A suicide car bomber killed 15 at an army barracks in Mogadishu

Photo/Somali Times According to Villa Somalia, officials 15 people have been killed and 20 others injured following a car bomb attack on a military base in Mogadishu. The attack which happened at the 12th April Army Brigade resulted in the death of 15 people. It was not immediately clear if the dead included soldiers. The

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A suicide car bomb has exploded at an army barracks at the 12th Battalion in Mogadishu

Photo/Somali Times A car bomb has exploded at an army barracks at the 12th Battalion at the back of the Stadium Mogadishu. The bomber struck shortly after noon in front of a Somali military base. There were casualties, deaths and injuries as a result of the blast, and the blast was intense, although the exact

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Will US kill nuclear goals of belligerent Gulf states?

United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia reveal interest in going nuclear amid escalating tensions in Middle East Nuclear proliferation is bigger than global warming, the US president said in an interview this week amid reports the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Saudi Arabia are taking solid steps to go nuclear. If we can do something with

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Ethiopia objects to Egyptian base plans in Somaliland

Proposed Egyptian military base in self-declared breakaway territory Somaliland causes regional tension Ethiopia said Friday the relations Egypt wants to establish with territories in the East Africa region must not come at the cost of Ethiopian interests. Addressing a weekly news briefing, Ethiopian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Dina Mufti said, “Egypt as a sovereign country reserves

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Russia may have deployed S-400 air defence system in Libya

Pictures circulating on social media suggest Russia may have deployed its S-400 air defence system in Libya, an analyst writing for Forbes said on Thursday. Images posted online appear to show a large radar and vertical missile tubes near Ras Lanuf in eastern Libya. If they are part of Russia’s S-300 or S-400 system, “it

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Deaths and injuries caused by storms in Jubaland

Photo/Somali Times Jubaland Minister of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources regional says, Mr. Ibrahim Abdi Hassan provided details of casualties from the storm hit the coastal region. Ibrahim Abdi Hassan told Somali Times that nine fishermen died off the coast of Ras Kamboni in the Lower Jubba region. He also pointed out that 12 others were

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Saudi hit squad sent to Canada to kill former intel official, lawsuit alleges

Mohammed bin Salman still reportedly works to hunt down Jabri, even obtaining a fatwa from Saudi clerics that endorses his killing (AFP/File photo) Saudi Arabia has been accused of dispatching a group of hitmen to Canada to kill former intelligence official Saad al-Jabri, who is living in exile and reportedly resisting pressure from Crown Prince

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A Somali woman has given birth to quintuplets in Mogadishu

Photo: Credit Twitter Health workers who helped deliver the baby. Doctors, nurses celebrate after woman gives birth to five kids A woman in Somalia has delivered five children at once at the Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Hospital – The hospital announced the good news on Twitter on Monday, August 3, saying the woman and her five

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Ex-king of Spain refused offer to move to Saudi

The photo was posted on the Twitter account of the Saudi Foreign Ministry. Former Spanish King, Juan Carlos, refused a Saudi offer to move to a palace in the kingdom after abdicating the throne and going into exile after facing allegations of corruption. Spanish media said Carlos moved to the Dominican Republic in an effort

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Somalia expects to announce winners of first petroleum auction early 2021

Somalia expects to announce the winners of its first oil and gas licensing round early next year, as the country seeks petro dollars to help rebuild its struggling economy, a senior government oil official said on Wednesday. Battered by violence and an Islamist insurgency since clan warlords overthrew a dictator in 1991, Somalia is offering

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