Fighting breaks out between Somalia’s Jubbaland region and federal government
Mogadishu/Garowe, Somalia Reuters Clashes erupted on Wednesday between forces from Somalia’s Federal Government and the semi-autonomous Jubbaland region, raising concerns that internal rivalries are diverting attention from the fight against the al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabaab group. The violence in the strategically important region, which follows an election held there despite being opposed by authorities in Mogadishu, is […]
Wow!: Somalia’s bomb disposal experts face down fear to save lives
ABDI SHEIKH, of Reuters, reports on the work of the explosive ordnance unit in Mogadishu…
Somalia beach attack kills 37 civilians, minister says
Mogadishu, Somalia Reuters At least 37 civilians were killed and 212 were injured in an explosion at a popular beach restaurant in the Somali capital late on Friday, the health minister said, an attack the government blamed on militant Islamist group al-Shabaab. Ali Haji told a press conference that 11 of those injured in the […]
Scores killed in clashes between Somali forces and al-Shabaab
Mogadishu, Somalia Reuters Dozens of fighters were killed in clashes on Monday in the southern tip of Somalia when al-Shabaab militants tried to overrun three army bases, officials and the insurgent group said. A local security official said government forces repulsed the attacks and safely detonated four car bombs around 80 kilometres south-west of the […]
Security in Africa: Somalia asks peacekeepers to slow withdrawal, fears Islamist resurgence
ABDI SHEIKH, AARON ROSS and GIULIA PARAVICINI, of Reuters, report…
Fighting between central Somalia clans kills at least 55, residents say
Mogadishu, Somalia Reuters A violent clash over the weekend between two clans in central Somalia has killed at least 55 people and injured another 155, residents and medical officials said on Monday. Somalia’s Federal Government is not only struggling to contain violence unleashed by the al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab group, but is also facing clan-based […]
Blasts in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu kill at least 10 – residents
Mogadishu, Somalia Reuters Several blasts at a popular open-air market in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu killed at least 10 people and left many others injured on Tuesday, local residents told Reuters. “I have counted 10 dead people and 15 others injured. My shop is completely destroyed. The blasts took place in four places in the centre […]
UN helicopter carrying “several” foreigners captured by al-Shabaab in Somalia
Mogadishu, Somalia Reuters Al-Shabaab militants captured a United Nations helicopter carrying two Somali men and several foreigners when it made an emergency landing in an area controlled by the Islamist group, a military official said on Wednesday. The aircraft encountered a defect shortly after taking off from Beledweyne city in central Somalia, Major Hassan Ali […]
Suicide bomber kills at least seven in Somali tea shop; al-Shabaab claims responsibility
Mogadishu, Somalia Reuters A suicide bomber set off an explosion at a shop selling tea in Somalia’s capital on Friday, killing at least seven people, a witness and medical personnel. Police put the number of dead at five. Al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabaab group claimed responsibility for the attack in a statement on its Arabic media unit Shahada […]
Kenya pledges security boost as it commemorates 2013 mall massacre
Nairobi, Kenya Reuters Kenya pledged on Thursday to reinforce security measures against Somali militants as it commemorated a deadly mall attack which security analysts say led to improvements in the country’s readiness to counter threats. A decade after 67 people were killed during an attack by gunmen from Somalia’s al-Shabaab group at the upscale Westgate […]