Announcement comes a week after al-Shabab fighters stormed a base housing African Union peacekeepers in Somalia. Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has announced the deaths of 54 Ugandan soldiers…
Read more Al-Shabab killed 54 Ugandan soldiers in Somalia, says MuseveniKenya has suffered attacks for a decade as retribution for joining the peacekeeping force fighting al-Shabab in Somalia. Kenyan security forces have killed 10 fighters from the Somalia-based…
Read more Kenyan security forces kill 10 suspected al-Shabab fightersGovernment forces and allied clan militias recaptured the base from al-Shabab in October. Fighters from the al-Shabab group stormed a military base in central Somalia that the government…
Read more Seven soldiers killed in al-Shabab attack on Somali military baseMOGADISHU, Somalia — Somali security forces were attempting to flush out armed assailants from a hotel in the Somali capital, a police spokesman said Sunday, after the extremist…
Read more Al-Shabab extremist group attacks hotel in Somali capitalMOGADISHU, Somalia — The death toll from twin car bombings in Somalia’s capital has reached 120 and could rise further because some people are still missing, the country’s…
Read more Somalia car bombs death toll up to 120, some still missingMOGADISHU, Somalia — Somalia’s president says at least 100 people were killed in Saturday’s two car bombings at a busy junction in the capital and the toll could…
Read more Somalia’s president says at least 100 killed in car bombingsSomali president says death toll to rise further after Saturday’s twin bombings that targeted the education ministry. Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has said at least 100 people…
Read more At least 100 killed, 300 hurt in ‘heinous’ Mogadishu car bombingsMOGADISHU, Somalia — Two car bombs exploded Saturday at a busy junction in Somalia’s capital near key government offices, leaving “scores of civilian casualties” including children, national police…
Read more Two explosions rock Somalia’s capital, leaving “scores” deadMOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Eight people were killed after militants stormed a hotel in Somalia’s port city of Kismayo, an attack that started with a suicide bombing Sunday…
Read more 8 killed in Somalia as militants attack port city hotel
