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In a tragic turn of events, Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia, witnessed a wave of deadly attacks in recent days. On Tuesday night, at least three lives were claimed in double IED bombings targeting the Ceelasha Biyaha neighborhood on the Read More …
Authorities believe the explosion is a direct response to the National Intelligence and Security Agency’s (NISA) directive for commercial centers on Black Sea road to install surveillance cameras. Al-Shabaab had issued threats against compliance with this government order, leading to Read More …
Somali police thwarted a suicide bomber who wanted to attack a busy restaurant near the Sayidka junction in Mogadishu’s Howlwadag district on Friday evening. According to the Police Command, the security forces opened fire when the suicide bomber attempted to Read More …
The number of people killed by a car bomb blast that exploded outside the Somali capital, Mogadishu on Saturday morning has jumped to at least 6. The al Qaeda-linked Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for Saturday’s blast, which struck a police checkpoint Read More …
A Somali television journalist was killed Monday evening in a suicide bombing at a restaurant in Mogadishu, police said. Abdifatah Moalim Nur Qeys, who worked for Somali Cable Television, was fatally injured in the explosion at Blue Sky restaurant near Read More …
An explosion occurred near Mogadishu Stadium on Tuesday, the latest in a series of attacks in Somalia as the government is now at war with Al-Shabaab. An explosive-laden vehicle was targeted at a main checkpoint near Ifka Halane which is Read More …
A witness says an explosion occurred in the Wadajir district of Mogadishu early on Monday Tuesday morning. The explosion from a landmine was targeted at a vehicle carrying soldiers of the government army that was passing through the Buulo Hubey Read More …
A suicide bomber on Monday targeted a military training academy in Somalia, killing 25 soldiers in the capital of Mogadishu, a senior army officer said. Al-Qaida’s affiliate in East Africa, the Somalia-based al-Shabab, claimed responsibility for the attack. The officer Read More …
The security situation in Mogadishu, the capital city of Somalia, remains highly precarious as recent reports from local security sources reveal a chilling incident where a lone suicide bomber successfully infiltrated the heavily crowded stadium in Mogadishu. The stadium was Read More …
An explosion occurred last night within a house in the Shirkole neighborhood of the Hodan district in Mogadishu amid tight security measures. The explosion from an IED was aimed to assassinate the former commander of the Hodan District Police Station, Abdifitah Read More …
Government forces in Mogadishu’s Hodan district executed a planned operation on Sunday, leading to several significant arrests. Authorities captured a man believed to be behind a recent grenade attack on local police near the University within the Hodan district itself. Read More …
Somali and Uganda on Monday said that the security forces of the East African nations have thwarted terror attacks in their capital cities. Forces of Somalia’s National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA) averted a planned al-Shabaab terrorist group attack on Read More …
A convoy of African Union peacekeepers has been hit by an explosion in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, on Monday. Reports suggest that at least three civilians who were in the vicinity lost their lives. According to a local security officer the Read More …
Gunmen launch a complex assault in Mogadishu amidst tight security measures by the police in an effort to avert terror attacks in the capital. The initial reports suggest that the assailants blasted their way into a building in Abdulaziz district Read More …
A police officer said an explosion rocked Mogadishu on Saturday evening as government beefs up security. The official who didn’t want to be published said the blast happened in the vicinity of Hodon District, mainly in the busy Haji Basto Read More …
A huge blast tore through buildings near the mayor’s office in central Mogadishu on Sunday, with gunfire erupting afterwards in an attack claimed by Al-Shabaab, police and witnesses told AFP. “Terrorists blasted a vehicle loaded with explosives onto a perimeter Read More …
Al-Shabab launched a deadly attack on a Somali military base on Tuesday, just a day after the government claimed a “historic victory” over the jihadists with the capture of a strategic coastal town. The Islamists detonated a car packed with Read More …
Authorities in Somalia say they have seized a weapons cache allegedly buried by al-Shabab militants at a house in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, during a joint operation. An official with NISA, however, told VOA on condition of anonymity because he Read More …
Somalia attackers are still firing from Villa Rose hotel near the presidential palace where they holed up since last night when the attack began at around 8:10 P.M. local time. The attack began with a suicide blast that struck at Read More …
Gunmen wearing suicide vests and believed to be members of a militant group attacked a hotel popular with government officials in the capital of Somalia on Sunday, according to the police. There were no immediate reports of casualties, but security Read More …