Breaking: Militants attack hotel used by officials in Somalia’s capital
Mogadishu, SomaliaReuters Islamist militants attacked a hotel used by government officials in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu on Sunday evening, police and witnesses said. Al Qaeda-linked al-Shabaab, which controls large swathes of the country, claimed responsibility for the attack, saying in a statement that it was targeting the nearby presidential palace. “We were shaken by a huge […]
Somalia’s President warns death toll could rise after car bombs kill 100 in Mogadishu
Mogadishu, SomaliaReuters The two car bombs that exploded at Somalia’s education ministry next to a busy market intersection killed at least 100 people and wounded 300, President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud said on Sunday, warning the death toll could rise. Saturday’s attack was the deadliest since a truck bomb exploded at the same intersection in October, […]
Somalia president: at least 100 people killed in car bombs
Updated: 3pm (AEST)Mogadishu, SomaliaReuters At least 100 people were killed and 300 injured in two car bombs that exploded outside the education ministry in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu on Saturday, the country’s president said in a statement early on Sunday. Authorities said the Islamist group al-Shabaab carried out the attack, which they said had targeted the […]
US military says it killed al-Shabaab leader in Somali air strike
Bosaso, SomaliaReuters The US military said it killed a leader of the Islamist militant al-Shabaab group with an air strike in Somalia over the weekend, while the insurgents claimed responsibility for a new attack. Somalia’s government said the leader was one of the co-founders of the al-Qaeda linked movement that has killed tens of thousands […]
More than 700 children have died in Somalia nutrition centres, UN says
Geneva, Switzerland/Mogadishu, Somalia Reuters Hundreds of children have died in nutrition centres across Somalia, the UN children’s agency UNICEF said on Tuesday, a day after the global body warned that parts of the country will be hit by famine in coming months. An official in one Somali region described famished people walking long distances with […]
Updated: At least 21 killed in Somalia hotel siege, many hostages freed
Updated: 7:15am, 22nd August, 2022Mogadishu, Somalia Reuters Security forces have ended a siege by al Qaeda-linked militants at a hotel in Somalia’s capital in which more than 20 people were killed and dozens injured, authorities said on Sunday. Dozens of people who had been taken hostage in the stand-off at the Hayat Hotel in Mogadishu […]
At least 12 killed as Somalia hotel siege enters second day
Mogadishu, SomaliaReuters At least 12 people were killed when al Qaeda-linked militants attacked a hotel in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu, seizing hostages who authorities were still battling to free 24 hours later, an intelligence officer said on Saturday. The attackers blasted their way into the Hayat Hotel on Friday evening with two car bombs before opening […]
Unidentified attackers seize control of hotel in Somali capital
Mogadishu, SomaliaReuters Unidentified armed attackers have taken control of a hotel in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, following two car bomb blasts and gunfire, police and intelligence officers said on Friday. “Two car bombs targeted Hotel Hayat. One hit a barrier near the hotel and then the other hit the gate of the hotel. We believe […]
Clashes between Ethiopian forces, al-Shabaab leave scores dead -state news agency, commander
Addis Ababa, EthiopiaReuters Regional forces in south-east Ethiopia killed more than 150 al-Shabaab militiamen during fierce border clashes on Friday, the state news agency and a regional commander said, in the third round of fighting in nine days. The attacks add to the already complex security landscape in Ethiopia, where the central government is trying […]
In Kenya, faith groups work to resettle youth returning from al-Shabaab
Nairobi, Kenya RNS In Kenya’s coastal region, interfaith efforts to slow down or end youth recruitment into the militant Islamist group al-Shabaab are gaining progress, with some recruits abandoning the extremist group’s training grounds in southern Somalia to return home. The group – al-Qaeda’s affiliate in East Africa – had stepped up secret recruitments in […]