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Somalia: Al Shabab posts Twitter photo of dead French soldier

One of the Twitter postings bragged, "A return of the crusades, but the cross could not save him from the sword,” the AP reported. Another posting read: "Francois Hollande, was it worth it?"

Somalia: Aid slow to return to key port city

KISMAYO, Somalia — Al Shabaab lost control of this port city late last month, its Al Qaeda-aligned fighters either fleeing into the countryside or melting into a wary population of civilians. A coalition of Somali and Kenyan soldiers are, for now, maintaining an armed peace. But basic services — like education, sanitation and health — are in ruins and aid agencies are, so far, mostly unwilling to take a chance on the city’s precarious security. Dr. Omar Saleh is the exception.

Somalia's tenuous peace

Somalia's embattled port of Kismayo could fall back to Al Shabaab militants if UN doesn’t lift charcoal embargo soon.

Somalia: Suicide bomb attack targets popular Mogadishu restaurant

The restaurant targeted in the attack is popular with government workers and journalists.

Profile: Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, Somalia's determined new president

During his country's 21-year civil war, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, Somalia's determined new president, remained in his country while most other intellectual reformers fled.

$21 million awarded in Somalia torture case

The lawsuit claimed Mohamed Ali Samantar, 76, of Fairfax, tortured and killed his own people 20 years ago.

Somalia selects new speaker

He led the first round of voting, but was challenged by former-prime minister Ali Khalif Galaydh, who later pulled out in the second round of voting.

Riots rage in Mombasa, Kenya over killing of Muslim cleric Aboud Rogo Mohammed (VIDEO)

Hundreds of angry youths threw stones, barricaded roads with burning tires and looted shops in Kisauni, a predominantly Muslim area of Mombasa.

Somali comedian who mocked Islamists shot dead

Malaq, thought to have been 43, was killed in Mogadishu after leaving Kulmiye radio station where he worked as a performer and a drama producer.

Somalia: Organic peace is needed

Can a US-backed gathering of Somali clan elders really rescue the failed state?
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Somali delegates read the book of the constitution during the National Constituent Assembly meeting in Mogadishu. A special assembly is tasked with voting on a new constitution for war-torn Somalia as the corruption-riddled government approaches the end of its mandate next month. (Mohamed Abdiwahab/AFP/Getty Images)
Most Somalis have little or no faith in the U.S. backed “road map” process designed to lead Somalia into stability.
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