2 year agoAlshabab militant group have last night torched residential houses for civilians in Adale village under Hobyo district of Somalia's Galmudug State. Security forces have launched a manhunt for the militants who were behind the incident
2 year agoAlShabaab claims to have killed 9 Puntland troops, including 2 army commanders, and wounded 15 others following deadly raid on military base in Af-urur village, 70km west of Bosaso town. Militants seized, destroyed 4 army vehicles. No comment from Puntland officials so far
Fatality Totals Rise in Somalia Attacks. The leader of Somalia's Hirshabelle region says dozens of people were killed Wed. in attacks in the city of Beledweyne, including a member of the Somali parliament.He said there are 48 confirmed dead & 108 injured
Al-Shabaab claims killing 17 foreigners in yesterday's attack on Mogadishu airport, a figure yet to be independently verified. Police spokesperson told VOA 5 foreigners were killed. Reuters saw a diplomatic memo which reported two guards thought to be Kenyans among the dead
The death tole from the suicide bombings overnight in the city of Beledweyne in the Hiiraan province of Somalia has risen and left 48 people dead and well over 100 wounded, according to local authorities
2 year agoBeledweyne Central Hospital was badly damaged by the blast which killed 50 people and injured more than 90. There is no place to treat the wounded and sick including pregnant women& children
2 year agoDeath toll from Beledweyne town bombings climbs to 48 according to Hirshabelle leader Ali Abdullahi Guudlaawe. He said 108 others were injured in the two explosions - one caused by PBIED and a second by SVBIED
At least six people including five foreign nationals killed in Al-Shabaab attack; two attackers shot dead - police
Many foreigners, most of them from Africa, are trapped in the airport because of the shooting
Reports of an incident at Marine gate of Mogadishu Airport; Al-Shabaab is claiming its fighters carried out an attack
2 year agoUnknown gunmen have shot dead a young man who was identified as Abdinur Abdullahi Warsame on Sunday night after attempting to rob him off his mobile phone in Somalia's Warta Nabada district of Mogadishu. The assailants fled from the scene after committing the killing
2 year agoRoadside Bomb hits AU convoy carrying Burundian troops in the vicinity of Bal'ad town, 30Kms north of Mogadishu, Somalia's capital on Friday - residents. Al-Shabab claims 6 soldiers killed and 3 wounded in the IED blast
Four Turkish nationals injured in Mogadishu roadside explosion on Thursday - ambulance workers. The explosion occurred in Hodan district. The Al-Shabaab militant group claimed responsibility
2 year agoTwo Al-Shabab militants-Abdifitah Ibrahim Mohamud and Osman Ibrahim Daud, have on Thursday surrendered to Somali National Army in Halgan town, Hiiraan region and have publicly denounced the ideology and beliefs of the terror-outfit.
2 year agoSomali National Army has on Wednesday nabbed a vehicle loaded with explosives and shot dead its driver who was suspected of being a suicide bomber near Berhano village in Kismayo city in Jubbaland State
2 year agoThe Kenya Defense Forces have been deployed in Lamu County to assist in securing the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education examination which is faced with threats of Al-Shabaab attacks
2 year agoKenyan Defence Forces (KDF) in Hosingow, Somalia repel Al-Shabaab assault on the military, inflict casualties on the attackers - Jubaland official. KDF entered southern Somalia in late 2011, driving al-Shabaab back from a series of bases along the countries' shared border
Two soldiers gunned down in Dhusamareb. Assailants escaped the scene with a military vehicle towards Bohol vicinity, an area controlled by Ahlu Sunna Wal Jama militias
Former Foreign Minister @MAbdirizak declares his candidacy for the President of Somalia
2 year agoFour bodyguards attached to Somalia's Puntland State President @SaidAbdullahiDe have been killed and 7 others injured while escorting the encourage of the regional leader on Monday from Bosaso to Garowe when their convoy was involved in an accident
2 year agoHeavy fighting is ongoing in Bariire town 60km west of Mogadishu. Suspected Alshabaab militias attacked SNA and AMISOM bases in lower shabelle region
At least two soldiers were killed and four others were wounded when Puntland state president Said Deni's convoy came under bomb attack while on their way to Bosaso town
Al-Shabaab fighters bombarded with 19 mortar shells government headquarters in the city of Dinsoor, Bay State, southwestern Somalia, while government officials were present in the city, and reports of losses
Al-Shabaab fighters ambushed a patrol of Somali forces near the airport in Kismayo, Juba State, southern Somalia, inflicting losses on them. Somali forces were killed and wounded in a raid by Al-Shabab fighters on a military base in the town of Bariri, southwest of the capital Mogadishu
2 year agoPrime Minister @MohamedHRoble has condemned the suicide bombing in Beledweyne town on Saturday where 13 people were killed and multiple others injured. The PM conveyed his condolences to the family of those killed in the attack which was claimed by Al- Shabaab militant
At least ten people have been killed in a suicide bomb attack on café shop in Baladweyne town. No group says it has carried out Saturday's explosion
2 year agoSomaliaElections: @MohamedHRoble suspends election of the Banadiri community seats after elders accused him of irregularities in the procedure for allocating seats. The PM says he is appointing a committee to investigate the complaints. Members of the community protested today
2 year 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
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
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2 year 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
