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By Mohammed Adam MOGADISHU, (AA): At least eight people in Somalia were killed and 16 others wounded after twin car-bomb blasts hit a security checkpoint near the African Union’s mission headquarters and a hotel near Mogadishu’s main international airport on Monday. Ahmed Abdullahi, Wadajir district commissioner, told Anadolu Agency by phone that soldiers and […]

11th Dec 2016

Somalia: Car bomb kills many in Mogadishu

By Mohammed Dhaysane MOGADISHU, (AA): Several are feared dead after a car bomb targeted the seaport in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Sunday morning. Abdifatah Omar Hallane, Banadir regional administration spokesman, confirmed to Anadolu Agency that the blast was caused by a car bomb. “It is too early to know how money people were […]

26th Nov 2016

Somalia: Car bomb in Mogadishu kills 10

By Mohammed Dhaysane MOGADISHU, (AA): At least 10 people were killed more than eight others wounded when a car bomb targeted a busy market in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Saturday. Abdi Fatah Hallane, a spokesman for the Banadir regional administration– in which Mogadishu is located — confirmed to Anadolu Agency that the explosion […]

2nd Oct 2016

Somalia: Car bomb blast kills 5 in Mogadishu

By Mohamed Adam MOGADISHU, (AA): Five people have been killed and six others wounded Saturday afternoon in a suicide car bomb attack targeting a Mogadishu restaurant near a Somali national intelligence and security agency facility. Banaadir — in which Mogadishu is located — local government spokesman Abdifah Hallane told journalists in a news conference […]

7th Sep 2016

Somalia: 4 killed in explosions in Mogadishu

By Mohamed Adam MOGADISHU, (AA): Three people were killed and several wounded Tuesday when a bomb was detonated at the Somali capital’s main market. “There was blood, pieces of clothing and shoes scattered around the chaotic scene of the bomb attack,” eyewitness Abdirahman Noor told Anadolu Agency. He said government troops reached the area […]

1st Aug 2016

Somalia: 8 killed in blasts on security building in Mogadishu

By Noor Gedi MOGADISHU, (AA): At least eight people were killed Sunday morning in a twin car bombing at a police headquarters in Somali capital Mogadishu, a security source said. The government said seven attackers were also killed, most in a gun battle after the blasts rocked the offices of the Criminal Investigation Department. […]

9th Apr 2016

Somalia: Mortar attack kills three civilians in Mogadishu

MOGADISHU, (AA): Three people were killed and 10 injured in a mortar attack in Somali capital Mogadishu late Thursday, an official said. The attack by suspected al-Shabaab militants saw bombs land in the city’s seaside Hamar Weyne district. “The shells killed three civilians and injured ten others,” Ahmed Othman Toury, the district’s mayor, told the […]

22nd Jan 2016

Somalia: Two bombs explode in Mogadishu killing several people

MOGADISHU, (AA): Two car bombs exploded Thursday near cafés in the center of the Somali capital, Mogadishu, causing extensive damage, security sources said. At least six people and eight attackers were killed according to various media reports and several others injured in the twin explosions. Another security source who requested anonymity said the death toll […]

15th Dec 2015

Somalia: UN official killed in armed attack in Mogadishu

MOGADISHU, (AA): Unidentified gunmen killed two people, including a UN official in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu, the UN refugee agency said late Monday in a statement. Amina Noor Mohamed “was shot by unknown gunmen while traveling in a private vehicle driven by a staff member from a UNHCR partner organization who also lost his life in the attack,” the statement said. According to […]

22nd Sep 2015

Somalia: Car bomb kills 7 near presidential palace

MOGADISHU, (AA & Agencies): A car bomb exploded outside a hotel located near Somalia’s presidential palace on Monday evening killing at least seven people and injuring ten others, Interior Ministry sources have said. According to a local security official, the driver of a bomb-laden car – who was himself apparently killed in the blast – […]

21st Jun 2015

Somalia: 4 attackers killed in Somali Govt building assault

MOGADISHU, (Xinhua): Four attackers were killed when they attempted to storm a government compound in Mogadishu’s Shibis district following a blast Sunday, authorities said. “The attackers were four wearing Somali military uniform, and we have managed to kill all of them,” Interior Ministry spokesman, Mohamed Yusuf, told media after the attack. Somali forces have […]

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