NISA Operated CCTV Cameras In Mogadishu Hit By Explosions

4 Newly installed NISA operated CCTV cameras Mogadishu  hit by explosions in Mogadishu on Thursday Radio Dalsan reports 3 of the cameras targeted locate near Dabka junction, KM4 and a 4th one close to Maka Al-Mukarama Hotel. The explosion was Read More …

Burundian soldier killed in Somalia IED attack

Roadside bomb targeted armored vehicle carrying African Union mission’s soldiers, local media says A Burundian soldier serving under the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) was killed on Wednesday in a roadside blast in the outskirts of Mogadishu, local media Read More …

Al-Shabaab bomb expert killed by Somali commandos in Lower Shabelle

The Somali Commando force known as Danab have killed an Al-Shabaab bomb expert in a raid near the town of Wanlaweyn in Lower Shabelle, southern Somalia. The explosives expert, described by officials leading the operation as a senior Al-Shabaab commander Read More …

Countering lies with truth: Battling terrorist propaganda in East Africa

Lies, coercion, and deceit. These are a few of the malign tactics, techniques and procedures of terrorist organizations. Al-Shabaab, the al-Qaida affiliate in East Africa, is no exception. Terrorist organizations often spread disinformation and falsities as propaganda to bolster their Read More …

AMISOM and security partners committed to end the use of Improvised Explosive Devices in Somalia

Stakeholders in Somalia’s security sector on Sunday concluded a meeting in Mogadishu on the threat posed by Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs). The two-day counter-IED seminar supported by the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), the UN Mine Action Service (UNMAS) Read More …

Kenya: The growing threat of IED attacks

Kenyan soldiers continue to suffer the brunt of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) attacks putting the rising use of the IEDs by Al-Shabaab in the spotlight. There is no doubt that IEDs are increasingly the weapons of choice for the terror Read More …

Schonstedt Magnetic Locators Support Somalia Demining Efforts

In collaboration with the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS), four Magnetic Locators from Schonstedt Instrument Company have deployed to Somalia, approximately 6 miles north of the nation’s capital, Mogadishu, to locate explosive remnants of war (ERW). About the Site Read More …

Kenya: 11 police officers killed in a deadly blast in Liboi, Garissa County

Eleven security personnel from the elite General Service Unit were Saturday killed in a deadly blast after their vehicle ran over an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) on the Degoh Road, Liboi, Garissa County. Their vehicle was extensively damaged in the Read More …

Four police officers killed in landmine attack in Mogadishu

At least four police officers have been killed and three others wounded after their vehicle hit a landmine at Siinka Dheer area outside the capital, Mogadishu. Sources told SomaliAffairs that the police vehicle blew up after it hit an improvised Read More …

3 killed in explosive attack in southern Somalia

At least three people including a local government official were killed on Saturday in a roadside blast along the road linking Bal’ad and Jowhar towns in Somalia’s Middle Shabelle region. The spokesman of HirShabelle state Da’ud Haji Irro told journalists Read More …

Somalia: Suicide attack by Al-Shabaab kills 6 in Mogadishu

A female suicide bomber detonated herself in the office of the Mogadishu’s mayor, killing six officials and badly wounding Mayor Abdirahman Omar Osman, local media reported on Wednesday. “Sabah Abdullahi Mohamed, the commissioner of Abdulaziz district and her Waberi district Read More …

Somalia: At Least 4 Civilians Killed in IED Blast in Near Somalia-Kenyan Border

A witness says at least four civilians have died and two others wounded in a roadside bomb explosion struck a passenger vehicle near Somalia’s border with Kenya. The bomb ripped through a car ferrying milk from the rural area and Read More …