Etiket: Somalia
Somalia | Shebab commander responsible for attack in Kenya killed
(Nairobi) A senior commander of the Somali Islamist group Shebab, considered responsible for a 2020 attack on a US-Kenyan military base in eastern Kenya, has been killed, the Somali minister…
Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia submerged by torrential rains
Welcome Weather report Severe weather Published on 11/30/2023 9:42 p.m. Video length: 1 min Africa: Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia submerged by torrential rains After three years of record drought, the…
Floods in Somalia | Fifty dead and 700,000 displaced
(Mogadishu) Brutal floods in Somalia have killed 50 people and driven nearly 700,000 people from their homes, a government official announced, while heavy downpours expected on Tuesday are expected to…
Somalia | Six dead in suicide attack in Mogadishu
(Mogadishu) Six people, including two civilians, were killed and nine others injured Saturday in a suicide attack on a military outpost on the outskirts of the Somali capital Mogadishu, police…
Suicide attack in Somalia | The death toll reaches 21
(Mogadishu) The death toll from the suicide attack with a truck packed with explosives on Saturday in central Somalia rose to 21 dead, after the discovery of new bodies in…
Airplane runs off runway in Somalia
Sorry, your browser does not support videos A small airliner rolled off the airstrip upon arrival at Mogadishu International Airport on Tuesday, according to state media. Posted at 11:53 a.m.…
Somalia | US air strike near a base attacked by jihadists
(Washington) The United States destroyed weapons and equipment stolen from Al-Shabaab jihadists in Somalia in an airstrike near an African Union force military base, authorities said SATURDAY. Posted at 10:27…
Somalia | Floods displace 200,000 people
(Beledweyne) Floods in central Somalia, caused by a sudden rise in a river, have displaced some 200,000 people, a regional official said on Saturday. Posted at 2:08 p.m. The flooding…
Somalia | Suicide bombing kills five, injures 11
(Mogadishu) At least five people were killed and 11 others injured, including a governor, in a suicide attack perpetrated Tuesday in southwestern Somalia, announced a police commander. Posted at 11:56…
Somalia: Summit of Horn of Africa leaders on the fight against Shebab
The Heads of State of the Horn of Africa met Wednesday in Somalia for a summit on the strategy to fight against the radical Islamists Al-Shabaab, who continue to launch…
IS leader killed in US raid in Somalia
(Washington) A leader of the Islamic State group, identified as Bilal al-Sudani, and “about ten people” linked to the terrorist organization were killed on Wednesday in an American raid in…
Somalia | End of the siege of a hotel in Mogadishu, at least eight dead
(Mogadishu) At least eight civilians were killed in the headquarters of the hotel attacked Sunday evening by Al-Shabaab jihadists in the Somali capital Mogadishu, the police spokesman announced on Monday,…
Somalia | Mogadishu hotel attacked by Al-Shabaab Islamists
(Mogadishu) An attack by Shebab on a hotel in the secure center of Mogadishu near the presidential palace was underway on Sunday evening, showing the ability of radical Islamists to…
Somalia: four dead in the siege of a hotel attacked by Shebab
At least four people were killed during the siege of a Mogadishu hotel occupied since Sunday evening by Al-Shabaab fighters, a Somali security official told AFP on Monday. “The terrorists…
Somalia | Suicide attack on a military training camp
(Mogadishu) A suicide bomber attacked a military training camp in Somalia on Saturday, causing casualties according to a military source, an attack claimed by radical Islamists Shebab a week after…
Double car bombing in Somalia kills at least 100
At least 100 people, including children, were killed on Saturday in a double car bomb attack claimed by Al-Shabaab on a busy thoroughfare in the center of the capital Mogadishu.…
Attack in Somalia | “I have never seen anything so horrible”
(Mogadishu) Worried families rushed to Mogadishu on Sunday in search of relatives at the scene of the double car bomb attack which killed around 100 people the day before at…
Somalia | Explosion of two car bombs at the Ministry of Education
(Mogadishu) Two car bombs exploded on Saturday at the Ministry of Education in Mogadishu, causing “victims” and blowing out the windows of nearby buildings, police and witnesses said. Posted at…
Somalia on the brink of a famine ‘never seen’ in half a century
Somalia, whose regions are on the brink of famine, will face a situation “not seen in half a century” without greater international mobilization, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warned…
Somalia is on the brink of famine, warns the UN in a “final warning”
“Famine is knocking at the door”. Somalia is on the brink of famine, the head of the UN humanitarian agency warned Monday, September 5, in a “final warning” before a…