Blasts in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu kill at least 10 – residents
Mogadishu, Somalia Reuters Several blasts at a popular open-air market in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu killed at least 10 people and left many others injured on Tuesday, local residents told Reuters. “I have counted 10 dead people and 15 others injured. My shop is completely destroyed. The blasts took place in four places in the centre […]
Worst floods in decades kill 29 in Somalia, hit towns across East Africa
Mogadishu, SomaliaReuters The worst flooding to hit Somalia in decades has killed 29 people and forced more than 300,000 to flee their homes, the National Disaster Management Agency said on Wednesday, following heavy rains that have inundated towns across East Africa. Authorities have scrambled to rescue thousands of stranded people from the floodwater, which comes […]
Suicide bomber kills at least seven in Somali tea shop; al-Shabaab claims responsibility
Mogadishu, SomaliaReuters A suicide bomber set off an explosion at a shop selling tea in Somalia’s capital on Friday, killing at least seven people, a witness and medical personnel. Police put the number of dead at five. Al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabaab group claimed responsibility for the attack in a statement on its Arabic media unit Shahada News […]
Suicide bomber kills at least 30 soldiers in Somali capital – military sources
Mogadishu, SomaliaReuters A suicide bomber killed at least 30 soldiers and wounded scores more inside a military academy in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu on Monday, two military sources said, in an attack claimed by the al-Shabaab militant group. A military campaign launched by government forces and allied militiamen last year has forced the al-Qaeda-linked group from […]
End of Black Sea grains deal promises pain for Africa’s neediest
Mogadishu, SomaliaReuters Russia’s announcement that it was withdrawing from a pact that allowed Ukrainian grains to leave Black Sea ports sent a shiver through poorer countries, many of which are already reeling from inflation, climate shocks and conflict. The Black Sea grains deal, brokered by the United Nations and Turkey in July, 2022, helped bring […]
Somali troops overpower militants to end hotel siege
Mogadishu, SomaliaReuters Somali security forces stormed a hotel in the capital on Monday to end a near day-long siege by al-Shabaab militants who killed nine people at the building near the President’s residence in the capital, police said. Gunfire crackled from inside the hotel as the special forces fought the militants more than 12 hours […]
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 […]
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 […]