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Blast in Kenya refugee camp kills at least three police GARISSA, Kenya (Reuters) – An explosion on Monday in Kenya’s Dadaab refugee complex near the border with Somalia killed three police officers and destroyed their vehicle, two witnesses said.

VIDEO: Ban Ki-moon makes Somalia visit The UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has been visiting the war ravaged capital of Somalia.

Royal Marines capture suspected Somali pirates after high-speed chase Seven Somali men face prosecution in Seychelles after Royal Navy helps Spanish fishing vessel under attack Seven Somalis have been captured in an anti-piracy operation involving a high-speed chase across the

More Ethiopian troops seen in central Somalia – residents MOGADISHU (Reuters) – New convoys of heavily-armed Ethiopian troops have crossed into Somalia and are heading for central areas, residents said Sunday, days after Addis Ababa said it planned to send

Somali rebels say Ethiopian incursion shows Kenya failing MOGADISHU (Reuters) – Al Shabaab militants on Sunday welcomed a reported incursion by hundreds of troops from neighbouring Ethiopia as a sign that Kenya’s offensive against the Islamist rebels was failing.

Large blast heard near Somali rebel stronghold MOGADISHU (Reuters) – A large explosion was heard near a Somali rebel stronghold about 30 km (19 miles) from the capital Mogadishu on Sunday, residents and a senior rebel official said.

Kenya-Eritrea row over arms to Somalia heats up NAIROBI/MOGADISHU (Reuters) – Eritrea has rejected a Kenyan accusation that it might be arming Somalia’s Islamist al Shabaab rebels, and said a threat by Kenya to take unspecified action in response was

Piracy is no longer bloodless | Rose George The stakes have got higher and David Cameron is right to allow armed guards on British-flagged ships First, there was a ship-wide sense of nervousness. Then, all portholes were filled with cardboard

Kenyan, Somali troops hunt rebels after kidnappings MOGADISHU (Reuters) – Kenyan and Somali forces pursued rebel al Shabaab fighters in southern Somalia Monday, in an offensive to drive militants linked to a wave of Western kidnappings away from Kenya’s border.

Can Somalia’s Islamist militants retake Mogadishu? Somali militants strike again, but can they retake Mogadishu?

Kenya sends mediators to Somalia after French woman’s kidnapping Kenyan officials sent mediators into Somalia Sunday after captors took a kidnapped French woman there, a Kenyan government official said.

Pirates say holding British hostage in central Somalia MOGADISHU (Reuters)- A British woman, who was kidnapped in Kenya after her husband was killed, is in the hands of Somali pirates in the centre of the lawless Horn of Africa nation,

Kenyan police suspect Somali link after kidnap and murder of British couple Officials yet to establish motive for attack in which husband was fatally shot and wife taken away in speedboat The couple would have had little time to walk

Kenya attack: danger from many sides Tourists at risk along Kenyan-Somali border where British couple were attacked by suspected pirates or terrorists Pirates or terrorists from Somalia are thought likely to be the main suspects in the attack on Sunday

British citizen killed, another kidnapped near Kenya-Somalia border One British citizen was killed and another one was kidnapped overnight at a resort near Kenya’s border with Somalia, Britain’s Foreign Office told CNN Sunday.