Somali Civil War
Mogadishu Restaurants Attacks Records 17 Deaths and 26 Injured
Gunmen attacked two restaurants in Somalia’s capital of Mogadishu on Wednesday night, killing at least 17 people and...
U.S Conducts Strike On Al Shabaab, Destroy Training Base
The Pentagon on Sunday said it had carried out an air strike on al Shabaab in Somalia , and Somalia said its special...
Inter-Ethnic Clashes Claim 6 Lives In Somalia
At least 6 people were killed and nine others injured when rival clans clashed in Central Somalia, local elders said on...
Several Dead In Attack On Mogadishu Army Camp
A suicide bomber detonated his vest inside a military training camp in Mogadishu on Monday, a day after an attack on...
Five Suspected Al Shabaab Militants Executed In Somalia For Killing Officials
The court said the accused were members of the al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab militant group Somalia’s semi-autonomous...
Death Toll In Somali Military Base Bomb Attack Rises To At Least 15
At least 15 people were killed when a car bomb exploded outside a military base in the Somali capital of Mogadishu on...
Trump Boosts US Military Authority For In Somalia Fighting
President Donald Trump has boosted the US military's authority to step up air strikes in the fight against Islamist...
Somalia Market Fire Raged For Five Hours
Traders in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, are counting their losses following a huge fire that destroyed parts of the...
Firefighters Battle Somali Market Fire
Witnesses say the flames have gutted three sections of the market Firefighters and police are battling a large fire at...
Somali President Calls On Al Shabaab To Surrender
Somalia’s new president Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, during his inaugurated on Wednesday in the capital, Magadishu...
Mogadishu Car Bomb ‘kills At Least 14’
At least 14 people were killed on Sunday when a car packed with explosives blew up near a busy intersection in...
Al Shabaab Executes Four Alleged Spies In Somalia
Al Shabaab militants beheaded four men accused of spying for the country's Western-backed gov't Al Shabaab militants in...
Al Shabaab Executes Somali Man and Teenager For Homosexuality
A Somali man and teenager were publicly executed by Somali Islamist group al Shabaab on Tuesday for committing a...
Suicide Car Bomb Explodes At Checkpoint In Mogadishu
A suicide car bomb exploded on Thursday at a checkpoint near Somalia's national theater in the capital Mogadishu,...
Car Bomb Leaves At Least 20 Dead
At least 20 people have died, while 15 have sustained injuries, after a car bomb exploded in Somalia on Sunday morning....
Al Shabaab Still Remains the Biggest Threat To Kenya
Despite Kenya making major strides in the war against terror, al Shabaab still remains the biggest threat to the...
Six Killed In Suspected Islamist Attack In Kenya
Suspected Islamist militants from the Somali group al Shabaab killed six people in an attack in northeast Kenya on...
Remembering Westgate
Three years after Westgate, I remain horrified by the cowardice and inhumanity of this attack on innocent people...