaA cholera epidemic is now killing children in Somalia. The intestinal infection is the latest scourge to hit the country. Tens of thousands of people have… 17/08/2011
Somalia: the Children’s FamineAid workers are calling the humanitarian disaster in Somalia the Children’s Famine. Every 11 weeks in Somalia, ten percent of the country’s under-fives are… 11/08/2011
Somalia to Dadaab: Mimouna’s journeyMimouna, an elderly Somali woman, fled famine and civil war back home for the world’s largest refugee camp in Dadaab, Kenya. There was no help for her… 09/08/2011
First UN relief airlift to Mogadishu for five yearsThe United Nations’ refugee agency has airlifted supplies into the Somali capital for the first time in five years, to help tackle the famine that has hit the… 09/08/2011
Somalia declares victory over Islamist rebelsThe Somali President Sheikh Sharif Ahmed says his military had defeated Islamist rebels battling to oust his Western-backed government. Fighters from the al… 06/08/2011
Islamic militants withdrawThere are reports that Islamic militants fighting to oust Somalia’s Western-backed government are abandoning their bases in the capital Mogadishu. … 06/08/2011
At least ten die in Somali food riotAt least ten Somalis – refugees among them – have reportedly been killed in a food riot in a camp near Mogadishu. Shots were fired when troops and locals… 05/08/2011
Ramadan ‘slows down registration’ of Somali refugeesThere are reports from the Horn of Africa that the supply of food to refugees fleeing the famine has been slowed by the onset of Ramadan. Many who have… 02/08/2011
Aid groups vaccinate children in Horn of AfricaEmergency vaccinations have begun in the world’s biggest refugee camp, where thousands fleeing famine are also at risk of disease. The aim is to protect… 01/08/2011
NGO warns Somalia crisis set to continueMedecins Sans Frontieres on Thursday warned there will be no let-up in the Somali refugee crisis until the famine-hit country’s rainy season in… 28/07/2011
UN food aid arrives in Somali capitalThe first batch of airlifted emergency food for starving children has arrived in famine-struck Somalia. The UN plane was loaded with ten tonnes of supplies… 28/07/2011
euronews talks to Commissioner Kristalina Georgievaeuronews: “Commissioner Kristalina Georgieva, you are responsible for humanitarian aid at the commission and you just came back from a visit to the horn of… 28/07/2011
Flight of hope as UN aid lands in famine struck SomaliaThe first United Nations airlift has landed in Mogadishu. On board was 10 tonnes of nutritional supplements for starving children. The cargo will be enough to… 27/07/2011
Somalia: politics still holding up vital food aidGetting food into Mogadishu and getting it to the people who desperately need it is proving extremely complicated. A customs row has held up the first plane… 27/07/2011
Horn of Africa: “The children’s famine”It has been called the “children’s famine.” The young are most vulnerable but men, women and children are dying in Africa’s worst famine in decades. “We… 26/07/2011
Africa famine prompts emergency UN talksThe United Nations Food and Agricultural Organisation is holding an emergency meeting in Rome to discuss the famine crisis affecting east Africa. Several… 25/07/2011
Famine stalks southern SomaliaThe UN has declared parts of Somalia to be in famine conditions due to a severe drought and an Islamic insurgency. Close to 11 million people in Somalia… 20/07/2011
UN to declare a famine in SomaliaThe UN is set to declare famine in parts of southern Somalia signalling donors need to provide more aid. The organisation’s food agency is to host a meeting… 20/07/2011
UN calls for more aid to save drought victimsAid is arriving in Kenya as fast as possible but still it is not enough to help the millions struggling to survive the worst drought in decades in the Horn of… 18/07/2011
Urgent appeal for drought victimsThe drought engulfing the Horn of Africa is now the worst humanitarian disaster in the world. That is the opinion of the UN’s refugee chief, Antonio… 10/07/2011
“Head” of Al Qaeda in East Africa dead – policeThe security services in Somalia say they have killed the man believed to be the head of Al Qaeda in East Africa. The US had offered a five million dollar… 11/06/2011
Somalia’s interior minister reportedly killedSomalia’s interior minister is reported to have been killed in a bomb attack, as violent clashes break out between police and protesters. A female suicide… 10/06/2011
Italian tanker seized by Somali piratesSomali pirates seized an Italian tanker with 21 crew members onboard off the coast of Oman on Thursday. The hijacking of the ‘Rosalia D’Amato’ happened at… 21/04/2011
Africans fleeing Libya ‘threatened with death’African refugees fleeing from Libya say they have been threatened with death, as Libyan rebels believe they are mercenaries working for Colonel Muammar… 10/03/2011
Islamist car bomb targets Somali police campA suicide car bomb in Somalia has killed at least 17 people near a police training camp in the capital Mogadishu. It went off in the early morning on a busy… 21/02/2011
Pirates seize US-bound oil tanker off OmanPirates seized an oil tanker off the coast of Oman on Wednesday. It was bound for the United States carrying 146 million euros worth of crude oil and 25… 09/02/2011
Pirates hijack supertanker off Oman coastA Greek-flagged supertanker has been seized in an area where Somali pirates are known to operate. The Irene SL was captured off the coast of Oman. En… 09/02/2011
