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An explosion from suicide bombing has killed at least 11 people Tuesday in the Somali capital, witnesses and officials said. Witnesses said a suicide bomber walked into a teashop made of corrugated tin and detonated an explosive vest. The attack Read More …
A suspected suicide bomber has been arrested in Uganda for planning to blow up mourners at the funeral of an army commander known as “the Lion of Mogadishu”. Maj-Gen Paul Lokech earned his nickname from the time he headed the Read More …
The bomber struck shortly after noon in front of a convoy of Kenyan troops. Residents said the blast caused casualties to Kenyan troops but could not confirm the exact number of casualties. After the blast, Kenyan forces reportedly fired several Read More …
At least two people have been killed and five others wounded after a suicide bomber detonated an explosive device inside a cafe in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu, police and witnesses said. The bombing on Thursday targeted a tea shop near a Read More …
A local official in the Somali capital Mogadishu was killed and several people wounded on Tuesday when a bomb blast targeted his vehicle, a police official said. “A vehicle carrying Garasbaley officials including Commissioner Mohamed Abukar Afrah was hit by Read More …
The Taliban’s swift takeover of Afghanistan has raised concerns that it could encourage other Islamist militant groups around the world, such as al-Shabab in Somalia. Experts warn that when and if international forces there try to hand over security to Read More …
Japan has donated $4 million to Somalia to support in countering improvised explosive devices that have become commonly deployed weapons by extremist groups in recent years. According to a statement from the Japanese embassy in Kenya, the donation will be Read More …
Mogadishu Police Chief, Col. Farhan Mohamud Adan, on Saturday survived after an explosion targeting his convoy occurred in Benadir junction in Mogadishu. Speaking to the media Somali Police Spokesman Sadiq Adan said the attack four people including the guards of Read More …
A roadside bomb explosion killed two civilians onboard a passenger minibus and injured several others in Somalia’s central Mudug region, an official said on Friday. Abdi Mohamed, a local security official, told Anadolu Agency over the phone that the driver Read More …
A suicide bombing attack by the Al-Shabaab jihadist group on a crowded tea shop in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu killed 10 people and wounded dozens, the government said Saturday. The death toll from the attack, which targeted a tea shop near Read More …
On Saturday, Jun. 26 one soldier died and another three were injured in a roadside explosion aiming at Puntland region’s security minister. The blast aimed at a convoy of Puntland State Security Minister, Abdisamad Galan close to Bali Dhidin village Read More …
At least twenty were on Sunday killed and more than thirty others injured after al-Shabaab attacked a military base in Somalia’s central region. According to officials and witnesses, Al-Shabaab used a Vehicle Borne Improvised Device (VBIED) to breach the gate Read More …
A suicide bomber blew himself up at a military training camp in the south of the Somali capital, Mogadishu, early Tuesday. Two security sources told VOA Somali that a man disguised as a military recruit detonated a suicide vest. The Read More …
Fifty-Four (54) staff officers who recently deployed to serve under the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), have completed induction training as part of their integration into the mission. The training, which kicked off in the various AMISOM sectors nearly Read More …
The 3 training programmes offered by the UK government in Baidoa are aimed at delivering effective operations and promoting long-term stability. The British military in Somalia, deployed on operation TANGHAM, has been running several new training programmes for the Somali Read More …
At least three people, including civilians, were killed and seven others injured in southwestern Somalia on Friday in a bomb blast that targeted a busy market, according to an official. Abdiqani Mohamud, a police officer in Baidoa city, told Anadolu Read More …
Britain is to send 250 troops to Somalia as the country battles against Al Shabab terrorists. The move, to take place “within the next 12 months:”, will represent the first official engagement of the new Army Ranger regiment. It comes Read More …
Three people including a local administrator have been killed and two other people sustained injuries after an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) suspected to have been on a road in Garasbaale village hit a vehicle. Witnesses said unknown attackers had set Read More …
At least six people, including two senior police officers, were killed and six others injured in a suicide bombing at a police station in Mogadishu’s Waberi district, police have confirmed. Police spokesman Sadik Aden Ali said that Ahmed Bashane, Waberi Read More …
At least three people were killed and another one was injured following a bomb attack in Somali capital on Wednesday. According to witnesses, the blast happened in in Khada district in Mogadishu after an improvised explosive device (IED) exploded on Read More …