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Tag: Somalia
US donates Somalia $9 million worth of weapons, equipment for anti-al-Shabab campaign
The United States has provided $9 million in new military aid to help Somalia's ongoing campaign against al-Shabab militants, the US embassy in Mogadishu announced. ... Read More
Somalia: Twin car bombs targeting military kill at least 15 people
Somalian police said two suicide car bombers killed at least 15 people in the Hiraan region in a terrorist attack Wednesday. Al-Shabab claimed responsibility for ... Read More
Ugandan peace-keeper mows down three colleagues in Somalia
A Uganda soldier, member of the country’s contingent of an African Union peacekeeping force in Somalia, has shot dead three of his colleagues, the Ugandan ... Read More
Somalia: Troops clash with anti-govt protesters, at least 20 people killed
Somalia's breakaway region of Somaliland has seen at least 20 people killed in clashes between anti-government protesters and security forces over several days, according to ... Read More
Somalia: famine averted but UN warns of ‘catastrophic’ situation
With record-breaking drought in the Horn of Africa affecting half the population of Somalia, the United Nations has warned if more aid does not arrive ... Read More
Somalia army, allies retake key al-Shabab stronghold as UN warns of refugee crisis
Somali government forces and allied militias, backed by the United States and African Union (AU), have recaptured a strategic town that the al-Shabab armed group ... Read More
Somalia: scores dead, injured in latest Mogadishu hotel siege by Al-Shabab militants
Sporadic gunfire and explosions rang out Monday (28 November) around a hotel in Somalia's capital that was attacked by the Al-Shabab group of insurgents a ... Read More
Somalia: Military operation leaves dozens of Al-Shabab militants dead
Somalian army, supported by international partners, have reportedly conducted a successful operation in the country’s lower Shabelle region that killed 49 al-Shabab militants. The targeted ... Read More
King Mohammed VI sends messages to presidents of Djibouti, Somalia
The President of Djibouti, Ismail Omar Guelleh, received Wednesday in the Djiboutian capital royal envoy Mohamed Mehdi Bensaid, who handed him a written message from ... Read More
After Somalia, South African Islamic State-linked firms also targeted by US sanctions
The United States on Monday (7 November) imposed its second round of sanctions in less than a week on people and firms, this time targeting ... Read More