Shebab blamed for Nairobi attack

Kenyan police have blamed the Islamist Shebab militia for a grenade attack on a Nairobi bus station that killed at least three people and wounded more than 20 others.

• Deadly attack at Nairobi bus station
• Kenyan jets kill 60 Somali insurgents
• Somali rebels release hostage recording

Two charged with Somali plot

Two Swedish citizens of Somali origin have been charged with "planning terrorist crimes" in Somalia, says the district court in the southwestern city of Gothenburg.

• Somalia becoming al-Qaeda base
• 21 killed in Mogadishu fighting
• AU containing Mogadishu situation

Somali Shebab take over UN base

Somalia's hardline Shebab militia have raided and taken over a UN base which is no longer operational in the lawless country, officials and witnesses have said.

• Shebab attack Kenya forces
• Somali rebels and govt sign pact
• Rebels destroy more tombs

Rebels destroy more tombs

Somalia's hardline rebels have destroyed more tombs of Sufi clerics as they intensified a drive to stop what they term "grave worshipping".

• Shebab: Canadian recruit killed
• Somali rebels and govt sign pact

Somali rebels and govt sign pact

Somalia's government and a moderate Islamist group have signed an agreement to integrate their forces in the fight against extremist insurgents.

• UN: Eritrea aiding Somali rebels
• 43 killed in Somalia clashes
• Flee battle zones, Somalis told

WFP open to Somalia aid probe

The World Food Programme has said it is open to an independent probe into its food aid to Somalia, a day after a UN report said up to half of the food aid is diverted.

• Somalia food aid diverted – UN
• Fighting in Mogadishu kills 23
• 8 killed in Somali rebel clash

8 killed in Somali rebel clash

At least 8 people have been killed and 21 wounded in fighting between Somali government forces and al Shebab rebels in Mogadishu, a human rights group has said.

• Somali insurgent leader killed
• 9 killed in Mogadishu clashes
• Somalia food aid diverted – UN

Somali insurgents bar WFP

Somali insurgents have barred the World Food Programme from the famine and war-plagued country, where the UN says four million people need emergency food aid.

• UN denies Somali rebels got aid
• Somali Islamist militia clash
• Somali journos in mortal danger

UN denies Somali rebels got aid

The UN food agency has rejected claims that some of its staff had diverted aid to hardline Somali rebels and called on the US to free up millions of dollars meant for the Horn of African nation.

• Somalia: UN to restart aid
• Somalia requires support – UN
• 60 000 displaced in Somalia

Shebab officially join jihad

Somalia’s hardline Shebab group has officially declared its alignment with al-Qaeda during a large gathering of Islamist insurgent leaders, officials say.

• Shebab bans UN Mine agency
• Male adulterer stoned to death
• Shebab loot UN compounds

7 kids killed in shell attack

Seven children are among ten people killed in shelling by Somali government forces in Mogadishu, as troops backed by AU peacekeepers fired mortars into districts held by Islamist insurgents.

• Battles in Somalia kill 16
• Gunmen attack police station
• Somali clashes kill 13

Shebab loot UN compounds

Somalia's al-Qaeda-linked Shebab have overrun and looted UN Mine Action Service compounds in the western town of Baidoa, humanitarian sources and witnesses say.

• Shebab bans UN Mine agency
• Shebab 'radicalising' youths
• Amisom troops tread warily

Somali police, army chiefs fired

Somalia's police and army chiefs have been sacked after failing to crush a months-old nationwide insurgency by radical Islamist groups, says a government spokesperson.

• Somalis condemn attack
• 'We didn't carry out attack'
• Anger grows after bomb blast

No-show troops frustrate Amisom

The head of the African Union's troubled Somalia peacekeeping force - Amisom - has expressed frustration at the failure of countries to honour troop reinforcement commitments.

• Somalis flee into Kenya
• 'Somalia policy needs time'
• Freed journos leave Somalia

17 killed in Mogadishu battles

Seventeen civilians have been killed and 58 others wounded in battles between insurgents and African peacekeepers in Mogadishu, medical sources say.

• Somali Islamist factions clash
• Shebab silence radio stations
• Shebab destroy cleric grave

Shebab silence radio stations

Somalia's hardline Shebab insurgents have ordered the closure of two independent radio stations in the central town of Baidoa, the Islamist group says.

Shebab 'radicalising' youths

Somalia's Shebab Islamist group has growing links with al-Qaeda and poses a potential threat to foreign interests by radicalising Western youths, an expert says.

• Shebab ban UN agencies
• 'Bombers won't stop us'
• Shebab to continue AU bombings

Islamists execute 2 for spying

Somalia's hardline Shebab Islamists have publicly executed two people accused of spying for the US Central Intelligence Agency and the country's embattled government.

• Rebels deny helping Islamists
• 17 rescued in Somali blasts
• Somali insurgents get revenge

17 dead in Somali fighting

Elders in Somalia say a fight between Islamist insurgents and government forces in the western part of the country has killed at least 17 people, mainly combatants.

• UN vehicles 'used in attacks'
• Pressure piles on peacekeepers
• 'Bombers won't stop us'

Brits worried about Somalia

British intelligence chiefs have warned Prime Minister Gordon Brown's government that Somalia is the next challenge in efforts to stem Islamic terrorism.

'Damages won't improve ties'

Eritrea's acceptance of an international panel's ruling on compensations from a border war will not improve ties, says Ethiopia.

• Eritrea accepts damages ruling
• Panel awards cash damages

'Hostages' release not easy'

Two French agents kidnapped in Somalia are now held by the Shebab Islamist militia and talks to free them will be difficult, Somali Social Affairs minister says.

• French men kidnapped in Somalia
• Somalia a land of kidnappings
• Somalia asks for help