Living in a country rocked by war and unable to train, Omar attempted to reach Europe by boat to secure a trainer and a chance at her Olympic dream Heather […]
Source. The daily Beast. The U.S. military conducted an airstrike in Somalia on Thursday with the help of the Somalian government, the Pentagon confirmed. According to a spokesman, the operation targeted Hassan Ali Dhoore, a senior leader of al Qaeda-affiliated group al-Shabaab. While the Pentagon has yet to confirm whether […]
Source: Time Al-Shabab, the Islamic extremist group, claimed responsibility for the attack (MOGADISHU, Somalia) — Somalia’s security forces ended a deadly siege of a beachfront restaurant in the capital, with […]
Source: MSN.com RIYADH, Jan 2 (Reuters) – Somalia’s Islamist militant group al Shabaab has released a recruitment film in the form of a documentary about racial injustice in the United […]
Source: BBC Somalia’s government has banned the celebration of Christmas, warning that such Christian festivities could threaten the nation’s Muslim faith. “Those celebrations are not in any way related to […]
by Patrick Cockburn The aftermath of an Isis suicide bomb attack during the battle for Kobani On June 30 last year, Isis said it was establishing a caliphate in the territories under its control in Iraq and Syria. As part of a series by The Independent marking this anniversary, […]
Two suspected members of the Islamist group al-Shabab have been executed by firing squad in the Somali capital. A military court in Mogadishu found them guilty of killing five people, including four members of parliament. One of the MPs was the popular female singer, Saado Ali Warsame, who was killed […]
INTERNATIONAL TONY KARUMBA / AFP / GETTY IMAGES Over 250,000 East African refugees trapped in Yemen Many refugees and asylum-seekers from Somalia, Ethiopia and Eritrea say they have nowhere else to go April 18, 2015 8:00AM ET by Michael Pizzi @michaelwpizzi Tens of thousands of East African refugees and asylum-seekers […]
An improvised bomb exploded near a U.N. vehicle traveling near the northeastern Somali city of Garowe on Monday morning, killing six people — including four aid workers for the international children’s agency UNICEF. Somalia’s President called it “an attack against the future of our country.” The attack follows a separate […]
A car bomb has exploded outside a popular restaurant in the Somali capital, Mogadishu. The BBC’s Moalimu Mohammed in Mogadishu says 11 people have been confirmed dead in the explosion and others have been seriously injured. Banooda restaurant is in front of the Central Hotel, which is often frequented by […]
Protests against Charlie Hebdo’s front cover have seen thousands more take to the streets – with students in Somalia declaring ‘Je Suis Muslim – and I love my Prophet’. Students marched through Mogadishu on Saturday morning, three days after the commemorative edition of the satirical magazine went on sale. The […]
BBC News: The US says it has conducted an air strike against the Islamist insurgent group al-Shabab in Somalia. Its target was a “senior leader” in the area of Saakow, according to a statement by the US defence department. READ MORE…
bbc.co.uk: At least seven people have been killed in a twin suicide bomb attack in the town of Baidoa in southern Somalia. READ MORE…
An Islamic court has stoned a teenager to death in southern Somalia after convicting him of raping a woman, a pro-Islamist news site reports. READ MORE…
Somali government and African Union (AU) forces have taken full control of the last port city held by militant Islamists, officials say. Heavy gunfire could be heard as the AU and Somali forces entered Barawe, 220km (135 miles) south-west of the capital Mogadishu, on Monday, residents said. READ MORE…
African Union (AU) troops raped women and girls seeking medical aid or water from their bases in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, a rights group says. The troops had “misused” their power over women fleeing violence and poverty, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said. One Muslim girl, aged 15, reportedly had her headscarf […]
African Union (AU) troops raped women and girls seeking medical aid or water from their bases in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, a rights group says. The troops had “misused” their power over women fleeing violence and poverty, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said. One Muslim girl, aged 15, reportedly had her headscarf […]
Somalia is on alert for retaliatory attacks by the Islamist group al-Shabab, officials say, after the group’s leader Ahmed Abdi Godane, 37, was killed in a US air strike. National Security Minister Kalif Ahmed Ereg said the country faced “desperate attacks” on government facilities. READ MORE…
Somalia’s government has offered an amnesty to fighters of Islamist group al-Shabab, amid uncertainty over whether its leader survived a US air strike. The militants would be reintegrated into society if they surrendered over the next 45 days, a statement said. The offer seems to be an attempt to exploit […]
http://www.cnn.com/video/api/embed.html#/video/world/2014/09/02/newday-labott-u-s-somalia-operation.cnn Mogadishu, Somalia (CNN) — A suspected U.S. drone strike targeted senior leaders of Al-Shabaab in southern Somalia, but it’s not clear if the leader of the Islamic militant group […]