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The article reports an Israeli airstrike on a United Nations school in Gaza, purportedly used as a war room, amidst escalating conflict and accusations of civilian casualties.

The article focuses on displaced Palestinians in Rafah expressing solidarity with American antiwar demonstrators and gratitude for their support, as tensions rise on U.S. campuses amidst protests calling for divestment from companies with ties to Israel.

Reports that the U.S. has reached an accord with the Shiites in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani's approval of the Shiite-led transition government set to take over in Baghdad in June 2004.

The article reports on Israel's aerial offensive in Gaza, Palestine aimed at demolishing Palestinian buildings close to the border as part of an effort to create a security buffer zone inside Gaza, making it harder for fighters to carry out cross-border attacks like the ones in southern Israel on October 7, 2023. Topics discussed include estimated number of controlled demolitions carried out by Israel, and rules of war violated by the demolitions.

The article reports that a group of armed in motorbikes gunned down funeral mourners in Maiduguri, Nigeria, killing at least 65 people.

The article informs that Yehya Sinwar, leader of Hamas in Gaza, has called for a cease-fire with Israel due to increase in deaths of Palestinian protesters in Gaza.

The article reports that talk regarding ceasefire between Israel and Hamas rulers of Gaza has been interrupted by cross-border fire between Israel military and Palestinian militants, and mentions that Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry said that pregnant woman Inas Khammash and her daughter were killed.

The article discusses the wish of Usman Lawan, a Boko Haram war survivor to become a doctor and health sick and also highlights the problems faced by his family including displaced family during the war, lack of meals per day, and the education of Usman.

The article focuses on the chaotic and uncoordinated response to the devastating floods in eastern Libya caused by the collapse of two dams, with efforts hampered by a lack of crisis management, conflicting signals from authorities, and inadequate infrastructure.

The article focuses on the social conditions of schoolgirls of Chibok, Nigeria who were freed from Boko Haram militants. Topics discussed are the efforts of President Muhammadu Buhari, efforts of the government to match the families with the girls, and other issues include human rights and psychological counseling.

The article reports that Nigerian government is seeking captured militant commanders as bargaining chips to release the schoolgirls who were kidnapped in a mass kidnapping by by Boko Haram.

The article discusses the announcement made by the Nigerian government in regard to 82 girls who had been kidnapped from a school in Chibok, Nigeria, who have been released by the Boko Haramin in exchange for handing over as many as six suspected militants.

The article presents information on the release of schoolgirls abducted by the Boko Haram militants in exchange for the detained soldiers of their group.

The article reports that Abbas Abdullahi Sheikh Siraji, minister of public works in Somalia was shot and killed by armed soldiers on May 3, 2017.

The article informs that Pogu and Yana Galang are waiting for their kidnapped girls to return after members of Boko Haram kidnapped three girls in boarding school in Chibok in northeastern Nigeria and mentions reports of negotiation from Nigerian government to release 200 captive girls.

The article discusses a suicide attack in the capital of Somalia and the death of ten people due to the violence.

The article reports that Somalia's new president Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed has nominated oil industry executive Hassan Ali Khaire as the prime minister of the country, as of February 2017, and mentions that is a former aid worker who has dual Somali and Norwegian citizenship.

The article reports that a Nigerian warplane searching for the members of the terrorist organization Boko Haram has accidentally bombed a refugee camp near the Cameroonian and Chadian borders on January 17, 2017.

The article focuses on the plight of residents in Maiduguri, Nigeria as the country was ravaged by the terrorist group Boko Haram, highlighting the case of 21-month-old Abdulrahman Adam, who died from hunger and malnutrition.

The article reports on a study by the journal showing that oil valued at around 2.8 billion dollars was shipped from Iran in 2023 despite the sanctions imposed by the administration of U.S. President Joe Biden to restrict Iran's ability to fund proxy militias. Also cited are the attacks made by Iran-backed groups against U.S. forces and allies in the Middle East and the alleged failure by U.S. authorities to compel insurer American Club to revoke the insurance coverage of the Iran shipments.

