Somalia

MOGADISHU, Somalia – At least 10 people have been killed on Wednesday when heavily armed al Shabaab militants have carried out an attack near Ba’adweyn in Somalia's Mudug region. The attack triggered fierce fighting between the militants…

The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) on Tuesday donated non-food items, to help Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) affected by recent floods in Beletweyne district, HirShabelle State of Somalia. The items, which included…

BALADWEYNE, Somalia – Suspected Al Shabaab gunmen have shot and killed a local official in Baladweyne town, some 335km north of the Somali capital, Mogadishu. The deceased, whose name has been released as Jelle Garane Abdulle was gunned…

MOGADISHU, Somalia – At least seven people were killed after four Al-Shabaab inmates managed to grab weapons and attacked prison guards inside central prison in the capital, Mogadishu. The attack took place in one of the sections of the…

MOGADISHU, Somalia – Multiple casualties have been reported inside Mogadishu’s prison compound when a prisoner managed to grab a gun and started randomly shooting inside Mogadishu’s prison compound. Initial reports suggest that at least…

MOGADISHU, Somalia – A suspected US drone has carried out two airstrikes targeting high-ranking al Shabaab operatives in southern regions of Somalia. The first strike has targeted a senior Al Shabaab commander, whose name has been…

MOGADISHU, Somalia – Somali national army forces have carried out an operation against an al Qaeda linked al Shabaab in Lower Shabelle region. Somali army chief, Odawaa Yusuf Rageh says the army forces had killed an Al-Shabaab man in…

The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) on Saturday received an assortment of medical equipment and consumables, which will benefit communities in the Lower Shabelle region of Somalia. Delivered by the US Civil Affairs Unit in…

The Federation of Somali Trade Unions (FESTU) has today extended solidarity to striking workers of Mogadishu’s Aden Adde International Airport after their employer, FAVORI LLC Airport Management and Ground Handling Company, has flagrantly…

MOGADISHU, Somalia – Turkey has condemned a terror attack in Somalia after a suicide car bomb attack on army camp has killed at least nine people in Mogadishu. In a statement released by Turkish Foreign Ministry said that Ankara deplored…

Mogadishu, 9 August 2020 - It is with great concern that we have learnt about the inaction of the Parliament of Federal Government of Somalia to introduce the Sexual Offences Bill adopted by the cabinet and submitted by the Ministry of…

MOGADISHU, Somalia –Somali army says eight al Shabaab militants were killed in an operation carried out near Awdhegle town, some 70 km south of Mogadishu. Somali military official, who asked to be unnamed, says the operation targeted an…