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Al-Shabaab raids on army bases in Somalia kill 25 people

Robert Imoh — Sun, 09 Jun 2024 07:24:55 +0000

At least 25 people were killed during Islamist terrorist attacks on four army bases in central Somalia‌ on Saturday, officials confirmed. Somali army spokesman Abukar Mohamed Hassan said that the Al-Shabaab group carried out “a massive assault” from different directions, in the Eldheer district, with suicide bombers and heavily armed militants. “Our national armed forces […]

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UN Security Council lifts arms embargo on Somalia government

Gbemi Banks — Sat, 02 Dec 2023 12:15:57 +0000

The United Nations Security Council unanimously voted on Friday to remove the final restrictions on weapons deliveries to Somalia’s government and its security forces, more than 30 years after an arms embargo was first imposed on the country. The council put the embargo on Somalia in 1992 to cut the flow of weapons to feuding […]

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Death toll in Kenya flooding rises to at least 120 – Minister

Gbemi Banks — Wed, 29 Nov 2023 05:49:03 +0000

The death toll in weeks of flooding in Kenya in eastern Africa has risen to at least 120, Interior Minister Raymond Omollo said on Tuesday. People from almost 90,000 households have fled the flood waters and are being accommodated in 120 makeshift camps, Omollo added. He did not provide any information about the total number […]

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Somalia says it has taken control of key port from al Shabaab

Gbemi Banks — Tue, 17 Jan 2023 06:59:14 +0000

Somalia’s government-led forces have captured an al Shabaab stronghold on the Indian Ocean coast, the defense minister said on Monday. The capture of the stronghold represents one of their most significant victories since launching an offensive against the Islamist group last year. Defense Minister Abdulkadir Mohamed Nur said in a broadcast on state-owned television that […]

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Bomb kills five during football match in Somalia

Freedom Reporter — Fri, 13 Apr 2018 18:30:05 +0000

A bomb killed five spectators at a football match in southern Somalia, police and a lawmaker said on Friday, the first time an explosion has targetted a stadium. The blast went off in the port town of Barawe, in the Lower Shabelle region, when residents were watching a football match on Thursday afternoon, police said, […]

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Soldier sentenced to death for mistakenly killing minister

Freedom Reporter — Mon, 19 Jun 2017 15:45:36 +0000

A court martial on Monday sentenced a Somali soldier to death for killing a government minister after mistaking him for an Islamist militant. Public Works Minister Abbas Siraji was shot dead on May 3, in his car in the capital, Mogadishu. Soldier Ahmed Abdulahi Ahmed was condemned to death by a military court “for mistakenly […]

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Somalia security chief killed by own guard; al Shabaab claims responsibility

Freedom Reporter — Wed, 22 Jun 2016 11:47:56 +0000

Somalia police on Wednesday confirmed that Abdiweli Mohamed, Head of National Security in Middle Shebelle region, was shot dead in Jowhar, on Tuesday by one of his bodyguards. Ahmed Mohamud, a Police Officer in Jowhar, made the confirmation and said that Mohamed was killed in Jowhar. He said in Mogadishu that two other bodyguards […]

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