MOGADISHU, Somalia -- Ethiopian troops poured into a strategic town in central Somalia on Saturday, seizing it from the Shabab militant group and opening a new axis of conflict in this country. The loss of the town, Beledweyne, a trading hub near the Ethiopian border, leaves the Shabab rebels, who once controlled much of the country, spread thin and on the defensive. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

MOGADISHU, Somalia -- Ban Ki-moon became the first United Nations secretary general to set foot in this war-ravaged country in almost 20 years on Friday, and he promised to relocate the United Nations' political office for Somalia to Mogadishu next year, though other United Nations officials were skeptical. Dressed in a black flak jacket with ''United Nations'' stamped across his chest, Mr. Ban met with leaders from Somalia's Transitional Federal Government, a weak, divided and thoroughly unpopular entity that the United Nations has been trying to prop up. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

MOGADISHU, Somalia -- The Shabab militant group, which has already blocked many aid agencies from reaching starving people in Somalia's famine zones, ordered 16 more aid agencies to shut down on Monday. Heavily armed Shabab fighters then raided the offices of several aid groups, looted equipment and accused the aid workers of being spies. A Shabab spokesman said his group, which has pledged allegiance to Al Qaeda, had conducted a ''meticulous yearlong review'' that detailed ''the illicit activities and misconducts of some of the organizations.'' [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

MOGADISHU, Somalia -- After years of surviving under the yoke of fundamentalist Islamist militants, Somalis here are getting their swagger back. Over the weekend, an unexpected sight could be seen along the shores of the capital, Mogadishu. In a city known for shelling, suicide bombs, Shariah law and public executions -- and in a country where famine is widespread in the south -- hundreds were out enjoying the scenery and sunning themselves at the beach. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

NAIROBI, Kenya -- As Islamist militants displayed scores of blood-soaked bodies, the African Union on Friday acknowledged that its peacekeeping force in Somalia had sustained heavy casualties in its battle against the Shabab, the deadly insurgent group squaring off against a multipronged assault by troops from Kenya, Uganda, Burundi, the Somali government and local militias. The precise number of peacekeepers killed in the fighting remains something of a mystery, with the militants saying they killed nearly 80 and witnesses saying that approximately 60 peacekeepers had been killed Thursday on the outskirts of Somalia's capital, Mogadishu. But the African Union said 10 had been killed, and the Burundi military, which provides soldiers to the peacekeeping force, said only six had died in the fighting. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

MOGADISHU, Somalia -- Thousands of residents of this bullet-scarred city packed into a stadium on Sunday to denounce the Shabab Islamist group for the suicide bombing last week that killed scores of people, many of them students. It was one of the largest rallies in years in Mogadishu, Somalia's capital. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

MOGADISHU, Somalia -- This particular area of Mogadishu was supposed to be safe, a highly fortified government compound in one of the few neighborhoods that Somalia's transitional government actually controls. But on Tuesday morning, that illusion was shattered when an enormous truck bomb was detonated right outside the compound's gates, killing dozens of people -- many of them students standing around waiting for exam results -- and sending the signal that the Shabab Islamist group may be making a comeback after several months of losing ground. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

NAIROBI, Kenya -- A British woman kidnapped from an exclusive Kenyan resort last weekend was snatched by a Somali pirate gang and is being held in central Somalia, witnesses said on Sunday night. The information was still patchy, but witnesses said that a group of pirates had recently arrived with a female hostage in a notorious pirate den hundreds of miles inside Somalia, showing that Somalia's pirates have the reach and ambition to attack on land, and also inside Kenya. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The saga over the Ukrainian arms freighter hijacked off Somalia's coast more than four months ago drew to a close on Thursday almost exactly the way the pirates had predicted: with the booty. According to the pirates and maritime officials in Kenya, the ship's owners paid $3.2 million -- in cash, dropped by parachute -- and on Thursday evening the last of the heavily armed pirates made their way off the ship. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Pumped-up mobs poured into the scarred streets of Mogadishu, Somalia's capital, once again on Saturday, but this time they were demonstrating in support of the government, not against it. Thousands of cheerful Somalis sang, whistled and hoisted up posters of Sheik Sharif Sheik Ahmed, the moderate Islamist cleric who was just selected as the beleaguered country's new president. There was even a pro-government rally at a Mogadishu soccer stadium. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Islamist insurgents took over the city that houses Somalia's Parliament on Monday, just hours after Ethiopian troops withdrew and formally ended a failed two-year effort to defeat Islamist militants in the country. Witnesses reached by telephone in the city of Baidoa, which had been the seat of Parliament since 2006, said that Islamist militias were patrolling the streets and that government offices in the city had been ransacked. There were no immediate reports of clashes with residents. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Ethiopian troops pulled out from crucial bases in Mogadishu on Tuesday, leaving a power vacuum that was quickly filled by Islamist fighters who seized their positions. It appeared to be the end of two years of bloody Ethiopian intervention in this chaotic nation. Hundreds of cheering Somalis lined the streets to watch the dozens of Ethiopian military trucks rumbling out of Mogadishu, Somalia's bullet-pocked capital. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The window of opportunity that was created by the recent resignation of Somalia's widely reviled president seems to be closing quickly, with Somali politicians bickering over how to replace him and violence now raging on several fronts. On Monday, the speaker of Somalia's transitional Parliament declared that he was pushing ahead with plans to select a new president, despite vociferous objections by moderate Islamist leaders. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

