A suicide blast that ripped through the graduation ceremony of medical students in Mogadishu last week was Somalia's 9/11, a Somali civil society leader said Tuesday. The suicide attack -- which killed 24 people including future doctors, four ministers and three journalists -- sent shockwaves through Somali society and dominated the debate during a week-long meeting on the conflict in ...

The captain of a chemical tanker captured by Somali pirates this week off the Seychelles with 28 North Koreans on board has died of his wounds after being shot, a pirate told AFP on Wednesday. "The captain has passed away due to the injuries he sustained earlier," said Abdi Mohamoud Samatar, a pirate close to the gang which captured the ...