Somali security forces said they have ended a 20-hour siege on a popular hotel in Mogadishu, the Somali capital , killing 15 people. The deads included six attackers. Sadiq Dudishe, Spokesman of the Somali Police Force said they shot dead five of the al-Shabab attackers. Dudishe added that one of the attackers blew himself up […]
Somalia’s army and allied clan militias have killed at least 100 al-Shabaab fighters in heavy clashes in the central Hiran region, the Defence Ministry said on Friday, days after twin bombings killed at least 120 people in the capital. Al-Shabaab, an al-Qaeda franchise, claimed responsibility for two car bombs that blew up outside the Education […]
The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) has condemned the deadly terrorist attack in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia. “IGAD is deeply saddened by the loss of lives caused by the terrorist attack in Mogadishu, Somalia; and condemns this heinous crime in the strongest terms,” the eight-member East African bloc said on Saturday. Twin car […]
A car bomb and shooting attack on a hotel in the Somali city of Kismayu killed nine people on Sunday before security forces ended the siege at the hotel and killed the attackers, a regional official said. Gunfire erupted after an explosives-laden vehicle rammed into the gate of the port city’s Tawakal Hotel. The al […]