Somali security forces have thwarted an attack on a military base at the sprawling international airport complex outside the capital, Mogadishu, the state television reported. The Somali army killed two armed assailants who were trying to break into a military base, state television said. Earlier in the day, state TV …
Read More »Somalia: elections will not take place as planned
Somalia is likely to miss a deadline to conclude long-delayed parliamentary elections as political disagreements continue in the country. The federal government had set a deadline of March 15 to complete the polls, but more than 50 seats in the legislature are yet to be filled. This could in turn …
Read More »Somalia: several killed in Al-Shabab attack in Mogadishu
At least five people have been killed and more than 16 others injured during attacks by al-Shabab Islamist militants on the outskirts of Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu. Police say the early morning attacks targeted police stations and security checkpoints. Al-Shabab spokesman, Abdiasis Abu Musab, said the fighters hit government targets in …
Read More »Somalia: several killed and injured in suicide blast in Mogadishu
At least four people have been killed and 10 others injured on Tuesday in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu in a suicide bombing at a tea-shop near a military base, state-run SONNA news agency reported. Patrons, who included both soldiers and civilians, were sipping tea when the bomber blew himself up, Reuters …
Read More »Somalia: government spokesman wounded in a suicide bomb attack
Somali government spokesperson Mohamed Ibrahim Moalimuu was injured on Sunday in an explosion at a road junction in the capital Mogadishu, police and the national news agency reported. The explosion was set off by a suicide bomber, reports said. The al Qaeda-linked Islamist militant group Al-Shabaab, in comments on its …
Read More »Kenya: police officers killed in an ambush near Somali border
Four Kenyan police officers have been killed in an ambush in Lamu County, a coastal region near the country’s border with Somalia, local media are reporting. “We had an incident today morning and we have lost four police officers. Their vehicle was hit and caught fire,” Lamu County Commissioner Irungu …
Read More »Somalia: seven killed in clash between Al-Shabab and federal troops
At least seven people were killed Thursday in a clash between al-Shabab fighters and Somali security forces in a town north of the capital Mogadishu, a police officer and residents said. According to police and residents in Balad, a town located at the north of Mogadishu, the al Qaeda-linked group’s …
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