The United States condemns in the strongest terms the July 24 terrorist attack in Mogadishu. We offer our sincerest condolences to the families and friends of the victims who were killed. We also pray for those who were injured, including Mayor Abdirahman Omar Osman. We commend the Somali security forces and first responders who provided

Photo (AP) A rare female suicide bomber used in the deadly al-Shabab attack in the office of Mogadishu’s mayor was aiming for the American who is the new United Nations envoy to Somalia and had left the office just minutes earlier, the extremist group and officials said. The death toll in Wednesday’s attack rose to

Photo/Somali Times Mogadishu – The UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Somalia, James Swan, strongly condemns the suicide attack that took place in the offices of Mogadishu’s mayor today and which has reportedly led to casualties, with the mayor among them. “I deplore this heinous attack which not only demonstrates a violent disregard for the sanctity

Photo (AP) A suicide bomber walked into the office of Mogadishu’s mayor and detonated explosives strapped to his waist, killing six people and badly wounding the mayor minutes after a visit from the new United Nations envoy, Somali officials said Wednesday. The attack claimed by the al-Shabab extremist group occurred after the envoy to Somalia,

Photo/Somali Times A suicide bomb attack on the local government headquarters injured the mayor of Mogadishu and several other Somali officials on Wednesday, a relative of one of the victims told Reuters. No one immediately claimed responsibility but Al Qaeda-linked Islamist group al Shabaab, which wants to topple the U.N.-backed government, regularly carries out such

Photo/Somali Times At least 10 people were killed and several others wounded, when a car bomb blast targeted a security checkpoint, in Somali capital Mogadishu on Monday morning, when a bomb went off outside a hotel near the international airport in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu on Monday, Somali officials said. Somali officials, told Somali Times that

Photo/Somali Times Mogadishu, The explosion was a vehicle packed with explosives and detonated at the front gate of Afrik at the Aden Adde International Airport in Mogadishu. the blast heard most districts. It is also close to the Aden Adde International Airport, where the security is tightened, and there are many hotels in the area.

Photo/Somali Times Mogadishu, The President of the Federal Republic of Somalia, HE Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, received a delegation from the African Union and IGAD delegation led by the former South African President, Thabo Mbeki. The mission of the delegation is based on the assessment of the security and economic situation in the country, in the

Photo/Somali Times The President of the Federal Republic of Somalia, HE Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed addressed the governor of the Puntland State of Somalia Mr. Said Abdullahi Deni, emphasized the importance of co-operation between the Government and the states. The President underscored that the Federal Government of Somalia will extend the country’s development programs to all

Mogadishu, The former South African President and head of the African Union high-level implementation panel for South Sudan and Sudan, Thabo Mbeki arrived in Mogadishu on Saturday. Mbeki and his delegation were received by Somali Foreign Minister, Ambassador Ahmed Isse Awad and others, including the UN Special envoy in Somalia, James Swan. The African Union