Al-Shabaab reported it has retaken Wabxo town in Galmudug region after Govt, local forces pulled back
2 year agoSomali military forces and locals took full control of the strategic area of Wabho. @SNAForce and locals also killed 24 al Shabab militants in Tuesday's operation. The coalition forces moved to dislodge al Shabab from Elbuur town in Galgadud region - @ShabelleMedia reported
2 year agoAt least 15 militants were killed as al Shabab group carried out a dawn attack on a camp housing soldiers in Qayib area, some 90km east of Dhusamareb. Monday's attack started with a suicide explosion
Somali Defense: More than 100 Al-Shabab militants were killed by the army with US air support
A bomb blast targeting a technical vehicle has killed two children and a soldier and wounded seven others in Mogadishu. Al Shabab claims to have killed five soldiers and wounded three more in the explosion
Suspected al Shabaab attackers abducted two paramedics, a driver and a patient near Kenya's border with Somalia - police
Associated Press: "Treasury sanctions IS-Somalia weapons traffickers, al-Shabab"
At least 100 people killed, 300 wounded in two car bombs that exploded outside Education Ministry in Mogadishu –– Somalia president
2 year agoScene of attack on Ministry of Education in Mogadishu, Somalia
2 year agoOn Saturday, two car bomb explosions targeting the education ministry of Somalia shook the city of Mogadishu and shattered windows of neighboring structures, according to witnesses
Security sources: 3 people were killed and others wounded in an attack on a hotel in the Somali city of Kismayo
A car laden with explosives rammed into the gate of a hotel in centre of Somalia's port city of Kismayu followed by gunfire: Reuters
Somalia: Security forces deal with a terrorist attack on a hotel in the coastal city of Kismayo
Somali official sources for Al Jazeera: an explosion targets a hotel in Kismayo, southern Somalia
A celebratory gunfire breaks out in the capital Mogadishu as Somalia national soccer wins East and Central Africa Under 17 final in Addis Ababa after defeating South Sudan 3-1. #AFCON #CECAFAU17QFinals
2 year agoFrance and Germany collaborate to transport food donated by Ukraine to Somalia and Ethiopia
2 year agoAn airstrike was conducted Saturday by @USAfricaCommand against al-Shabaab near Jilib, Somalia
In the east of Galgaduud province, At least 20 AlShabaab militants were killed, more than 10 villages captured from the terror group in the last 24 hours, deputy minister for @MOISOMaliA, Abdirahman Yusuf Al-Adala told state media
2 year agoUS confirms airstrike vs alShabaab on September 18 Per @USAfricaCommand, the alShabaab fighters were attacking Somalia forces near Buulobarde. Initial US assessment indicates 27 Shabaab fighters killed - no civilian casualties
Media in Puntland reporting an explosion in Milxo, a small mining village that comes under Lasqoray district, Sanaag region, @MohamedSelh. Early reports indicate there are casualties. One account suggests a suicide bomber may have been responsible for the explosion
2 year agoA helicopter plane crashed into an AU military base housing Burundian soldiers in Somalia's Middle Shabelle region Yesterday. The incident took place at Biyo Adde military base, causing significant damage when a fire broke out in parts of the outpost
2 year agoA soldier was killed, nine civilians were injured in an IED explosion at a teashop in the coastal town of Barawe, Tuesday, residents
Al-Shabaab blows up water wells, boreholes and communication masts in Somalia's central Galmudug State
1 civilian killed 11 injured after mortar shells hit a residential area at 5am in Mogadishu's Bondheere district
2 year agoIS-Somalia claims it targeted & damaged a government official's vehicle with an explosive device killing him, in Karaan, Mogadishu. Previously in late July, group targeted Ugandan ATMIS Contingent with an IED. Zero casualties
2 year agoSomalia's defense minister Abdulkadir Mohamed Nur along with the army chief Gen Odowa and Hiran governor Ali Jeite reached newly captured areas on the outskirts of Beledweyne city as local militia and SNA battle to flush out Al-Shabab from the region - official
2 year agoAbout 30 hours after Al-Shabaab jihadists stormed a hotel in Somalia's capital, the deadly siege is over. "The gunmen are dead," a Somali security commander said Saturday around midnight, adding that a press briefing would be held Sunday morning
At least 10 people have been killed in an attack by Islamic militants who stormed a hotel in Somalia's capital, police and eyewitnesses said. Several other people were injured and security forces rescued many others from Mogadishu's Hayat Hotel, they said
2 year agoBreaking-Dozens of Mogadishu residents searching for missing loved ones thought to have stayed at HayatHotel before tonight's gun and bomb attack arrive at Digfer Hospital
2 year agoU.S. AFRICOM confirms 14th August airstrike against al-Shabab near Teedaan in Somalia, which killed 13 militants
