Somalia 2014
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News on Somalia in 2014
DECEMBER 23, 2014SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: AL-SHABAAB EXECUTE YOUNG MAN FOR SUSPECTED SPYING
Al Shabaab militants have executed a young man for suspected spying for the Federal Government of
DECEMBER 4, 2014SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: MILITARY COURT EXECUTES THREE MEN IN MOGADISHU
Somali military court executed three men convicted of killing innocent civilians in the country. One among
DECEMBER 2, 2014SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: AL-SHABAAB MILITANTS EXECUTE WOMAN ACCUSED OF SPYING
Al-Shabaab militants executed by firing squad a woman accused of espionage, the Islamist group and a
NOVEMBER 22, 2014SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: JUBALAND MILITARY COURT EXECUTES SOLDIER FOR MURDER
Jubaland military court executed a soldier convicted of killing a 9-year-old boy in the southern port city of
- NOVEMBER 17, 2014SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA: PUNTLAND COURT SENTENCES SIX MEN TO DEATH FOR AL-SHABAAB LINKS
Puntland military court sentenced six men to death after being found of guilty linked to Somalia’s militant
- NOVEMBER 12, 2014SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA: MILITARY COURT SENTENCES TWO OFFICERS TO DEATH
Somali military court has sentenced two soldiers to death sentences for murder and rape cases respectively.
NOVEMBER 5, 2014SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH AFTER HE BEHEADED A UNIVERSITY STUDENT
The Banadir Regional Court sentenced to death a man who was found guilty of killing a university student
OCTOBER 26, 2014SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: PUBLIC EXECUTION FOR TWO CONVICTED MURDERERS
Two men convicted of murdering a journalist and a security official were executed in public in Somalia's
OCTOBER 21, 2014SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: ISLAMIST MILITANTS STONE 18-YEAR-OLD TO DEATH FOR RAPE
Al-Shabaab militants in southern Somalia publicly stoned an 18-year-old boy to death after he was accused of rape. The teenager, named as Hassan Ahmed Ali, was accused of raping a 28-year-old woman at gunpoint and sentenced to death by a local judge, Al
- OCTOBER 14, 2014SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALILAND: HIGH COURT HANDS DEATH SENTENCE TO FORMER POLICE OFFICER FOR KILLING FELLOW OFFICER
The High Court sentenced a Maulid Mohamed Sudi, police officer to death for the killing of his fellow police
OCTOBER 13, 2014SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: PUNTLAND MILITARY COURT SENTENCES A MAN TO DEATH FOR PLOTTING LANDMINE
Puntland Military court sentenced to death a man who was found guilty for plotting a landmine.
OCTOBER 7, 2014SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: MILITARY COURT SENTENCES TWO SOLDIERS TO DEATH FOR MURDER AND RAPE
Somali military court sentenced to death two government soldiers who were earlier accused of murder and
SEPTEMBER 29, 2014SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: AL-SHABAAB EXECUTES FOUR TEENAGERS FOR ‘SPYING’
the militant group Al-Shabaab executed four young men in the town of Barawe after alleging them to be
SEPTEMBER 28, 2014SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: MILITARY COURT SENTENCES THREE SOLDIERS TO DEATH PENALTY FOR ARMED ROBBERY
Somalia’s Military Court sentenced three soldiers of the Armed Forces to death penalty after prosecuting
SEPTEMBER 26, 2014SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: AL-SHABAAB MILITANTS STONE WOMAN TO DEATH FOR ADULTERY
Al-Shabaab militants stoned a woman to death in the southern town of Barawe after a court they had set up
- SEPTEMBER 12, 2014SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
some 160 Somali religious scholars have issued a fatwa denouncing Al-Shabaab, saying the group had no
some 160 Somali religious scholars have issued a fatwa denouncing Al-Shabaab, saying the group had no
- AUGUST 26, 2014SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA: MILITARY COURT SENTENCES A JOURNALIST’S KILLER TO DEATH
- AUGUST 24, 2014SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA: MILITARY COURT SENTENCES FOUR AL-SHABAAB SUSPECTS
- AUGUST 21, 2014SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA: SEVEN AL-SHABAAB MEMBERS RECEIVE DEATH PENALTY
- AUGUST 17, 2014SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA: FORMER ARMY SOLDIER SENTENCED TO DEATH IN SOMALILAND
- AUGUST 14, 2014SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA: AL-SHABAAB EXECUTES TWO MEN IN LOWER JUBA
AUGUST 7, 2014KenyaDEATH PENALTYKENYA: AL-SHABAAB SUSPECT TO BE EXTRADITED TO SOMALIA
Kenya has agreed to Somalia's request to extradite a Somali citizen believed to be senior al-Shabaab
AUGUST 3, 2014SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: THREE MEN CONVICTED OF AL-SHABAB TERROR ATROCITIES ARE EXECUTED BY FIRING SQUAD
Three men involved in a deadly terrorist attack on the Presidential Palace in Mogadishu have been executed
JULY 24, 2014SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: COURT CARRIES OUT DEATH PENALTY AGAINST FOUR SHABAB FIGHTERS
Somalia’s military court carried out the death penalty against four Shabab fighters founded guilty of ant-
JULY 23, 2014SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: AL-SHABAAB EXECUTES 14-YEAR-OLD GIRL IN DINSOR
Al-Shabaab militants in Dinsor, in Somalia's Bay region, publically executed a 14-year-old girl accused of
JULY 15, 2014SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: ALLEGED AL-SHABAAB MEMBERS EXECUTED
Two alleged members of Al-Shabaab militia convicted of murdering a female student were executed by
JULY 13, 2014SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: AL SHABAAB EXECUTE TWO YOUNG MEN IN BARAWE
Somali islamist militants al Shabaab executed two Somali young men in Barawe, the main military base for
JULY 7, 2014SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: MILITARY COURT SENTENCES AL-SHABAAB MEMBER TO DEATH
Liban Ali Yarow, Somali Military Court Chairman, sentenced Awiye Ahmed Jama’ to death for a bomb
- JUNE 15, 2014SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA: AL-SHABAAB BEHEADS MAN FOR DRUG
Al-Shabaab militant group beheaded a man who they found guilty of possessing khat, a narcotic stimulus
JUNE 2, 2014SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: AL SHABAB EXECUTES FORMER MEMBERS FOR SPYING
Three men accused of spying for foreign governments were executed by the Somali terror group Al Shabab.
