Tag: Al shabaab in Somalia
Mogadishu blast: ‘We have never seen such devastation’
Abdulkadir Abdirahman, director of Mogadishu's ambulance service, recounts the horrors he saw after a truck bomb blast that killed at least 276 people in the Somali...
Somalia: doctors to meet with community about measles
Somali doctors are planning a special meeting on Wednesday to talk about the recent measles outbreak in Minnesota.
According to a Facebook invitation, Somali doctors...
Somalia: Prime Minister Sharmarke negotiates the first phase of a peace agreement in Galkayo
The Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of Somalia H.E. Omar A. A. Sharmarke successfully negotiated a ceasefire and a two (2) kilometer pullback...
Somalia: Al Shabaab seizes town from Mogadishu Government
The Islamist group Al Shabaab seized a town northwest of Somalia’s capital from government forces on Sunday, the latest small centre taken by the...
Somalia: Al Shabaab fighters ambush KDF convoy near Afmadow town
Al Shabaab fighters have ambushed a military convoy transporting Kenyan defense force (KDF) soldiers near Afmadow town in Lower Jubba province on Friday.
Local residents...
Al-Shabab claims attack on African Union base in Somalia
A suicide truck bomber struck an African Union base in central Somalia on Tuesday, and extremist group al-Shabab claimed responsibility for the attack.
The bomber...
Somalia: Suicide car bomb attack in Mogadishu kills at least 3 people
At least three people were killed and two others injured in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Sunday, when a car exploded near a camp...
Somalia: Al-Shabab re-take town in country’s center
Residents say official says Islamic extremist rebels recaptured a town in central Somalia after African Union and Somali troops pulled out Sunday.
Ahmed Sabriye, an...
Somalia: Security forces trained on facilitating humanitarian access
A team from African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) Humanitarian Unit and the Civil Military Working Group held a two-day workshop aimed at improving...
Somalia: Al-Shabab attack on Somali city leaves several dead
At least 10 people killed after al-Shabab fighters carry out suicide attack at a police station in Afgoye city.
At least 10 people, including soldiers...
