More than 60 NGOs have written to the United Nations Secretary General, warning of possible famine in Somalia and calling for greater support for the crisis
Somali president @M_Farmaajo protests against PM Roble's decision to expel African Union envoy Francisco Madeira; orders @MOFASomalia to convey FGS's apologies to the African Union on the illegitimate and reckless expulsion
ISIS has claimed responsibility for a grenade attack on Somali police in the Somali capital of Mogadishu, allegedly wounding 3
Explosion heard at Yaqshid district in Mogadishu. Reports say a military vehicle targeted, soldiers wounded
2 year agoHeavy security forces were seen on Mogadishu's main roads & closed several mains junctions, including KM4 near the airport following recent terrorist attacks. Many vehicles are stuck on the main roads of the capital Mogadishu which caused heavy jams in all the streets. Somalia
2 year agoSomalia: A fire was reported in the city of Hargeisa, capital of Somaliland.
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
