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Somalia port boss assassinated and car bomb leaves nine dead in al-Shabab attacks
Somalia's Al-Shabaab militants shot dead the Maltese manager of a major northern port and detonated a car bomb in the capital on Monday, killing nine people, in a deadly day for the restive nation. A gunman shot Maltese national Paul Anthony Formosa at the Bossasso ...
After attack in Somalia, Ethiopia readies 'massive offensive' against al-Shabab extremist group
The Ethiopian National Defense Force is confirming an ambush by al-Shabab extremists on an Ethiopian peacekeeping convoy in neighboring Somalia and says Ethiopian forces are preparing a "massive offensive" in response. A statement Saturday rejected reports and an al-Shabab claim that several Ethiopian troops were ...
Britain is charging young women rescued from forced marriages abroad for the cost of their repatriation, The Times newspaper revealed Wednesday. Four British women who were liberated from a punishment institution in Somalia were each charged £740 ($940), the daily said. Victims are told they have ...
U.S. kills 62 al-Shabab extremists as airstrikes in Somalia are on the rise
A spate of American airstrikes against Islamic extremists in Somalia is the latest in a dramatic uptick in U.S. attacks in the Horn of Africa nation since President Donald Trump took office. The weekend strikes, which killed 62 people, targeted al-Shabab militants who want to ...
Al-Shabab admits Somali blast that killed two generals and seven guards
Nine Somali soldiers including two generals were killed on Thursday by a blast just outside the capital Mogadishu, militants and an army official said. Islamist group al-Shabab claimed responsibility, saying it had destroyed a military pickup truck carrying the generals and their seven bodyguards near ...
The number of people killed in twin suicide bomb attacks on two restaurants in Somalia's southern city of Baidoa has risen to 20 and another 40 people were injured, a local hospital official said on Sunday. Two suicide bombers blew themselves up in restaurants in ...
Ethiopia and Somalia linked by first commercial flight in 40 years
An Ethiopian airline on Saturday made the first commercial flight between Addis Ababa and Mogadishu in 41 years, in yet another sign of warming ties between neighboring Horn of Africa nations Ethiopia and Somalia. A plane from the private airline Ethiopia National Airways landed at ...
Al-Shabab takes credit as car bomb kills six outside Somali government office
Six people were killed and another 16 injured when a car bomb exploded outside a local government office in Mogadishu on Monday, Somali police and rescue workers said. "Our ambulance teams have collected the dead bodies of six people," said Abdiqadir Abdirahman, director of the ...
Suspected al-Shabab militants kill five soldiers in Kenya's Lamu county
Five Kenyan soldiers were killed in an attack claimed by the Somali group al-Shabab in Lamu County on Kenya's north coast on Wednesday, a senior official said. The local government official in the county, who asked not to be named, said the attack occurred between ...
Somalia brings first prosecution for female genital mutilation
Somalia's Attorney General Ahmed Ali Dahir announced on Wednesday the country's first prosecution against female genital mutilation (FGM) following the death of a 10-year-old girl, an adviser to the government said. Ifrah Ahmed, who advises Somalia on gender issues, said the attorney general was sending ...
The final death toll in October's massive truck bombing in Somalia's capital is 512 people, according to the committee tasked with looking into the country's worst-ever attack. The final toll is a dramatic increase from previous estimates of more than 350 killed. The committee's report, ...
U.S. military says it conducted airstrike against Islamic State in Somalia, killing one
The U.S. military said on Monday it had carried out an airstrike against Islamic State militants in northeast Somalia, killing one person. Islamic State has been gathering recruits in the region, although experts say the scale of its force is unclear and it remains a ...
