Tag Archives: Somalia

Hizbul Islam and Shabaab claimed to have killed four soldiers during fighting with government forces in northern Mogadishu. Three people were wounded in an IED attack that targeted foreign workers in Galkayo.

The Shabaab suicide bomber that struck at a graduation for medical students was a Danish citizen. Ten Somalis were killed in shelling in Mogadishu. Hizbul Islam killed two students during a demonstration in Elasha Biyaha. Pirates hijacked a Pakistani-flagged ship.

Eight Somalis were killed in shelling in Mogadishu. Three soldiers were killed during fighting within the ranks. Unknown gunmen killed an imam in Bosaso. Shabaab banned the sale of khat in Afmadow.

Shabaab fighters killed more than 10 people in Basra in the Lower Shabelle region in an attack on people praying at a Sufi shrine. Somalia’s government appointed new police and military heads after the president sacked the former police and military chiefs.

A spokesman for Shabaab denied that the group was behind yesterday™s suicide bombing that killed at least 22 people, including three government ministers. The UN envoy to Somalia said it was “outrageous” to suggest anyone else was to blame. The African Union special representative for Somalia listed Pakistan, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, America, Tanzania, Uganda, Kenya, and […]

A Shabaab suicide bomber disguised as a woman killed at least 19 people, including three government ministers, in Mogadishu. The attack hit a hotel in the city during a crowded graduation ceremony for medical students from a local university.

A blast targeted a cinema in Bosaso, killing three people. A second blast targeted a mosque in Galkayo. A Shabaab commander from the southern Shabelle region defected to the government. The Somali government demoted the chief of the national armed forces and the chief of the police force.

Shabaab fighters reportedly disarmed Hizbul Islam top leader Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys, according to state radio. Security forces in Bosaso captured a wanted pirate called Omar Hassan Osman, also known as Baqalyo, who hijacked and received $4 million in ransom from an Italian ship.

Pirates seized a Greek-flagged supertanker transporting oil to the US. Several Hizbul Islam officials led by warlord Sheikh Ahmed Mohammed Islam Madobe fled to Kenya, after Shabaab seized two towns near the border. Reports said the fleeing officials held meetings with top Kenyan security officials and are currently in the capital Nairobi.

Pirates attacked a Spanish fishing vessel but private security guards aboard the ship drove them off with gunfire. Puntland Marines have joined the pirates, said Puntland former president Ade Muse Hershe. The top leader of Shabaab, Sheikh Mukhtar Abdirahman Abu Zubeyr, vowed more fighting against Somali government and AMISOM troops. Two clerics were killed by […]

Shabaab seized control of Dhobley, a town near the Kenyan border, with battle wagons and a heavily-armed militia, sending civilians fleeing towards the neighboring country. African Union peacekeeping troops have for the first time revealed that the AU has lost 80 of its soldiers in explosions and gun battles with insurgents since deployment to Somalia […]

Shabaab captured the town of Qoaqani from Hizbul Islam. The top leader of Hizbul Islam, Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys, condemned the ongoing clashes between his group and Shabaab. Hizbul™s faction in Tayeglow defected to Shabaab. At least five civilians were killed in clashes between insurgents and soldiers in Mogadishu. Shabaab ordered the World Food Programme […]

At least 11 people were killed in clashes between government forces and Hizbul Islam around the presidential palace in Mogadishu. Gunmen killed a police official in Puntland. A US private military company will work in Mogadishu, contracted by Somalia™s government. Two Ghadir class submarines will join the Iranian navy off the coast of Somalia.

Shabaab seized control of the southern town of Afmadow from rival Hizbul Islam after clashes that killed 14 people. The top leader of Hizbul Islam, Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys, has secretly held talks with some top Shabaab officials to discuss the brewing row between the two groups. African Union peacekeepers have made a new base […]

A British couple kidnapped by pirates have appealed directly to the British Government to open talks for their release, fearing that they may be killed within a week. Their kidnappers told them a terrorist cell is also hunting them. Shabaab launched an attack on a base of Hizbul Islam just 60 kilometers north of Kismayo.