Tag: Somalia
Laptop bomb may have blown hole in Somali plane: US officials
: Investigators examining an explosion that blew a hole in a Somali airliner last week believe the damage was caused by a bomb hidden in...
Somalia received Saudi aid the day it cut ties with Iran:...
Somalia received a pledge of aid for $50 million from Saudi Arabia this month on the same day it announced it was cutting ties...
Suicide bomber strikes in Somalia
A suicide bomber attacked a popular restaurant in Mogadishu, the Somali capital, on Saturday, killing himself and at least three others, Somali police said.
The...
Somalia bans Christmas, New Year celebrations saying ‘have nothing to do...
The government of Somalia has issued a ban on Christmas and New Year’s celebrations in the Muslim country, saying the festivities “have nothing to...
Al Shabaab attacks soldiers in south Somalia, two dozen dead
Al Shabaab launched an attack on government troops on Friday evening in the Awdigle district and Mubarak village in the Lower Shabelle region
Dozens dead in Somalia hotel attack
Somalia's al Qaeda-linked Shebab insurgents killed at least 25 people on Friday in an attack on a popular hotel in the capital Mogadishu where...
Somalia’s Shebab stone woman to death for polyandry
The woman was buried up to her neck and pelted with rocks and stones by hooded men in front of a large crowd in the southern coastal district of Barawe.
Suicide car bomber kills at least 10 in Somali capital: police
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At least 10 people were killed in an explosion when a suicide bomber drove his car into a tea shop near the national security...
Car bomb hits UN cars, kills 2 in Somalia
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A car bomb explosion on Thursday killed two people and wounded four more near the airport of Somalia capital, officials have said.
The blast...
Hotel bombed in Somalia, at least 11 killed
A one hour series of three bomb explosions killed at least 11 people outside a hotel frequently visited by government officials in a heavily...
Somali militants threaten more attacks after bombs kill 30
Somali militants linked to al Qaeda warned on Monday of further attacks in the capital, a day after killing at least 30 people in...
Shebab Islamists abandon last stronghold in Somalia
Al-Qaeda linked Shebab fighters Saturday abandoned their last bastion in Somalia, retreating from the port city of Kismayo almost a year after Kenya sent...
Shebab Islamists abandon last stronghold in Somalia
Al-Qaeda linked Shebab rebels said on Saturday they have abandoned the southern Somali port city of Kismayo, their last bastion in the country, a...
Somalia’s new president survives Shebab assassination bid
Somalia’s president survived an assassination bid Wednesday, just two days into his new job, when bomb blasts claimed by Islamist rebels rocked the Mogadishu...
Somalia’s Shebab executes three CIA, MI6 ‘spies’
Somalia’s Al-Qaeda linked Shebab insurgents have executed three members for “spying” for Western intelligence agencies, officials said Monday. Two of the men were accused...
One year since famine, 2.5 million at risk in Somalia: UN
Over 2.5 million people in war-torn Somalia remain in crisis despite huge global aid efforts and the situation may worsen, the UN warned Tuesday,...
Four aid workers freed in Somalia ‘happy to be alive’
Four foreign aid workers kidnapped in Kenya’s Dadaab refugee camp returned safely to Nairobi on Monday tired but smiling after being released overnight in...
