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Battle to rebuild Somalia

Two decades of anarchy

  • Somalia's 'Mr Cheese' president has a lot on his plate
    9 February 2017
  • Who are Somalia's al-Shabab?
    9 December 2016
  • Somalia's rocky road to democracy
    19 October 2016
  • Somalia hopes for better future despite attacks
    2 June 2016
  • New questions for African force in Somalia
    9 February 2016
  • Why does al-Shabab target hotels?
    7 November 2015
  • Al-Shabab wants IS to back off in East Africa
    24 November 2015
  • Al-Shabab: A defector's story
    20 May 2015
  • Who was suicide bomber Luul Dahir?
    23 May 2015
  • The shadowy centre helping former al-Shabab members quit
    24 May 2015
  • Mogadishu's Lido beach: Sun, surf and... grenades?
    22 May 2015
  • Country profile: Somalia
    20 July 2011

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    16 November 2016
  • Video Kenya keeps quiet on military defeat
    6 December 2016

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