World news about “Somalia” published by euronews.
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
Somalia: US commandos free pirate hostages Two 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
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
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
12 arrested in raids in the NetherlandsDutch police have arrested 12 Somali nationals suspected of plotting an imminent terrorist attack in the Netherlands. Officers raided two internet phone… 25/12/2010
At least 21 dead in heavy fighting in SomaliaAt least 21 people have been killed in heavy fighting between Islamist militants and pro-government forces in Somalia. Al-Shabab insurgents reportedly… 24/09/2010
Mogadishu airport hit by twin suicide bombingsViolence is reaching new levels in Somalia with the hitherto relatively safe Mogadishu airport targeted today by sucide bombers. Since late August Al-Shahab… 10/09/2010
Islamists launch deadly raid on Mogadishu hotelIslamist insurgents have launched an attack to tighten their grip on the Somali capital of Mogadishu, killing at least 60 people including six… 24/08/2010
Somali gunmen storm hotel, kill 15 lawmakersSomali gunmen on Tuesday stormed a Mogadishu hotel popular with government officials, police said, and a legislator inside said 15 parliamentarians were… 24/08/2010
Training Somali recruits in UgandaEU military instructors are training Somali recruits here in Uganda, because it is too dangerous to do so in Somalia, which is in the grip of instability and… 16/07/2010
Clashes rock Somalia’s 50th anniversaryThere has been a heavy death toll amid intense clashes in Somalia. Government and African Union troops are trying to defend what little they control of the… 02/07/2010
Humanitarian crisis in SomaliaTorn by conflict and poverty, Somalia continues to suffer one of the worst humanitarian crises in the world. Some one and a half million people have been… 18/06/2010
30 killed in blast at Somali rebel mosqueReports from Somalia say at least 30 people have been killed and dozens injured in two explosions in the capital Mogadishu. The blasts happened at a… 01/05/2010
Kidnapped British couple ‘desperate’A British couple kidnapped by Somali pirates three months ago have said they are desperate and in urgent need of help. A video obtained by a UK news… 01/02/2010
UN suspends food programme in SomaliaThe UN’s World Food Programme has halted operations in much of southern Somalia because of what it says are unacceptable demands by Islamist rebels and… 06/01/2010
Somali ministers among bomb deadThree government ministers were among at least 19 people killed by a bomb in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu. They were the female Health Minister Qamar Aden… 03/12/2009
Somalia explosion kills 1919 people have been killed in a explosion in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, according to the latest reports. A bomb ripped through a hotel that was hosting… 03/12/2009
All 36 crew ‘safe’ as pirates let tuna boat goAll 36 crew members of a Basque owned fishing boat hijacked by Somali pirates have been freed. The owners of the trawler Alakrana are reported to have… 17/11/2009
Spain calls for blockade of pirate portsSpain is calling for Europe to take a tougher stance in dealing with piracy on the high seas. It wants the multinational naval force to blockade the three… 12/11/2009
Somali pirates threaten to kill Spanish hostagesSomali gunmen have threatened to kill three Spanish sailors abducted from a fishing vessel if two suspected pirates being held in Spain are not freed. The… 06/11/2009
Dozens die in Somali mortar fireRenewed and intense fighting in the Somali capital Mogadishu has claimed the lives of at least 30 people. Islamist militants bent on ousting the fragile… 22/10/2009
Pirates demand ransom for Spanish boatPirates who seized a Spanish tuna fishing boat off Somalia have demanded a ransom of more than 2.5 million euros for the release of the vessel and its 36… 14/10/2009
French naval vessel repels Somali piratesSomali pirates in two small boats bit off more than they could chew when they attacked the French navy. They apparently mistook the supply and command ship La… 08/10/2009
Spanish navy captures Somali piratesPirates continue to call the shots on the Alakrana, a Spanish tuna fisher hijacked off the coast of Somalia. But two of them have been captured by a… 05/10/2009
US kills al Qaeda militant in SomaliaOne of east Africa’s most wanted al Qaeda militants, Saleh Ali Saleh Nabhan, is thought to have been killed by US special forces in Somalia. The… 15/09/2009
