3 years agoAl Shabab group has briefly seized a police station in Mogadishu's Kahda after suicide and gun attack. The group also carried out a car bomb explosion in Daruslam area of Mogadishu where two children were killed and 16 others, including three soldiers were also wounded
3 years ago Reports of at least two explosions, gunfire in the south and northern suburbs of Mogadishu. The first explosion occurred in Kahda as suspected Al-Shabaab militants attacked a police station. A second explosion was reported in Dar Al-Salaam neighbourhood in Yaqshid
3 years agoSomalia's police said outgoing deputy House speaker Abdiweli Mudey stopped at Mogadishu airport on Sunday due to the large number of soldiers [100+] and heavy weapons he wanted to board a plane heading to Barawe. Every candidate is allowed 5 guards to go with him, police added
3 years agoAn IED blast targeted a convoy of Kenyan troops on the outskirts of Lamu in Kenya's North Eastern Province near Somalia border, residents. The Kenyan troops traveled from Milimani to Mangay in Lamu County. Al-Shabaab claims it killed at least 15 soldiers. No word from KDF
3 years agoSix people were killed in Mogadishu suicide bombing, 13 injured - @AaminAmbulance said
3 years ago At least three people have been killed and seven others wounded in a bomb attack on a café shop in Somalia's Bosaso town. AlShabaab – an al Qaeda – linked group claimed the responsibility for today's explosion
3 years ago Explosion from suicide bombing in Mogadishu reported. The bomber blew up at El Gaab junction. Casualties not yet clear
3 years ago Four civilians, among them a woman were killed in Al-Shabaab mortar attack on Sakhawadin and Dayah neighbourhoods in Barawe town. The network was down the town earlier but it's back to normal service now
3 years ago Four civilians were killed, nine others injured after mortar attack believed to be fired by Al-Shabaab militants targeted the town of Barawe as elections of 13 seats takes place today. Five rounds of mortars were fired, two of them hitting residential areas, residents
3 years agoThe US has announced visa restrictions to current or former Somali officials or other individuals who are believed to be responsible for, or complicit in, undermining the democratic process in Somalia - statement
3 years agoAl-Shabaab fired mortars at Dinsor airport on Sunday, reports. It's the second attack by the militants in the vicinity of Dinsor since yesterday. Last night security forces repulsed Al-Shabaab attack but 3 soldiers died and 2 others were injured during the firefight, reports
3 years agoReports of gunfire in Beledweyne town. A witness in the town said RPGs and DShk machine gun were fired. Forces loyal to a local commander Nur Dhere are reportedly attempting to prevent reported visit of regional leader @GudlaweHussein
3 years ago Tension reported in Somalia's central town of Beledweyne amid fear of election-related. Leader of Hirshabelle @GudlaweHussein plans to visit the town as early as today ahead of the election of 25 seats. A local officer named Nur Dhere opposes visit; residents fear confrontation
3 years ago Former Defense minister Abdirashid Abdullahi Mohamed has been released after being briefly taken from a hotel earlier, per reports
3 years ago Southwest regional minister Mohamed Abukar survives bomb attack on his house in Baidoa town this evening, per local reports. No one has been injured in the attack. head of Dara Salam neighbourhood in Baidoa has been killed by assailants, per reports
3 years ago Police in Wajir and Mandera are after suspected militants that were behind the recent attacks in the two counties. Locals have been urged to remain vigilant in anything that's a threat to security
3 years ago A number of Kenyan forces were killed and injured in a raid by Al-Shabab fighters on a military base in Mandera County, northeastern Kenya. It is reported that the attack destroyed the headquarters of the military base. Al-Shabaab fighters raid a military base for the Ethiopian forces at the airport in the city of Bardere in southwestern Somalia
3 years agoSomali military says seven al Shabab militants were killed and two other senior operatives were captured alive in an operation carried out in Qoryoley and Awdhegle towns
3 years ago 4 people killed after miraa van hit an IED along Wajir-Geriley road in Wajir county, NE Kenya
3 years ago AlShabaab fighters just attacked KDF military base at El-Wak town in Somalia's Gedo region, near Kenya border - Witnesses. Fierce exchange of gunfire ongoing
3 years ago Roadside Bomb Hits Bus, Kills 13 on Kenya-Somalia Border
3 years ago Gunmen have shot and killed Sheikh Nur Sayid, an electoral envoy in Afgoye near the Somalia's capital, Mogadishu on Thusrady- witness. Al-Shabab has previously threatened to target electoral envoys who will be choosing lawmakers in the ongoing parliamentary election
3 years ago A female civil servant has reportedly been shot dead this evening in Mogadishu, near Sayidka junction, per reports
3 years ago Somalia: Bomb blast reported near Bosaso airport, targeting Puntland officials. One official, identified as Mohamad Bahwal (R) is killed. others, including former Deputy Commander of Bari regional police, Ahmed Jarale (L) injured - Sources. It's the 2nd attack in Bosso today
3 years ago AlShabaab fighters display Turkish-made weapons, ammunition seized during a deadly battle against Somalia's Turkey-trained Gorgor troops in the outskirt of Dhusamareb town today. The militants claim to have killed 7 soldiers, injured 12 others and destroyed army vehicle
3 years ago A senior Puntland police officer, Barkhad Buryar, assassinated in the Somalia's coastal town of Bosaso this morning. AlShabaab claimed responsibility
3 years agoTwo planes carrying 1,000+ Turkish-trained Haram'ad police & Gorgor forces landed in Beledweyne, central Somalia to help HirShabelle leader visit the city Guudlaawe has been denied entry for 1yr after locals opposed his 2020 election, saying it violated the power-sharing deal
3 years agoISIS militant in Somalia renew their threats against traders in Mogadishu's biggest market to extort funds
3 years ago A car bomb in Mogadishu leaves a district official and two wounded on Sunday, police said, the latest in a series of explosions in Somalia's capital since the start of 2022
3 years agoAlShabaab conducts fresh attack in Lamu county, Targeting Lapsset project. At least 8 vehicles belonging to the road construction company have been set on fire by militants on Sunday in the road between Kwa Omolo and Bodhei in Lamu county
