Tag: Somalia
26 killed in deadly Somalia hotel siege
MOGADISHU: At least 26 people, including several foreigners, were killed and 56 injured in a suicide bomb and gun attack claimed by Al-Shabaab militants...
Somalia twin suicide bombings kill at least seven: police
MOGADISHU: At least seven people have been killed in southwest Somalia, after suicide bombers targeted a restaurant and coffee shop, police said Saturday.
"The first...
US carries out air strike in Somalia, nine militants killed
NAIROBI: The US military said on Tuesday it had killed nine militants in an air strike in southern Somalia this week during a battle...
Three die after Somalia car bomb strikes EU convoy: police
MOGADISHU: Three people were killed in a suicide car bombing by Islamist group al Shabaab which hit a European Union armored convoy in Somalia's...
US military airstrike in Somalia kills 4 al-Shabab fighters
MOGADISHU: The US military says it has carried out an airstrike in Somalia that killed four members of the al-Shabab extremist group.
The US Africa...
UN delays drawdown of Somalia peacekeeping force
UNITED NATIONS: The UN Security Council on Monday delayed a plan to draw down the peacekeeping mission in Somalia after finding that Somali security...
Somalia, Eritrea mend ties as change sweeps Horn of Africa
NAIROBI: The presidents of Somalia and Eritrea on Monday signed an agreement to establish diplomatic ties after over a decade of animosity, in the...
Somalia’s al Shabaab says it storms military base, kills 27 troops
MOGADISHU: Al Shabaab fighters detonated a suicide car bomb before storming a military base in the south of Somalia on Monday and killing 27...
6 dead after attackers target Somalia’s presidential palace
MOGADISHU: Somali security forces shot dead three extremists and foiled an attempted al-Shabab attack on the presidential palace that began with a car bomb...
Nine killed in attack on Somalia’s interior ministry
MOGADISHU: A least nine people were killed in an attack on Somalia's interior ministry and security forces killed all three attackers after a two-hour...
Somalia’s al Shabaab claims attack in which US soldier died
MOGADISHU: Somalia’s Islamist group al Shabaab has claimed responsibility for an attack in which a US commando was killed and four others were wounded...
Dozens killed in clashes between two Somali regions in land dispute
GAROWE, Somalia: Fighting between Somalia’s semi-autonomous Puntland region and breakaway Somaliland has killed dozens of soldiers, according to a witness and a military commander...
No threat to Pakistan’s coast from Arabian Sea cyclone: Met
KARACHI: A new tropical threat is brewing in the Arabian Sea this week on the heels of the deadly Cyclone Sagar, which killed dozens in...
UAE extends military reach in Yemen and Somalia
ABU DHABI: Military transport planes from the United Arab Emirates landed on the sleepy Yemeni island of Socotra last week, unloading tanks and troops...
7 killed in suicide attack in central Somalia
MOGADISHU: At least seven people including three senior military officials were killed and eight others injured in a suicide bombing in Galkayo town in...
UAE ends programme to train Somalia’s military
DUBAI: The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is ending a military training programme in Somalia in response to the seizure of millions of dollars and...
US conducts air strike in Somalia, says 3 militants killed
MOGADISHU: The US military said on Friday it had killed three militants after launching an air strike in Somalia against al Shabaab, a militant...
