Former Defense minister Abdirashid Abdullahi Mohamed has been released after being briefly taken from a hotel earlier, per reports
2 year agoSouthwest 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
2 year agoPolice 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
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
Somali 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
2 year ago4 people killed after miraa van hit an IED along Wajir-Geriley road in Wajir county, NE Kenya
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
Roadside Bomb Hits Bus, Kills 13 on Kenya-Somalia Border
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
