A suicide bomb vest found in Uganda

Uganda bombing: suicide vest shows extent of plot

News Tue 13 Jul, AT 19:06

Discovery in nightclub confirms bomb plot by Somali Islamists was intended to be even worse

Somalia pirate

Russian navy ‘sent Somali pirates to their death’

News Wed 12 May, AT 18:35

Somali pirates reported dead after being set adrift without navigational gear

Somali boys chant as they watch hard-line Islamist fighters from Al-Shabab parade during a rally in the streets of Mogadishu

Somali extremists go to war ­ against each other

News Wed 5 May, AT 09:43

The situation in Somalia is always grim. With the bombing of a mosque in Mogadishu, it just got grimmer

Somali militia fighters in Mogadishu

Somalia: where music is a matter of life and death

News Thu 22 Apr, AT 08:02

What happened when rebels in Mogadishu decreed all music un-Islamic - and banned radio stations from playing it

The Somali pirates

An international naval force patrols the dangerous waters of the coast of Somalia

Somali pirate

Killing of Somali pirate will only make matters worse

News Wed 24 Mar, AT 12:13

The lethal defence of a cargo ship off Somalia will push the pirates to worse acts of violence

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