Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has said a military offensive against al-Shabab aims to eliminate the al-Qaeda linked group in the next five months. Correspondents say a promise to eliminate the group is hugely optimistic seeing as it has been around since the early 2000s, is deeply embedded in communities …
Read More »Two killed in gunbattle between Kenyan forces and gunmen
Two people have been killed in a gunbattle between Kenyan security forces and suspected al-Shabab fighters in coastal Kenya, according to reports. “Four people were rescued in the shootout at a roadblock the insurgents had just erected on Lamu county’s main road,” the Daily Nation newspaper reported. The four had …
Read More »Somalia: two journalists injured in explosion of a mine
Two journalists were injured on Monday following a landmine explosion in the town of Qabno in central Somalia, Anadolu Agency reported, citing a security source. According to the source, the blast was caused by a landmine laid beside a road. The landmine targeted a car carrying two journalists in the …
Read More »Somalia: Al Shabab plans to kill President Farmajo and PM Roble
The al Shabaab group linked to al Qaeda plans to target Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed and Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble, the country’s intelligence agency warned on Tuesday. Violence by the group, which aims to topple the central government and impose its own severe version of Islamic law, has …
Read More »Somalia: Army thwarts Al-Shabab attack on main airport military base
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: 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: 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 »Somalia: a journalist killed in suicide attack
A prominent Somali journalist, Abdiaziz Mohamud Guled, critic of the Islamist group al-Shabab was killed in a suicide bombing in the capital, Mogadishu. Abdiaziz Mohamud Guled, also known as Abdiaziz Afrika, was targeted as he left a restaurant in town shortly after noon, the BBC reports. Two other people nearby …
Read More »Somalia: al-Shabab militants recapture strategic town
The Islamist group, al-Shabab, is reported to have seized a strategic town in central Somalia. Residents of Amara in the Galmudug region said the militants stormed an army base before over-running the town. The insurgents captured several armoured vehicles, burning some of them. Earlier this month the Somali military captured …
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