Somalia

Somali pirates release MV Victoria

Somali pirates release MV VictoriaNairobi, May 23  : Somali pirates have released MV Victoria, a cargo ship, they abducted on May 17 off the Somalia coast .

About a dozen crew members from India, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Tanzania are now free, said a maritime official.

Regional seafarers official Andrew Mwangura said that the ship was released on Friday at 12:50 pm local time (1520 IST). It is now travelling with a handful of Somali soldiers on board to ensure its safe passage.

Two Italian aid workers kidnapped in Somalia

Mogadishu  - Gunmen kidnapped two Italian aid workers and their Somali colleague in the the Lower Shabelle region of Somalia early Wednesday, local officials said.

UN considers peacekeeping deployment to Somalia

UN considers peacekeeping deployment to SomaliaNew York - The

Another WFP aid worker killed in Somalia

Nairobi  - A driver of an aid transport for the World Food Programme was shot dead at an illegal checkpoint in Somalia, a WFP spokesman reported on Thursday from Nairobi, Kenya.

Demonstrations over food price rise in Mogadishu

Somali protestersMogadishu  - Thousands of angry Somali protesters  took to the streets of Mog

Islamist leader killed in airstrike in Somalia

Nairobi/Mogadishu  - The leader of the al-Shabaab militia in Somalia, Adan Hashi Ayro, was killed in an overnight airstrike on his house, according to media reports Thursday.

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