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Somalia govt minister among 5 victims in extremist attack

Gunmen stormed a government building in Somalia’s capital after a suicide car bombing on Saturday, killing at least five people including the country’s deputy labor minister, police said, in the latest attack by Islamic extremist fighters in the Horn of Africa nation. Somali security forces were exchanging gunfire with at least five attackers and trying

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Gunmen storm Somalia govt building after suicide car bombing

Gunmen stormed into a government building in the Somali capital following a suicide car bombing at the gates on Saturday, a police officer said, in the latest attack by Islamic extremist fighters in the Horn of Africa nation. Somali security forces were fighting to neutralize the attackers and rescue public servants trapped inside the Mogadishu

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Big explosion heard in Somali capital Mogadishu: Reuters witness

A big explosion was heard in the heart of Somalia’s capital Mogadishu on Saturday, with a plume of smoke seen above the scene of blast, a Reuters witness reported. It was not clear who was responsible for the blast and what exactly had been detonated although Islamist group al Shabaab frequently carries out bombings in

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UK police probe attacks on five mosques in Birmingham

A mosque on Witton Road, Birmingham, central England, is seen on March 21, 2019, with its windows apparently smashed with a sledgehammer. (Aaron Chown/PA via AP) LONDON — A sledgehammer-wielding man was seen smashing windows at two mosques in Britain’s second city Birmingham and three more have been similarly vandalized overnight, the police said Thursday.

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‘Smokescreen for impunity’: U.S. hit with war crimes accusations in al-Shabab assault

Despite reports the Pentagon will pull back its presence in Africa, the Trump administration’s military campaign against a radical Islamist group in Somalia is accelerating to a record level amid allegations from leading human rights groups that the U.S. is killing civilians and perpetrating war crimes. At a time when the Pentagon has talked of

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Somali Prime Minister Khaire says armed forces received their salaries

Mogadishu, Somali Prime Minister, Hassan Ali Khaire, attended the Community Integration and Security Initiative program, saying that the Registered Armed Forces have been continuously obtaining their full rights while remaining part of the country registration of the Armed Forces. The Prime Minister said the government is committed to ensuring that every soldier received their rights,

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“A Massive War On Autopilot” – US Airstrikes Surge In Secret War In Somalia

With so many little wars to keep track of, you probably haven’t noticed that the US has quietly been increasing its airstrikes against targets in Somalia. In recent months, dozens of Al-Shabaab terrorist suspects have been killed by American drones and planes in Somalia, reportedly thanks to a surplus becoming available from Syria. However, in

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UK: ‘Far-right’ stabbing treated as terrorist incident

U.K. police are treating the stabbing of a young man as an act of terrorism as the perpetrator was inspired by the far-right. On Saturday night a 19 year old man was stabbed in the county of Surrey and a 50 year old man was arrested near the scene on suspicion of attempted murder and

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Djibouti’s President receives warm welcome in Mogadishu

Djibouti’s President Ismael Omar Guelleh and his delegation arrived in Mogadishu and met with the President of the Federal Republic of Somalia, HE Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed. President Guelleh the plan and visiting Mogadishu is that Djibouti President to open the Djibouti’s Embassy in Mogadishu  Abdiazis district Banadir. Somali Foreign Minister Abdulkadir Ahmed Kheire said President

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KDF troops kill 3 Al-Shabaab gunmen in Bura Hache gunfight

The weapons and ammunition that KDF soldiers seized after killing three Al-Shabaab terrorists in Bura Hache on March 13, 2019 Kenyan soldiers in Somalia on Wednesday killed three Al-Shabaab terrorists and captured one in a gunfight in Bura Hache.The Defence ministry issued a statement saying the troops, who are part of the African Union Mission

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