A Saudi-owned supertanker held by pirates off the coast of Somalia for two months has been released for a ransom of $3 million, according to one of the pirates and residents of Xarardheere, a pirate town on the Somali coast near where the tanker was being held. The tanker, about the length of an American Nimitz-class aircraft carrier, is the largest ship known to have been seized by pirates, and it was fully loaded with two million barrels of oil. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The author discusses the coups d'état attempt of a rogue faction within Turkey's military on July 15, 2016 which resulted in the death of hundreds of civilians and demonstrated that the country's rule of law, democracy and freedom are non-negotiable.

The article reports on the car bombing incident at the gates of the Ambassador hotel in Somalia by Shabab militants which killed 15 people and wounded more than 40 people.

The article reports on the raid conducted by Somali troops and the American Special Operations forces against the militant Islamist group Shabab that killed militants in the operation in Mogadishu, Somalia.

The article reports suicide bombings in two restaurants in Baidoa, Somalia by the Islamist militant group Shabab on February 28, 2016, and mentions views of Abdifatah Ibrahim Hashi, the director of Baidoa Hospital, on number of dead bodies brought to the hospital.

The article reports that the SYL Hotel and a nearby public garden in Mogadishu, Somalia was attacked by the Islamist extremist group Shabab on February 26, 2016.

The article reports that the explosion on the Somali jetliner Daallo Airlines in Mogadishu, Somalia in on February 2, 2016 was caused by a bomb, according to U.S. officials.

The article reports that the Islamist militant group the Shabab has attacked the Lido restaurant in Mogadishu, Somalia and mentions topics including the estimated number of people killed, the explosion of a bomb-laden car, and the response of security forces on the terrorist attack.

The article reports on an attack on the Kenyan military base in Somalia by Scores of Shabab militants which reportedly killed a number of military personnel, as of January 2016, and mentions significance of the attack in terms of shifting focus on military targets by militants in Africa.

The article reports that militant group Boko Haram has been blamed for bombings in northern Nigeria by Borno State's governor Kashim Shettima which involved rocket-propelled grenades and shootouts, followed by the President Muhammadu Buhari's declaration that Nigeria has won war over Boko Haram.

The article reports that Sahafi Hotel in Mogadishu, Somalia was attacked by Islamist terrorist organization Shabab with a car bomb explosion killing 14 people and controlled the hotel for several hours on November 1, 2014.

The article reports that the militant Islamist group Shabab has claimed the responsibility for the deadly car bombing at the gate of the presidential palace in Mogadishu, Somalia on September 21, 2015.

The article reports that the Shabab militant group has attacked the African Union military base in southern Somalia on September 1, 2015.

The article reports on the 12 people who were killed in the militant Islamist group Shabab's bombing outside of the Jazeera Palace Hotel in Mogadishu, Somalia on July 26, 2015.

The article reports that the Shabab militant group has claimed responsibility on the attack of an African Union Mission base in southern Somalia on June 26, 2015 which began with a detonated car bomb.

The article reports that the Al Qaeda affiliated Islamic group Shabab was claimed responsible for a car bomb detonated outside the Ministry of Higher Education building in Mogadishu, Somalia.

The article reports on the release of four Thai fishermen who were held captive by Somali pirates for almost five years, longer than any other hostages that were held the Somali coast, after intensive negotiations conducted by the United Nations agency in 2015.