1 year agoAl Shabab group has briefly seized a police station in Mogadishu's Kahda after suicide and gun attack. The group also carried out a car bomb explosion in Daruslam area of Mogadishu where two children were killed and 16 others, including three soldiers were also wounded
Reports of at least two explosions, gunfire in the south and northern suburbs of Mogadishu. The first explosion occurred in Kahda as suspected Al-Shabaab militants attacked a police station. A second explosion was reported in Dar Al-Salaam neighbourhood in Yaqshid
1 year agoAn IED blast targeted a convoy of Kenyan troops on the outskirts of Lamu in Kenya's North Eastern Province near Somalia border, residents. The Kenyan troops traveled from Milimani to Mangay in Lamu County. Al-Shabaab claims it killed at least 15 soldiers. No word from KDF
Six people were killed in Mogadishu suicide bombing, 13 injured - @AaminAmbulance said
1 year agoAt least three people have been killed and seven others wounded in a bomb attack on a café shop in Somalia's Bosaso town. AlShabaab – an al Qaeda – linked group claimed the responsibility for today's explosion
Explosion from suicide bombing in Mogadishu reported. The bomber blew up at El Gaab junction. Casualties not yet clear
Four civilians, among them a woman were killed in Al-Shabaab mortar attack on Sakhawadin and Dayah neighbourhoods in Barawe town. The network was down the town earlier but it's back to normal service now
Four civilians were killed, nine others injured after mortar attack believed to be fired by Al-Shabaab militants targeted the town of Barawe as elections of 13 seats takes place today. Five rounds of mortars were fired, two of them hitting residential areas, residents
Al-Shabaab fired mortars at Dinsor airport on Sunday, reports. It's the second attack by the militants in the vicinity of Dinsor since yesterday. Last night security forces repulsed Al-Shabaab attack but 3 soldiers died and 2 others were injured during the firefight, reports
1 year agoSouthwest regional minister Mohamed Abukar survives bomb attack on his house in Baidoa town this evening, per local reports. No one has been injured in the attack. head of Dara Salam neighbourhood in Baidoa has been killed by assailants, per reports
1 year agoPolice in Wajir and Mandera are after suspected militants that were behind the recent attacks in the two counties. Locals have been urged to remain vigilant in anything that's a threat to security
Al-Qaida release new video with speech from AQ leader Ayman al-Zawahiri. Per @siteintelgroup, the video is 16+ minutes & is the 3rd in his series of "Deal of the Century or the Crusade of the Century" speeches
A number of Kenyan forces were killed and injured in a raid by Al-Shabab fighters on a military base in Mandera County, northeastern Kenya. It is reported that the attack destroyed the headquarters of the military base. Al-Shabaab fighters raid a military base for the Ethiopian forces at the airport in the city of Bardere in southwestern Somalia
Somali military says seven al Shabab militants were killed and two other senior operatives were captured alive in an operation carried out in Qoryoley and Awdhegle towns
1 year ago4 people killed after miraa van hit an IED along Wajir-Geriley road in Wajir county, NE Kenya
AlShabaab fighters just attacked KDF military base at El-Wak town in Somalia's Gedo region, near Kenya border - Witnesses. Fierce exchange of gunfire ongoing
Roadside Bomb Hits Bus, Kills 13 on Kenya-Somalia Border
1 year agoGunmen have shot and killed Sheikh Nur Sayid, an electoral envoy in Afgoye near the Somalia's capital, Mogadishu on Thusrady- witness. Al-Shabab has previously threatened to target electoral envoys who will be choosing lawmakers in the ongoing parliamentary election
1 year agoSomalia: Bomb blast reported near Bosaso airport, targeting Puntland officials. One official, identified as Mohamad Bahwal (R) is killed. others, including former Deputy Commander of Bari regional police, Ahmed Jarale (L) injured - Sources. It's the 2nd attack in Bosso today
1 year agoAlShabaab fighters display Turkish-made weapons, ammunition seized during a deadly battle against Somalia's Turkey-trained Gorgor troops in the outskirt of Dhusamareb town today. The militants claim to have killed 7 soldiers, injured 12 others and destroyed army vehicle
1 year agoA senior Puntland police officer, Barkhad Buryar, assassinated in the Somalia's coastal town of Bosaso this morning. AlShabaab claimed responsibility
1 year agoA car bomb in Mogadishu leaves a district official and two wounded on Sunday, police said, the latest in a series of explosions in Somalia's capital since the start of 2022
1 year agoAlShabaab conducts fresh attack in Lamu county, Targeting Lapsset project. At least 8 vehicles belonging to the road construction company have been set on fire by militants on Sunday in the road between Kwa Omolo and Bodhei in Lamu county
1 year agoUK police have arrested two men over their alleged role in a hostage taking by a British man at a synagogue in Texas last weekend. The men were arrested in Birmingham and in Manchester on Thursday morning by counter terrorism officers
1 year agoFighting broke out at a Jubaland military base at the Dariq Bridge on the outskirts of Kismayo in the Lower Jubba region, southern Somalia after an Al-Shabaab attack. Residents said they heard heavy morning gunfire & 2 regional soldiers were hurt in the repelled terror assault
Al-Shabaab suicide bomber wearing an explosive vest kills at least four people, injuries nearly 10 following an attack at a teashop in South Mogadishu, state media. The Al-Shabaab militant group immediately claimed responsibility
FBI identifies Texas hostage-taker as British citizen Malik Faisal Akram
Biden calls Texas synagogue hostage situation "act of terror"
1 year agoKenyan airstrike targets, completely destroys Somalia's privately owned @Hormuud telecom center in Hays-Ugur village near El-Wak town in Gedo region - Reports. KDF destroyed over 15 Hormuud masts in southern Somalia for past 3 yrs, most of them in Lower Juba & Gedo regions
Al-Shabab claims attack on AMISOM military base in Hudur Somalia
