2 year agoSecurity forces continue an operation aimed at ending a Villa Rose hotel siege in Mogadishu, Somalia's capital, where they have been battling with al-Shabab militants for the past 12 hours after the popular hotel
Reuters: "Somalia says 49 al Shabaab fighters killed in military operation"
2 year agoAl-Shabaab claims it captured Tarajante outside of Beledweyne after attacking a government military base:
2 year agoAl-Shabaab claims that it attacked a South West state convoy between Daynunay & Baidoa & set off a bomb at an army checkpoint in Qoryoley, Lower Shabelle
2 year agoMSF reports 12 cholera cases in Dagahaley camp, Dadaab refugee complex, Kenya. Water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) efforts in the camps need to be ramped up to improve the current dire living conditions as more people arrive in the camps
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
