Tag Archives: Somalia

Hizbul Islam fighters stoned to death a man accused of adultery and shot a man accused of murder, before hundreds of people in Afgoye. At least three people were killed in clashes between government soldiers and insurgents in Mogadishu.

Two civilians were killed during clashes between government forces and Shabaab and Hizbul Islam in Mogadishu. A gunman wounded three people during an attack on the leadership of the pro-government Ahlu Sunna Waljama in Galkayo. Somali lawmakers want the parliament moved from Mogadishu to Puntland.

President Sharif called on the police and military to crack down on Shabaab and Hizbul Islam. The pro-government Islamist Ahlu Sunna Waljama signed an agreement with the government to support it against Shabaab and Hizbul Islam. Somali pirates released a Greek-flagged ship and its crew of 24 Ukrainians.

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 […]