The U.S. military says it has killed eight members of the al-Shabab extremist group with an airstrike south of Somalia’s capital. The U.S. Africa Command statement says the airstrike occurred on Saturday near Gandarshe, a coastal community. The statement says no civilians were involved. The U.S. military has carried out at least 40 airstrikes this

Mukhtar Robow was added to the U.S. list of designated terrorists in 2008 and a multi-million-dollar bounty was put on his head.AP file NAIROBI, Kenya — Somalia saw a third day of protests on Saturday over the arrest of the former No. 2 leader of the al-Shabab extremist group, who has been a leading candidate

At least 11 people were killed in Somalia’s city of Baidoa in clashes between security forces and supporters of a former al Shabaab leader who is seeking election as a regional president, a military officer and an elder said on Friday. Authorities arrested Mukhtar Robow on Thursday, accusing him of bringing Islamist militants and weapons

Mogadishu-The Federal Ministry of Internal Security refers to its previously released press statements issued on October 4th 2018 and December 12 2018, which had asserted that the citizen, Mukhtar Robow (Abu Mansur) was yet to meet requirements of agreements with the government in order to remove all the restrictions on him. The requirements included: That

The former number two leader of Somalia’s al-Shabab extremists, who is now a candidate in a regional election, was arrested Thursday prompting violent protests in which four people were killed, officials said. Mukhtar Robow, previously al-Shabab’s spokesman, was arrested by Ethiopian troops that are part of the African Union forces supporting the Somali government, Nur

The security forces of Baidoa city have seized control of a roadside bomb targeting the town of Baidoa. The security officials in the southwestern state told the media that this vehicle had originally come from Rome Cadey, an Al Shabaab stronghold. On the other hand, the driver of the car was arrested and the security

The motion against the President of the Federal Republic of Somalia, which was submitted to the House of the People on the 9th of this month, was postponed after a document signed by 14 lawmakers who described it as fabricated. The Speaker of the House received letters from an MP Mr. Abdikarim Haji Abdi Buux

The demonstration was the first of its kind in the capital city of Mogadishu.The demonstration was one against the motion submitted to President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed. A large number of people from the Banadir region have gathered in the main roads of Mogadishu. The protesters are crying in terms of words such as Motionless, Nationalist

Corrupt Somali’s parliament MP’s said on Sunday they had filed a motion with the speaker of parliament to impeach the country’s president, Mohamed Abdullahi, Mohamed foreign country sponsored to bring down the official Somali government. “We have filed an impeachment against the president of the federal republic of Somalia,” Abdikarim H. Abdi Buh said in

Mogadishu-The Somali National Army and the Chief of Defense Forces have today announced that they will be deployed operationally Somali special forces in Mogadishu to al-Shabaab shoot to kill policy, The Somali army commander, Major-General Dahir Adan Elmi who spoke to the media in Mogadishu, said al-Shabaab has repeatedly received warnings and warnings, but refused