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...
Somalia: Ex-Minister Killed in Al-Shabaab AttackAl-Shabab have taken responsibility for a car bomb that exploded in the heart of Mogadishu - killing a Somali member of parliament.This is just the latest in a series of guerrilla attacks al-Shabab have carried out against the government....
MOGADISHU, March 27 (Xinhua) -- Security forces in Somalia on Sunday repulsed an attack on a military base in northeast Puntland State and killed 12 militants of al-Shabab terror group, local officials said. Three soldiers of the Puntland Security Forces (PSF) died in the attack on the a...
Police in Somalia said Saturday that at least 32 people died and 63 others were wounded in an attack on a beach hotel in the capital, Mogadishu, the previous evening. Al-Qaida’s East Africa affiliate, al-Shabab, said through its radio that its fighters carried out the attack....
"Following a tip of from the residents, our forces launched an attack in the area killing 35 al-Shabab militants including senior members," Aden said. Residents told Xinhua there was heavy gunfire that caused panic in the area. "Al-Shabab extremists in the village were attacked by government...
AIAI,al Itihaad al Islamiya,al-Itihaad al-Islamiya,Islamic Unity- a fundamentalist Islamic group in Somalia who initially did fundraising for al-Qaeda; responsible for ambushing United States Army Rangers and for terrorist bombings in Ethiopia; believed to have branches in several countries ...
MOGADISHU, Somalia - Somali authorities say the body of a seven-month-old boy has been recovered the rubble on Sunday three days after an al-Shabab attack killed at least 25 people in Mogadishu last Thursday.The boy identified as Munasar Mohamed was with his mother who worked at a...
Shabab is fighting to oust the Mogadishu government and install a strict version of Shariah law. Al-Shabab have also attacked neighboring countries that have sent troops to support the Mogadishu government. The extremist rebels killed 148 people in an attack on a college in Garissa, Kenya in ...
MOGADISHU, March 24 (Xinhua) -- The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) vowed Thursday to defend Somalia against terrorism threats despite Wednesday's attack on its military base in the capital, Mogadishu. At least seven people were killed when al-Shabab fired several mortar shells into ...
UNITED NATIONS, Nov. 29 (Xinhua) -- UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres strongly condemned Al-Shabab's latest attack on the Villa Rays Hotel in Mogadishu, resulting in multiple casualties, said his spokesman on Tuesday. Guterres is saddened that Somalia continues to be plagued by such heinous...