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By Andrew Wasike, Magdalene Mukami and Hassan Isilow NAIROBI, Kenya/JOHANNESBURG (AA): At least fifteen people were killed Tuesday when al-Shabaab terrorists attacked an upscale hotel in the Kenyan capital Nairobi. All the five terrorists have been killed, and a suicide bomber blew himself up, President Uhuru Kenyatta announced on Wednesday. At least 174 people […]

27th Nov 2018

Somalia: Two separate terror attacks kill 26 people

By Gamze Turkoglu Oguz (AA): Two terror attacks on Monday killed a prominent Muslim cleric and his 17 followers in northern Somalia and at least eight people were killed and wounded 15 others in Somali capital Mogadishu, police said. Ahmet Awale, of Galkayo police, said that two suicide bombers exploded in front of residence of the […]

10th Nov 2018

Somali: Triple car bombings kill 23 in Mogadishu

By Mohamed Dhaysane and Nour Gelle Gedi MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA): At least 23 people were killed and several others wounded on Friday in triple car bombings in the Somali capital, emergency officials said. Abdullahi Mohamed, a police officer in Mogadishu, told Anadolu Agency that three explosions targeted Sahafi Hotel. They were followed by gunfire. […]

17th Oct 2018

Somalia: US airstrike kills 60 al-Shabaab terrorists

By Servet Gunerigok WASHINGTON (AA): The U.S. military carried out an airstrike last week against the al-Shabaab terrorist group in Somalia, killing at least 60 terrorists, the U.S. Africa Command announced Tuesday. The airstrike was launched using two unmanned drones in coordination with the Somalian government Friday near the Harardere community in Mudug province […]

29th Apr 2018

Somalia: Suicide attack kills at least 5

By Mohammed Dhaysane MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA): At least five people, including a colonel, were killed Saturday when a suicide attacker blew himself up near a military camp in the city of Galkayo in the north-central Mudug region of Somalia, officials said. “An enemy man wearing an improvised device blew himself up near our military […]

13th Apr 2018

Somalia: Blast kills 5 at football stadium

By Mohammed Dhaysane MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA): At least five people were killed and more than 10 injured Thursday when a blast rocked a football stadium in the town of Barawe in Somalia’s lower Shabelle region. Barawe District Deputy Commissioner Bashir Mohamed Yusuf told local media the explosion was from a remote-controlled landmine. “The explosion […]

23rd Mar 2018

Somalia: Car suicide bomb blast in Mogadishu kills 14 people

By Mohammed Dhaysane MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA): At least 14 people were killed and more than six wounded when a car bomb exploded on the busiest street in Somalia’s capital Thursday, according to a security official. Somalia’s Internal Security Ministry Spokesman Abdi Asis Hildhiban confirmed the casualties during a news conference at the blast site […]

2nd Mar 2018

Somalia: Suicide and mortar attacks outside & inside Mogadishu kill 6 civilians

By Mohammed Dhaysane MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA): At least three people were killed and three others were wounded when a suicide car bomb blast targeted a security checkpoint in Sinka Dher, outskirts of the Somali capital Mogadishu on Thursday, police said. Just after this attack, a mortar attack in Mogadishu, claimed by Islamist group al-Shabaab, killed […]

25th Feb 2018

Somalia: Death toll rises to 29 in twin bombings in Mogadishu

By Mohammed Dhaysane and Hassan Istilla MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA): At least 29 people were killed and dozens wounded after double car bomb blasts rocked the Somalia capital on Friday evening, emergency officials said Saturday. The first bomb went off near the presidential palace followed by a gunfight between security forces and al-Shabaab attackers, according […]

14th Dec 2017

Somalia: Suicide attack at police academy kills 10

(AA): At least 10 people were killed and 15 others injured on Thursday morning after a suicide bomber wearing a police uniform blew up himself outside a police academy in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, local media reported. The suicide bomber infiltrated the police checkpoints and blew up himself during a police gathering, Somali National News […]

