Somalia: 19 Al-Shabaab fighters killed in 2 air strikes in Galmudug and Hirshabelle

Nineteen members of the Al-Shabaab movement were killed in two separate air strikes in the Galmudug and Hirshabelle states in central and southern Somalia, the Ministry of Information announced yesterday. According to the statement, the Somali army, in cooperation with Read More …

Somalia: al-Shabaab captures UN-contracted helicopter

On Wednesday, armed group al-Shabab captured a United Nations-contracted helicopter in Somalia, killing one person and kidnapping several other passengers and crew members on board. The helicopter was on a medical evacuation mission from Beledweyne city in central Somalia and Read More …

Somalia: Deadly truck explosion hits checkpoint in Beledweyne town

The death toll in a truck bomb explosion in the central Somali town of Beledweyne has risen to 18, a top regional official has said, as the Horn of Africa nation battles armed groups. Abdirahman Dahir Gure, the interior minister Read More …

Somalia: At least 8 killed in landmine explosion in Hirshabelle

At least eight people including six children were killed on Sunday when the modified auto-rickshaw they were travelling in struck a landmine, said local officials. The incident took place between the village of Jicibow and town of Bulaburde in Hirshabelle Read More …

Somalia: Death toll from car bomb blasts in Hiraan region rises to 35

Al-Shabaab militants detonated two car bombs killing at least 35 people and leveling several houses in central Somalia’s Hiraan region on Wednesday, a government-allied militia and a local elder said. The death toll from a twin car bomb attack in Read More …

Federal Government of Somalia engages terrorists with support from U.S. forces

In coordination with the Federal Government of Somalia, U.S. Africa Command conducted an airstrike against al-Shabaab terrorists who were attacking Somali National Army forces near Buulobarde, Somalia, about 218 km north-northwest of Mogadishu, on Oct. 23. The command’s initial assessment Read More …

Somalia: Dozens of people, including a lawmaker killed in Beledweyne and Mogadishu attacks

The leader of Somalia’s Hirshabelle region says dozens of people were killed Wednesday in attacks in the city of Beledweyne, including a member of the Somali parliament. Several more people died when militants opened fire at an airport in Somalia’s Read More …

Somalia: AMISOM Troops Commended For Their Support And Operations In HirShabelle State

The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) Sector 5 forces in Jowhar, have been commended for their exemplary role in helping secure elections and for their support in improving infrastructure in HirShabelle State of Somalia. On Sunday, HirShabelle State Vice Read More …

Somalia: Mayor among the dead in police station bombing in Beletwyene

A bomb explosion went off Saturday afternoon at a police station in Ferfer Town located in the Somalia border with Ethiopia killing at least three people. Sources in the town said a bomb suspected to have been planted in a Read More …