Tag: Somalia
Somali Shebab university massacre gunmen were Kenyans
All four gunmen from Somalia’s Al-Qaeda linked Shebab who carried out the Kenyan university massacre earlier this month were Kenyans…
Shebab militants launch attack in Baidoa
Suspected members of Somalia’s Al-Qaeda-affiliated Shebab militants Thursday attacked a fortified area containing regional government headquarters, an airport and a…
US citizens warned after Shebab mall threat
United States homeland security chief Jeh Johnson warned shoppers in one of America’s biggest malls to be on their guard…
Gunmen shoot dead Somali lawmaker
Gunmen shot dead a lawmaker in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Monday, a fellow MP said, the latest in a…
Somalia’s Shebab militants execute CIA, US informers
Somalia’s Shebab militants have executed four people accused of spying for the United States, Ethiopia and the country’s internationally-backed government,…
Somalia dismisses Ebola Virus rumour
The government of war-torn Somalia has moved to reassure residents that there was no outbreak of Ebola in the country,…
Senior Shebab official surrenders in Somalia
A top leader of Somalia’s Al-Qaeda-affiliated Shebab rebels, intelligence chief Zakariya Ismail Ahmed Hersi, has surrendered to government and African…
US ‘strongly condemns’ Shebab attack on Somalia AU base
The United States “strongly condemns” a Shebab attack that killed three soldiers and a civilian at African Union headquarters in…
US-Somali shot dead in Mogadishu
A US-Somali engineer who had come back to his birth nation to help rebuild the war-torn country has become the…
Somali troops secure key port after capture from Shebab
Somali military commanders Monday celebrated the capture of the last major port held by Islamist Shebab insurgents, as the government…
Shebab stones woman to death for polyandry
A Somali woman has been stoned to death in an Islamist Shebab-controlled part of the country for secretly marrying several…
Germany arrests three Shebab suspects returning from Kenya
Three German men were arrested at the weekend when they flew home from Kenya, accused of having joined and fought…
UN-funded African troops rape vulnerable Somalis
Internationally-funded African Union troops in war-torn and impoverished Somalia have raped women and girls as young as 12 and traded…
Somalia put on high alert after Shebab leader confirmed dead
Somalia’s government warned Saturday that the country’s Al-Qaeda-linked Shebab rebels were planning a wave of retaliatory attacks after it was…
Somali president thanks US for killing Shebab leader
Somalia’s president on Friday thanked the United States for killing the leader of the country’s Al-Qaeda-linked Shebab militants in an…