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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...

International

Burundi, AU Resolve AMISOM Pay Dispute

Burundi and the African Union (AU) reached an agreement on Thursday on the modalities of payment of Burundian troops...

International

Somalia’s Mogadishu Hit By Mortar Attacks As MPs Elect President Today

Al Shabaab insurgents have long threatened to scuttle the process which they are against Somalia is holding its...

International

Somalia’s Al-Shabab Kills Four In Puntland Hotel Attack

Al-Shabab fighters stormed a hotel in the capital of the semi-autonomous Puntland region killing four guards, while two...

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Mogadishu Traffic Ban Ahead of Presidential Vote

A traffic ban has been imposed and major roads sealed off in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, ahead of a presidential...

International

Ethiopian Troop Withdrawal From Somalia Exposes Peacekeeping Problems

Since October, Ethiopia has been withdrawing troops from Somalia. The redeployment highlights problems with the...

International

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,...

International

Car Bomb Attack Hits Mogadishu

A suspected car bomb has killed at least 11 people and injured another 16 when it exploded at a police checkpoint next...

International

Shabaab ‘takes Somali Town’ After Ethiopia Troop Pullout

MOGADISHU (AFP) - Fighters from the Al-Qaeda-linked Shabaab group said Sunday they had retaken control of a town in...

Opinion

The UNs Next Genocide In Somalia

The UN just announced that due to drought and famine over 300,000 Somali children are suffering from severe...

International

Al Shabaab Attacks Somali Town, Kill Seven Troops

Somalia's Islamist militant group al Shabaab attacked a town in a region near Kenya's border, killing at least seven...

Opinion

Five Dead In Shabaab Suicide Car Bomb At Somalia Hotel

Mogadishu (AFP) - At least five people were killed when jihadists exploded a suicide car bomb outside a popular hotel...

Africa & World

Al-Shabab Attack Kills 15 in Mogadishu Hotel in Somalia

Al-Shabab militants have attacked a hotel in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, killing at least 15 people. The gunmen used...