A suicide bomber in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu on Monday killed at least 13 soldiers and wounded at least 20 more inside a military academy in an attack claimed by the al Shabaab militant group. A military campaign launched by government…
Somali military says 40 Al-Shabaab fighters killed, aided by U.S.
The Somali military said on Sunday it had killed around 40 fighters and commanders of the Islamist terrorist militia Al-Shabaab. The United States supported the Somalis with three air strikes during fighting in the south of the country near the…
Al-Shabab attacks AU peacekeeper mission base in Somalia
Al-Shabab fighters have attacked a military base housing Ugandan forces of the African Union peacekeeping mission in Somalia, according to the East African country’s contingent and a Somali captain. The rebels attacked the base belonging to the African Union Transition…
Over 1m internally displaced in Somalia in 4 months -Aid agencies
Severe drought, recurrent conflict and devastating floods have forced more than one million people in Somalia to flee their homes in just 130 days, two aid agencies said Wednesday. The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC)…
Horn of Africa drought not possible without climate change – Study
The drought that has left some 4.35 million people in the Horn of Africa in dire need of humanitarian aid – with 43,000 in Somalia estimated to have died last year – would not have been possible without climate change,…
Suspected extremists attack police in northern Kenya; 3 dead
Three people, including two police officers, were killed Wednesday morning in an attack by al-Shabab extremists in northern Kenya, Kenyan police have announced. The victims were in a police vehicle when they were attacked between the Hayley Lapsset Camp and…
Aid staves off Somalia famine, for now: UN
Humanitarian aid and support from local communities have helped avert a dreaded famine declaration in Somalia this year, but the situation remains “catastrophic,” the UN said on Tuesday. The United Nations humanitarian agency OCHA said the latest assessment found that,…
Drought, conflict force 80k Somalis to Kenya’s Dadaab refugee camps – UN
The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) has said that no fewer than 80,000 Somalis were forced from their homes by extremist violence and drought. According to the agency, these Somalias had sought shelter in recent weeks at Kenya’s Dadaab Refugee Camps.…
At least 4 reportedly killed as al Qaeda-linked al-Shabaab militants storm hotel in Somalia’s capital
At least four people were killed in an ongoing attack by Al-Shabaab militants who laid siege to a popular hotel in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu overnight, a security agency official told AFP on Monday. Gunfire and explosions could still be heard…
Armed al-Shabab militants storm hotel in Somali capital
Somali security forces were attempting to flush out armed assailants from a hotel in the Somali capital, a police spokesman said Sunday, after the extremist group al-Shabab claimed responsibility for the attack. There has been no immediate word of any…