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French hostage, commandos feared dead in failed rescue mission in Somalia

A French intelligence agent, Denis Allex, was killed on Saturday when an operation to free him from Al Shabaab militants holding him hostage in Somalia failed.

Somali pirate retires from life on high seas

One of Somalia's most notorious pirates, named Big Mouth, has announced that he's quitting after an eight-year career of terrorizing on the high seas.

Somalia: Pirates free 22 hostages after nearly three years of captivity

Pirate attacks in Somalia have decreased in the last two years, due to the use of private security guards on ships and better-coordinated naval patrols/

2,012 words of 2012

BOSTON, Mass. — Here are the buzzwords, the keywords, or just plain words, that were uttered time and again in 2012. This was an absurd amount of work. So please click on it.

Reverse brain drain: Heading home to Somalia

HARGEISA, Somalia — The Kulan Art Café is a bright airy place with murals and framed paintings by local artists on the wall, potted plants, fresh coffee and ice cream, homemade cakes and a menu featuring Western staples like pizza and hamburgers. In Hargeisa, the capital of the breakaway state of Somaliland, there is nothing else like it. Nor for that matter is there anything like it anywhere else in Somalia, a place which, as it gradually emerges from decades of conflict is attracting increasing numbers of diaspora Somalis home.

Somalia's Al-Shabab offers $8K reward for killing Kenyan forces: officials

Radical Somali group said to be offering huge bounty for killing of Kenyan security forces.

Somali troops capture Al Shabaab-controlled town of Jowhar

Somali troops have captured the key town of Jowhar from Al Shabaab with the help of African Union forces.

Al Shabaab attacks convoy carrying Somali ministers and security officials

Officials said the ministers of defense, interior and justice were unharmed after a landmine exploded under a vehicle near the port of Merca.

South Korean sailors freed by Somali pirates after 19 months

Four South Korean sailors who were abducted by Somali pirates 19 months ago were released on Saturday, South Korea's Foreign Ministry reported.
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