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Two people helped Somali pirates abduct a German-American journalist in 2012 for a $1.6 million ransom. They were convicted of hostage-taking and supporting acts of terrorism.

Get latest articles and stories on World at LatestLY. Two men have been convicted of helping Somali pirates who kidnapped a U.S. journalist for ransom and held him for 2 1/2 years, prosecutors said. World News | US Citizen, Somali Convicted in Journalists Hostage-taking.

A campaign in the Horn of Africa is now the most active element in the “forever wars” the United States has waged since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.

Several weeks of continuous violence left more than 150 people dead and over 600 wounded, while thousands find themselves in difficult conditions after they fled their homes.

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[Headnote] Islam, which unites Somalis across clan and regional lines, must be the backbone for any successful political solution to the war-weary country. [...]

Violence has erupted in a city at the centre of dispute between Somalia’s semi-autonomous Somaliland & Puntland regions.

The Somali government Thursday said its soldiers — backed by international partners and local clan militias — have killed upwards of 350 al-Shabab militants and wounded dozens more in different operat...

Somali security forces claim to have killed more than 350 militants in their latest military operations

The US military announced on Thursday that it had killed five Shebab fighters in a strike in a remote region of Somalia. This country is waging a major offensive against this group of radical Islamists affiliated with Al-Qaeda.