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Detained imam 'planned terror attack at Rome’s main station'
UPDATED: A 22-year-old man arrested in the central Molise region on Wednesday was allegedly planning a terror attack at Rome’s main train station, Termini.
Italy says Libya risks being 'another Somalia'
Italy warned on Monday that Libya risked turning into "another Somalia" as it signed a joint statement with the US and several European allies condemning "barbaric" acts carried out by the Isis group there.
Trafficker jailed for 30 years for raping migrants
A Somali trafficker who raped and attacked migrants he had led through the desert to Libya to make the perilous crossing to Italy has been sentenced to 30 years in prison by an Italian court, media reported.
Migrants in Italy testify over alleged rape
Migrants who survived a shipwreck in which 366 people died testified in court on Monday ahead of a trial against a Somali people smuggler who allegedly raped and tortured them during their voyage from Eritrea.
Italy shipwreck migrants were raped and tortured
Dozens of asylum-seekers on a boat that sank near the Italian coast last month with the loss of 366 lives were raped and tortured in Libya before starting their journey, the police said on Friday.
Somali arrested for Italy shipwreck tragedy
Italian police on Friday said they had arrested a suspected Somali trafficker behind a migrant boat that sank with the loss of 366 lives who also allegedly raped some of the women on board.
'Finding work is tough for foreigners and Italians'
Jama Musse Jama, an IT specialist and author, left Somaliland in 1992 to study for a degree in Pisa. He speaks to The Local about how, despite Italy's economic decline, he has worked here for more than 20 years.