2 year agoGunmen 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
A female civil servant has reportedly been shot dead this evening in Mogadishu, near Sayidka junction, per reports
2 year agoSomalia: 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
2 year agoAlShabaab 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
2 year agoA senior Puntland police officer, Barkhad Buryar, assassinated in the Somalia's coastal town of Bosaso this morning. AlShabaab claimed responsibility
2 year 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
ISIS militant in Somalia renew their threats against traders in Mogadishu's biggest market to extort funds
2 year agoA 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
2 year 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
2 year agoFighting broke out at a Jubaland military base at the Dariq Bridge on the outskirts of Kismayo in the Lower Jubba region, southern Somalia after an Al-Shabaab attack. Residents said they heard heavy morning gunfire & 2 regional soldiers were hurt in the repelled terror assault
Al-Shabaab suicide bomber wearing an explosive vest kills at least four people, injuries nearly 10 following an attack at a teashop in South Mogadishu, state media. The Al-Shabaab militant group immediately claimed responsibility
Huge explosion just heard around the Turkish military base in Mogadishu - Residents
2 year agoKenyan airstrike targets, completely destroys Somalia's privately owned @Hormuud telecom center in Hays-Ugur village near El-Wak town in Gedo region - Reports. KDF destroyed over 15 Hormuud masts in southern Somalia for past 3 yrs, most of them in Lower Juba & Gedo regions
Al-Shabab claims attack on AMISOM military base in Hudur Somalia
Somalia PM @MohamedHRoble condemns "odious terrorist attack" on @MOALIMUU, says he is in stable condition. The Al-Shabaab militant group claimed responsibility for the attack
An eyewitness to Reuters: Somali government spokesman was injured in an explosion in the capital, believed to have been carried out by a suicide bomber
Somalia government spokesperson wounded in explosion in capital suspected to be set off by suicide bomber: Reuters
2 year agoSomali police say a suicide bomber has targeted @MOALIMUU, a spokesman for Somali PM's office while driving on Maka al Mukarama road in Mogadishu. No group says it has carried out Sunday's explosion
Police in Mogadishu has reported an explosion from suicide bombing in the city.
2 year agoSomali defense ministry says will hold talks with AMISOM after Kenyan military has destroyed several Hormud telecom company's bases in air strikes carried out in Gedo, Lower and Middle Jubba regions. Gedo and others have been a regular target for KDF troops for years
Al-Shabaab fighters raided military bases for the Ugandan and Kenyan forces in Qaryuli, Qoqani and Brule district in the suburb of Kismayo, Juba state, southern Somalia
Security agents have killed three al-Shabāab militants in Takaba, Mandera County
Bodies of two people abducted by suspected Al-shabaab militants eight days ago at Kibokoni, Hindi in Lamu County found at a forest in Kibokoni area
Kenya: 4 police officers killed in suspected AlShabaab attack at Liboi, Garissa County
The United Nations Mission in Somalia: We condemn the Mogadishu bombing, and there is no news about the presence of international contractors in the targeted convoy
UN mission in Somalia: Contrary to some initial reports, there were no @UN personnel or contractors in the convoy targeted in the suicide attack earlier today in Mogadishu
2 year agoPlanned anti government demonstration against Somali President set for Thursday 13th January gets the green light from Internal Security Ministry, declared unlawful by Benadir regional authority.
Al-Shabab claims responsibility for a bomb attack in the Somali capital Mogadishu
9 people were killed, including security personnel, and others were wounded in a car bombing near Mogadishu airport
2 year ago8 people killed and several others injured in a car bomb explosion targeting a UN convoy on 21st October road north of Somalia's Aden Abdulle International Airport next to Afisyoni that houses UN staffers.Al- Shabaab has claimed responsibility for the attack