30th Nov 2017

US denies allegations of civilian killings in Somalia

By Safvan Allahverdi WASHINGTON (AA): The U.S. Africa Command (Africom) on Wednesday denied allegations that an operation carried out in August by American troops in Somalia resulted in civilian deaths. “After a thorough assessment of the Somali National army-led operation near Bariire, Somalia, on Aug. 25, 2017 and the associated allegations of civilian casualties, […]

29th Oct 2017

Somalia: 23 dead in Mogadishu twin suicide car bomb attack

By Mohammed Dhaysane MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA): At least 23 people, including a former lawmaker and a police official were killed and more than 30 others wounded in two suspected suicide car blasts at a hotel in capital Mogadishu on Saturday evening, according to police. Al-Shabaab has claimed responsibility for the attacks. Police Officer Ali Mohamed […]

16th Oct 2017

Somalia: Death toll from Mogadishu truck bombing rises to 270

By Mohammed Dhaysane MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA):The death toll from Saturday’s suicide bombing in the Somali capital Mogadishu has climbed to well above 270, with just as many or more injured, a federal member of parliament said Sunday. MP Mahad Salad said in a statement posted on his official Facebook page that 230 had been […]

15th Oct 2017

Somalia: Suicide attack kills over 30, wounds dozens in Mogadishu

By Mohammed Dhaysane and Hassan Istilla MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA): Over 30 people were killed, dozens wounded when a truck full of explosives exploded at the busiest intersection in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Saturday afternoon, police said. “The truck exploded at the KM5 injunction,” also known as Zobe, Ali Mohamed, a policeman at the […]

29th Sep 2017

Somalia: Car bomb blast in Mogadishu restaurant kills 7

By Mohammed Dhaysane MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA): At least seven people were killed and six others wounded when a car bomb blast hit a busy restaurant in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu, a government official said Thursday. In another attack Al Shabaab killed 17 at a military target outside the capital. Abdifatah Omar Hallane, Mogadishu municipality’s spokesman, […]

26th Sep 2017

US: Trump’s new immigration ban does not include Saudi Arabia

By Michael Hernandez WASHINGTON (AA): Saudi Arabia was excluded from the Donald Trump administration’s most recent effort to curb international immigration over security concerns because Riyadh met U.S.-mandated criteria, the White House said Monday. Saudi Arabia was home to 15 of the 19 Sept. 11, 2001, hijackers, and after the U.S. unveiled Trump’s third […]

2nd Sep 2017

Somalia: Double explosions kill 4, injures dozens

By Mohammed Dhaysane MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA): At least four people, including soldiers and civilians, were killed and more than 35 wounded on Friday when a double explosion targeted a busy market in northeastern Somalia, officials said, with other sources reporting a higher death toll. Abdukadir Abdullahi, director general for the Armo town hospital, told […]

31st Jul 2017

Somalia: al-Shabaab attack kills 11 soldiers

By Mohammed Dhaysane MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA): At least 11 soldiers were killed and several others injured when al-Shabaab militants attacked a military convoy in a village southwest of capital Mogadishu, officials said Sunday. Earlier on SUnday, at last five civilians were killed and about 10 injured in a car bomb blast in the Somali […]

13th Jul 2017

Somalia: Truck bomb blast kills 5 outside Mogadishu

By Mohammed Dhaysane MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA): At least five people were killed, all civilians, and more than eight wounded when a truck bomb attack targeted a security checkpoint on the outskirts of the Somali capital Mogadishu on Wednesday afternoon, officials said. The attack took place in Sinka-Dheer, a small village on the outskirts of […]

29th Jun 2017

US sets new visa rules for 6 Muslim countries

By Safvan Allahverdi WASHINGTON (AA): The Trump administration on Wednesday set new criteria that require a “close” family or business relation in the U.S. for visa applicants from six Muslim-majority countries, according to The Associated Press. The action comes after the Supreme Court decided Monday to allow part of a travel ban on refugees […]

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