Somalia
At least two people were killed in Bay during clashes between Shabaab and government forces. Shabaab’s new radio station in Dinsor is unpopular with locals. In Lower Shabelle, Shabaab has mediated a disagreement between two clans.
At least two people were killed in Bay during clashes between Shabaab and government forces. Shabaab’s new radio station in Dinsor is unpopular with locals. In Lower Shabelle, Shabaab has mediated a disagreement between two clans.
Shabaab has denied involvement in a recent attack that killed three Syrian doctors and three of their Somali counterparts. Somali forces will no longer decline to search foreigners, specifically Westerners and Caucasians, during security checks.
Fighting between two clan-based militias within the Somali Armed Forces has entered its fifth day, leaving at least 35 people dead, including 20 soldiers. At least two people have been killed in clashes between Shabaab and Somali forces in Wanlaweyn. Somalia’s defense minister promised that Shabaab will be eradicated in 2014.
Somali forces arrested 600 suspects in door-to-door sweeps in Baidoa following a Shabaab attack. At least seven people were killed in a Shabaab attack on a military base in Mogadishu. Shabaab briefly returned to Twitter nearly three months after the Westgate Mall assault.
Inside a Shabaab training camp
The account said it will seek “to create awareness of the Mujahideen’s struggle, further the cause of Jihad and promote the goals & visions of global Jihad.”
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Shabaab attacked Kenyan Defense Forces based at the Mogadishu airport. In Bay, Somali and Ethiopian troops have cleared Shabaab roadblocks. Twelve people were killed in Lower Shabelle as Somali troops turned on each other during an inter-clan argument over agricultural lands.
Shabaab militants attacked Somali federal government housing in Baidoa. Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed Mohamed was appointed Prime Minister by President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud.
A French warship has joined EU Naval Forces for counter-piracy operations. Witnesses say that numerous military aircraft were seen over Barawe, forcing Shabaab to flee.
Shabaab has attacked Ethiopian and Somali troops near Beledweyne. A Djiboutian AMISOM soldier was killed while attempting to defuse undetonated RPGs. In Gedo, Somali national army and Ahlu Sunna fighters launched a joint offensive against Shabaab bases south of Garbaharey. A recent report details how aid agencies paid Shabaab during the 2011 famine. Shabaab attacked […]
Ethiopian heavy armor and infantry have moved into the town of El Barde in Bakool. In Baidoa, security forces have boosted their operations over the past week, and have arrested over 250 suspects with ties to Shabaab. In Mogadishu, at least two people were injured when mortar shells were fired towards the Presidential Palace.
In Mogadishu, a Ugandan university lecturer was gunned down by unknown attackers, and a Somali MP was killed near the Presidential Palace when an IED planted in his vehicle detonated.
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A Shabaab suicide bomber carried out an attack on a security convoy in the coastal city of Bossaso. Two foreigners believed to be working for Saracen International survived the attack.
Shabaab carried out a suicide attack in Bossaso. In Beledweyne, Shabaab fighters unsuccessfully attacked an AMISOM base, with both sides believed to be using heavy artillery. Nearby, in the Mahas region, pastoralists have begun fighting back against Shabaab attacks aimed at stealing their livestock. A total of 139 Somali soldiers have completed their EU-led urban […]
UN investigators in Kismayu say that Kenyan forces, Ras Kamboni militiamen, and Shabaab split charcoal profits with each other despite being at war. Somalia’s central regions have banned a widely used schoolbook called “Islamic Education” that promotes the idea of apostasy and justifies suicide bombing.
A UN Security Council report says Shabaab may be moving closer to al Qaeda’s “global ideology and agenda.” President Mohamud has called for an end to clashes after eight people were killed in a skirmish between Puntland troops and a local militia.
Reports suggest that Shabaab militants attacked a Somali and AMISOM convoy in Baidoa. Prime Minister Shirdon and his cabinet have lost a vote of confidence by Somali lawmakers. Shirdon will leave office, ending his long-running dispute with President Mohamud, which may end weeks of government paralysis.
A combined force of Djiboutian and Somali troops has reportedly retreated to Beledweyne after meeting heavy Shabaab resistance in Luuq-Jeelow and Baar Village. If true, this would be the first significant setback since AMISOM and Somali troops renewed their offensive in the area.
Three Shabaab fighters were killed when Somali and AMISOM soldiers captured Buq-gosar village, west of Beledweyne. In Kismayo, the police have accused Shabaab of planting a roadside bomb that killed one person and wounded six on Monday, while two suspected Shabaab members were arrested for entering the city illegally. Unconfirmed reports indicate that the two […]
AMISOM and Somali troops have launched a fresh assault to liberate central Somalia. In Lower Shabelle, a Shabaab landmine missed an AMISOM convoy, killing at least 21 camels instead. A judge was assassinated by Shabaab in Hurwa.
After two recent suicide assaults in Beledweyne, AMISOM and Somali troops have begun new concerted operations against Shabaab in central Somalia.
The United Nations has approved a plan to integrate Ethiopian troops into AMISOM and increase the number of peacekeepers to over 22,000. Shabaab infighting continues, with the detention today of Yusuf Isse and other leaders by Ahmad Abdi Godane.
A car laden with explosives rammed into the gates of a police station in Beledweyne, allowing other jihadists to storm the compound.
A senior AMISOM commander said the force will gain 4,000 additional troops and may renew its offensive against Shabaab. In Beledweyne, Shabaab carried out a suicide assault on a police station, killing at least 21 people.
Shabaab has retaken the town of Kudhaa without meeting any resistance. A Shabaab commander confirmed local reports that Kenyan forces and the Raskamboni militia withdrew before their arrival. The reversal comes hours after the UN approved additional troops for Somalia and an AU official acknowledged that progress made against Shabaab was starting to recede.
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Ethiopian troops will join Kenyan and Ugandan troops in the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM). The Somali government welcomed the move and stressed the need for collaboration between the two neighboring countries.
Ten Shabaab fighters were killed during clashes between two factions in Bulo-Mare. The United Nations approved the expansion of AMISOM forces to 22,000 troops. Government officials estimate that more than 300 people died during a cyclone that struck in Puntland.