More than 12,000 Somali refugees moving to less-congested camp in Kenya

October 11th, 2009 Somali Islamists threaten to attack KenyaMOGADISHU, Somalia — The Islamist insurgency in Somalia may attack targets in neighboring Kenya, an Islamist official said Sunday. The insurgency's appointed governor of Gedo region, Sheik Da'ud Mohamed Garane, made the threats on behalf of the al-Shabab militia following reports that Kenya's military was stepping up recruitment of ethnic Somalis who are Kenyan citizens.

September 3rd, 2009 Aid agency says Somali refugee camps overcrowdedNAIROBI, Kenya — Hundreds of thousands of Somali refugees are jammed into camps that are "barely fit for humans," with poor sanitation and little access to water and medicine, an international aid agency said Thursday. British aid agency Oxfam said the camps in Somalia, Kenya and Ethiopia are overcrowded and badly managed.

August 13th, 2009 Police: Mob kills famous geologist in KenyaNAIROBI, Kenya — Assailants armed with arrows, spears and machetes killed a Scottish-born geologist in an apparent dispute over mining rights in southeastern Kenya, police said Thursday. Campbell Bridges, 72, was attacked by about a dozen people Tuesday after stopping to remove a log on the road as he drove to a camp in a mining area near Tsavo West National Park, said local Deputy Police Chief John Leshindoro.

August 11th, 2009 Somali pirates make expense claim for holding shipNAIROBI, Kenya — A Somali governor says no ransom was paid for the release of an Italian tug boat that pirates held for four months. But Sanag Governor Mohamed Said Nur told The Associated Press on Tuesday that the pirates were paid $270,000 for food and other supplies used to sustain the 16-member crew of the Buccaneer since April.

August 8th, 2009 Freed German ship expected to arrive in Kenya portMOMBASA, Kenya —A German freighter released by Somali pirates after nearly four months has arrived in the Kenya port of Mombasa. The 20,000-ton Hansa Stavanger was released earlier this month after being taken 400 miles (640 kilometers) off the southern Somali port of Kismayu on April 4.

August 8th, 2009 German ship freed by pirates arrives in KenyaMOMBASA, Kenya —A German freighter released by Somali pirates after nearly four months arrived Saturday in the Kenya port of Mombasa with the 24-member crew "exhausted" but in good condition. The 20,000-ton Hansa Stavanger was released earlier this month after being captured 400 miles (640 kilometers) off the southern Somali port of Kismayu on April 4.

August 3rd, 2009 NAIROBI - Somali pirates are preparing to release a German ship held off the Somali coast for four months after receiving a multi-million-dollar ransom, a maritime official said Monday. The Hansa Stavanger was seized April 4, around 400 nautical miles off the Somali coast, between Kenya and the Seychelles.

August 3rd, 2009 Somali pirates receive ransom for German shipNAIROBI, Kenya — A European Union naval spokesman says Somali pirates have received a ransom to release a German vessel they have been holding for more than three months. Morten Gramberg declined to give any other details about the ransom or when the Hansa Stavanger would be released.

July 18th, 2009 Official: 3 aide workers kidnapped in KenyaNAIROBI, Kenya — Gunmen have seized three foreign aid workers in northern Kenya and taken them across the border into Somalia, a security official said Saturday. Roughly 10 gunmen arrived late on Friday night at a house in the border town of Mandera where the workers were staying, shot the watchman in the head and kidnapped the three, the official said, speaking anonymously because he was not authorized to talk to the media.

June 26th, 2009 Somalis create world's largest refugee campDADAAB, Kenya — The bloody conflict in Somalia has created the world's largest refugee camp, with 500 hungry and exhausted refugees pouring into this wind-swept camp in neighboring Kenya every day, the U.N. refugee agency said Friday.

June 11th, 2009 Kenya charges 17 handed over by US with piracyMOMBASA, Kenya — Kenya charged 17 Somali men with piracy Thursday, one day after the U.S. Navy handed them over to authorities in this East African nation.

May 8th, 2009 French hand over 11 suspected pirates to KenyaPARIS — A government official says France has handed over 11 Somali piracy suspects to Kenya for a judicial investigation and possible trial. It is the second time France has turned piracy suspects over to Kenya for prosecution.

May 6th, 2009 Somali pirates seize German-owned shipNAIROBI, Kenya — Somali pirates have seized a German-owned ship with its 11 Romanian crew members in the Gulf of Aden, a U.S. Navy spokesman said Wednesday.

May 6th, 2009 Somali pirates hijack German-owned shipNAIROBI, Kenya — A U.S. Navy spokesman says Somali pirates have hijacked a German-owned ship with its 11 Romanian crew members in the Gulf of Aden.

April 13th, 2009 WASHINGTON/NAIROBI - A mortar was fired Monday at the plane of a US congressman as he was taking off from Somalia's capital, just one day after a US captain was rescued from the grip of pirates off the Somali coast. Donald Payne, who chairs a legislative subcommittee on Africa, was leaving Mogadishu after meeting with Somali officials and headed to Kenya.