The death toll from the most powerful bomb blast witnessed in Somalia’s capital rose to 189 with more than 200 injured, police and hospital sources said on Sunday. The death toll from the most powerful [ More … ]
Former deputy al-Shabaab leader and spokesman Sheikh Mukhtar Robow, known as Abu Mansoor, has surrendered himself to Somali government earlier on Sunday, authorities confirmed. Mohamed Abdi, Bakol region governor, told Anadolu Agency over the phone [ More … ]
An al-Shabaab car bombing left at least ten dead in the capital Mogadishu on Tuesday, a security source said, in the latest attack on civilians in the Muslims’ holy month of Ramadan. At least 10 [ More … ]
US President Donald Trump has approved a Pentagon request to allow US special operations forces to accompany Somali troops and call in airstrikes against al-Shabaab without higher level approval. US President Donald Trump has approved [ More … ]
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