Photo/Somali Times Mogadishu­­-Security has been heightened in Mogadishu today following planned protests against the Al-Shabaab attack last week which killed over 95 people. Hundreds of residents have gathered at General Kahiye Police Academy to start the demonstrations in the city with the support of Mogadishu city leadership. government officials will also be taking part in

Mogadishu_Terrorist attacks on 28. December 2019 was behind Terrorist United Arab Emirates Mohamed bin Zayed and his Ambassador Mohamed Ahmed Osman, the Ambassador of the UAE to Somalia met with UN Special Representative James Swan in Mogadishu, and the two-part meeting on was not explained in detail. Somalia’s spy agency NISA and the Office of

Photo/Somali Times Somali special forces Operation comes on heels of al-Shabaab-claimed attack in Mogadishu which killed some 80 people Somali forces on Wednesday carried out an operation against the al-Qaeda-affiliated terror group al-Shabaab in southern Somali, killing 20 al-Shabaab terrorists and liberating seven villages, said an army commander. Osman Abdimalik Malim, a special forces (Danab)

Medical personnel carry wounded children to be airlifted to the Turkish capital for treatment after they were injured in Saturday’s car bomb blast in Mogadishu, Somalia, Sunday, Dec. 29, 2019. A truck bomb exploded at a busy security checkpoint in Somalia’s capital Saturday morning, killing at least 79 people including many students, authorities said. It

Somalia’s spy agency NISA and the Office of the National Security Advisor have both directed responsibility and blame to actors outside the country over the deadly Ex-Control truck bombing as the opposition warns such a move amounts to ‘cooperation with Al-Shabaab.’ The National Security Advisor Abdisaid Ali, who has in the wake of such attacks

Photo/Somali Times Somali government has revealed 25 people are still missing following a deadly truck bombing in the outskirts of the capital Mogadishu. The latest report Villa Somalia Monday morning the number of those missing following the Ex-Control truck bombing stands. According to official government figures from hospitals Sunday, 137 people were admitted to various

American military says four ‘terrorists’ killed in operation carried out in coordination with Somali government. The US military has said it carried out airstrikes in Somalia that killed four “terrorists” of the al-Shabaab militant group following the deaths of at least 79 people in a car bombing in Mogadishu. “In coordination with the federal government

Photo/ Somali Times The huge resources deployed to prop up Somalia’s central government are not being used where they are most needed in the fight against al Shabaab, says Horn of Africa expert Matthew Bryden, a day after Somalia’s deadliest attack in two years. A massive car bomb exploded in a busy area of Mogadishu

At least 90 people were killed when a bomb-laden truck exploded at a busy checkpoint in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Saturday, an international organization working in the country said, in the deadliest attack in more than two years. The dead included many students and two Turkish nationals, Somalia’s foreign minister said, adding that dozens

Photo/Somali Times Mogadishu, Over 73 people has so far been confirmed dead and close to 120 others injured as the death toll in the Ex-Control truck bombing rises. Medina Hospital confirmed it has received 73 bodies from the scene of the bombing which rocked Ex- Control area in the outskirts of the capital Mogadishu Saturday