Somalia's al Shabaab group launched a car bomb and gun attack on an African Union mission troop camp in the Shabelle region in the center of the country, a local elder said on Tuesday. "We were awoken by huge blasts early in the morning. The blasts were at the African Union mission ...
The U.S. Africa Command blamed al Shabaab, al Qaeda's outpost in Africa, for the attack. Jan 5, 2020 Militants attack base used by U.S. forces in Somalia Belidogle airstrip is used by U.S. drones to target the al-Shabab militant group, which has claimed the attack on the base ...
SOMALIA: AL-SHABAAB VOWS MORE ATTACKSCorrespondents / Al Jazeera
Police inSomaliasaid Saturday that 32 people died and 63 others were wounded in an attack on a beach hotel in the capital, Mogadishu, the previous evening. Al Qaeda's East Africa affiliate,al-Shabab, said through its radio that its fighters carried out the attack. Police spokesperson Maj. A...
26 (Xinhua) -- The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) has condemned the Wednesday attack on a hotel in Somalia's capital Mogadishu. "IGAD condemns in the strongest terms possible the despicable act of terror perpetrated by the extremist group Al-Shabaab at the Dayah Hotel that ...
The U.S. maintains a small force unit of about 50 troops in Somalia mainly to advise and assist Somalia and AMISOM troops battling Al-Shabaab militants. Though they are not in Somalia to conduct combat operations, when called in, their helicopters, drones and manned aircraft are available for...
Somalia-based Al-Shabaab militants have advanced technologically, the US has claimed, following evidence that the terror group is using modern technology including using weapons to attack soldiers servicing the Horn of Africa nation. In what could be a most disturbing revelation, Ambassador Jeffrey De...
On December 16th there were reports coming out of Somalia that Islamic state fighters had clashed with Al Shabaab fighters. The Islamic state news agency,
U.S. Military Says Somalia Strike Killed 30 Al Shabaab Fighters More Reuters FILE PHOTO: Somali security officers drive past a section of Hotel Hayat, the scene of an al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab group militant attack in Mogadishu, Somalia August 20, 2022. REUTERS/Feisal Omar/F...
MOGADISHU, May 29 (Xinhua) -- Somali security forces on Monday shot dead an Al-Shabaab fighter after the militant killed a civilian inside Bakara, a busy market in the capital Mogadishu, an official said. Spokesperson of Benadir Regional Administration Abdifitah Omar Halane said that the milita...