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SOMALIA
The Somali community in Minnesota is reacting with a mix of outrage, confusion and relief to sentences handed down last week in the long-running investigations into recruiting for al-Shabaab.
Two women convicted of conspiring to send money to al-Shabaab in Somalia have been given prison sentences in federal court.
A federal judge has sentenced a man to three years in prison for briefly joining a terrorist group in Somalia.
A man who authorities say played a key role in funnelling young men from Minnesota to a terrorist group in Somalia has been sentenced to 20 years in prison.
As many as 3 000 AU peacekeepers have been killed in Somalia in recent years in an attempt to end an Islamist insurgency and bring stability to the Horn of Africa nation, the UN says.
Somalia's armed forces have not received "a single bullet" despite the partial listing of a UN arms embargo because the country lacks funds, its defence minister says.
Somalia has asked for more funds at a London conference to aid its recent gains in security and justice.
An international conference is being held in London to boost political stability in Somalia and to prevent the Horn of Africa nation from slipping back into abject lawlessness.
Seven people have been killed after a suicide bomber attempted to ram a car laden with explosives into a military convoy escorting a four-member Qatari delegation.
A bomber killed 7 after ramming a car into a military convey escorting a Qatari delegation in Somalia.
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta, who faces charges of crimes against humanity at the ICC, is expected to visit London at UK's invitation next week for a conference on Somalia.
The fight against Somali pirates has been so effective that they haven't been able to mount a successful hijacking in nearly a year, a group says.
Almost 260 000 Somali people died during a brutal famine from 2010 to 2012, more than was feared at the time, a report says.
Al Qaeda-linked Somali militants who have dug into parts of the northern Puntland province pledged vengeance after authorities in the autonomous region executed 13 suspected Islamist rebels.
Somalia's northern Puntland province has executed 13 suspected al-Qaeda-linked militants, and its security forces deployed heavily in the coastal city of Bosasso.
