Twenty-three people were killed in attacks in Mogadishu; nine of those were killed in an IED attack on a minivan near a base manned by Burundian troops. Uganda’s Chief of Defence Forces said it would deploy 10,000 troops to Somalia if the United States provides financial assistance.
Four African Union soldiers and six civilians were killed in Shabaab mortar attacks in Mogadishu. Food supplies to the capital have been curtailed due to the fighting. President Ahmed called for international support to battle “the evil al Qaeda-al Shabab alliance.”
Fifteen people were killed in the latest round of fighting between Shabaab and government and African Union forces in Mogadishu. Shabaab is believed to have the upper hand in the fighting in Mogadishu.
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Where does Somalia’s Al Shabab suicide attack leave the government?
Shabaab took credit for yesterday’s suicide assault on a hotel in Mogadishu that killed more than 30 people, including seven members of parliament. Hundreds of Ugandan troops have arrived in Mogadishu to boost the African Union forces.
Al Shabaab push towards Somali president’s palace
Since last year’s reports of “more than twenty” Somali youths from Minnesota going missing, all presumed to have been recruited to fight in Somalia alongside the al Qaeda-linked Shabaab, several new cases involving other Somali-Americans providing assistance to or attempting to join the terrorist organization have kept the counterterrorism community on edge. Indictments, superseding indictments, […]
A Shabaab suicide assault team killed 28 people, including 6 lawmakers and five soldiers, in an attack on a hotel in Mogadishu. Twenty-five people were killed in clashes between government forces and Islamist fighters in Mogadishu. Shabaab took control of a radio station in the capital.
The Shabaab assault team stormed a hotel in a government-controlled area of Mogadishu.
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Three Pakistanis, two Indians, one Afghan, and one Algerian were among 10 Shabaab fighters killed during a mysterious explosion that mimicked an incident that almost killed Shabaab’s leader in May 2009.
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Ten Shabaab fighters, including three Pakistanis, two Indians, an Afghan, and an Algerian, were killed in an explosion at a safe house in Mogadishu. Three people were killed in fighting in Puntland between Shabaab and security forces. Shabaab burned 500 bags of grain stored at a World Food Program warehouse.
Three Hizbul Islam fighters, two soldiers, and two civilians were killed during clashes in Mogadishu. Three civilians at a refugee camp in Mogadishu were killed in a mortar exchange. Hizbul Islam imposed a curfew in Afgoi.
Fifteen people were killed during clashes between Hizbul Islam and government forces in Mogadishu. The new mayor of Mogadishu said NGOs are enemies of Somalia as they are spreading false reports about the security situation.
US judge dismisses piracy charges against 6 Somalis
South Africa may send peacekeepers to join African Union forces in Mogadishu. The pro-Islamist Hawiye clan condemned the assassination of a member of a peace council and requested that Hizbul Islam find the murderer.
Al Qaeda’s top leaders are pleased with Shabaab’s operations but do not want to draw any unnecessary attention to links between the two terror groups. Al Qaeda wants Shabaab to continue to strike at US interests in the region.
Eighteen people were killed in renewed fighting between Shabaab and Puntland forces in Bari. Five people were killed at a refugee camp in Mogadishu. Ethiopia said it may send forces to Mogadishu if African Union forces needed assistance.
Security officials said Shabaab forces under Mohammed Said Atom have been driven from the Galgala Mountains.
Shabaab banned three Christian aid agencies from operating in Somalia for “acting as missionaries under the guise of humanitarian work.” A member of parliament denounced the attack on Shabaab fighters in Puntland. The UN plans to return to Somalia in two months, after leaving the country 17 years ago.
U.N. Back to Somalia After 17 Years
UN to return to Somalia within two months, after 17 years