Desert Flower releasedDesert Flower, by director Sherry Hormann, is the true story of Waris Dirie. She fled Somalia to avoid a forced marriage in her early teens and having… 08/09/2009
Pirates attack US helicopterPirates off the Somali coast are getting bolder with this evidence of a patrol helicopter under fire. Marines from the USS Chancellorsville wanted to check… 27/08/2009
French “James Bond” escapes captorsA French security agent kidnapped by Islamist insurgents in Somalia says he escaped his captors while they slept. Marc Aubriere, who will be debriefed… 27/08/2009
German ship arrives in Mombasa…4 months lateAfter four months in the hands of Somali pirates the German container ship Hansa Stavanger along with its crew has arrived in Mombasa with its cargo. The… 08/08/2009
Counter-piracy in the Gulf of AdenThe international community is mobilising against the Somali pirates. NATO, the EU and various other industrialised countries have deployed a veritable Armada… 24/07/2009
Two French military advisors kidnapped in SomaliaIn Arabic, “Sahafi” means, roughly, press, and initial reports suggested two French nationals kidnapped at gunpoint from the Sahafi hotel in Mogadishu… 14/07/2009
Heavy fighting rocks MogadishuClashes between Islamist insurgents and government forces in the Somali capital Mogadishu have killed at least forty people. African Union peacekeepers are… 12/07/2009
African peacekeepers drawn into Somalia warAmid fierce fighting in Mogadishu, African Union peacekeepers are said to have directly intervened to help beleaguered Somali troops for the first time… 12/07/2009
Food aid crisis in war-torn SomliaIt is feared up to one and a half million Somalis could die within six months if their plight is ignored. Heavy fighting between bands of militiamen loyal… 14/05/2009
Dozens dead in Somalia clashesClashes between rival Islamist groups in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu have left dozens of people dead. The street battles in one of the world’s most violent… 11/05/2009
Antiguan ship seized by Somali piratesSomali pirates have captured a German operated cargo ship. It is believed the Antigua and Barbuda-flagged vessel was seized off the Gulf of Aden yesterday… 06/05/2009
Somali pirates seize two shipsNineteen Somali pirates have been captured in a NATO led operation in the Gulf of Aden, The group was detained after attempting to attack a Norweigan owned… 02/05/2009
Donors say poverty prompts Somalian piracyMore than 190 million euros have been pledged to help security and stability in Somalia. The money was raised at a specially-convened conference in Brussels… 24/04/2009
Countering the pirates with a treasure chestThe international community is providing a treasure-chest to combat piracy in Somalia. More than 190 million euros have been pledged by a group of… 23/04/2009
Donors pledge money to combat Somali piracyWith an international naval force failing to defeat the scourge of piracy off Somalia diplomats have gathered in Brussels to see what they can do. The… 23/04/2009
International conference to save SomaliaThe explosion of piracy in the seas off Somalia will be top of the agenda at an international conference in Brussels today. Dozens of countries and major… 23/04/2009
Belgian navy joins fight against piracyA Belgian navy ship is on its way to fight piracy off Somalia, as part of international efforts to stop a growing number of attacks on commercial vessels… 19/04/2009
Belgian ship and 10 crew seized by Somali piratesA Belgian ship with ten crew members has become the latest vessel to be seized by pirates off Somalia. The Pompei was reportedly heading for a pirates’… 18/04/2009
US rescues captain, kills Somali piratesUS Navy special forces have freed an American ship’s captain from his pirate captors. Richard Phillips was being held aboard a lifeboat by pirates who had… 13/04/2009
American cargo ship skipper freedThe captain of an US cargo vessel taken hostage off Somalia has been freed and three of the pirates who were holding him killed and one captured. Captain… 12/04/2009
European crew seized in tugboat hijackSixteen European sailors are being held captive after pirates seized a tugboat in the latest hijacking in the busy Gulf of Aden waterway. According to … 11/04/2009
Hostage killed in French sea-raid off SomaliaThe French government has defended the actions of navy commandos after a hostage was killed in a raid on a yacht held by pirates off the Somali coast. The… 11/04/2009
French special forces botch pirate raidThe French navy has stormed a sailboat held by pirates in the Gulf of Aden, off the Somali coast, killing two pirates and one hostage. The French freed… 10/04/2009
