Ten civilians and one police officer were killed in a gun and bomb attack by Al-Shabaab terrorists on an upscale beachfront hotel in Somalia’s capital on Sunday, an official told AFP. Security forces took four hours to regain control of the Elite Hotel in the Lido beach area of Mogadishu after five assailants stormed it […]
An official confirmed that Somali security forces backed by Southwestern State army, on Wednesday, killed six al-Shabab fighters in an offensive in Dinsor town in the southern region of Bay. Abdulkadir Shaban, Deputy Governor of Dinsor town in charge of security, said the joint operation was conducted following a tip-off from the public. “There was […]
Suspected members of the Islamist group al-Shabaab have killed a Somali journalist and his wife, police said on Thursday. Daud Ali Omar, 35, who worked for an independent radio station in the southern-central city of Baidoa, and his wife, were shot dead while sleeping by gunmen who entered their home on Wednesday night, local […]
Seven people are feared dead in an attack on the higher education ministry in a busy area of Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu. Witnesses told the press that car loaded with explosives was driven into the wall surrounding the compound and there is an ongoing gun battle. A police official said that gunfire was coming from inside […]
Somali government forces have captured four suspected Islamist militants, a spokesman for the state security agency said Saturday. Qasim Ahmed Roble told reporters that the four suspected members of the terrorist group al-Shabab were shown to the media in the capital, Mogadishu. He said the suspects opened fire on Somali security forces Friday night while […]