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Al Shabaab Militants Storm Somali Jail, Seven Soldiers Killed

At least seven soldiers were killed when fighters of the Somali Islamist group al Shabaab stormed a jail in the semi-autonomous state of Puntland early on Friday, police and the group said. Al Shabaab said it had freed at least 400 prisoners, many of them its members, in its assault ...

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Trump Orders Pullout of Most US Personnel from Somalia

The US Department of War announced in a statement on Friday that US President Donald Trump had ordered the Pentagon and United States Africa Command to “reposition the majority of personnel and assets out of Somalia by early 2021”. Around 700 US military personnel are presently stationed in Somalia to ...

December 5, 2020

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CIA Officer Killed in Somalia: US Media

A CIA officer was killed in combat in Somalia in recent days, US media said Thursday without releasing details of how the agent died. The veteran officer was a member of the CIA’s Special Activities Center, a paramilitary branch that carries out some of the US intelligence agency’s most dangerous ...

November 27, 2020

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Five Killed in Somalia Restaurant Suicide Attack

Five people, some of them police, were killed and more than 10 injured Tuesday when a suicide bomber attacked a restaurant in the Somali capital of Mogadishu, police said. The officer and witnesses said the attacker walked into the restaurant near a police academy and blew himself up. “The death ...

November 17, 2020

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Car Bombs Shake Somali Military Base, Deaths Reported

A government military base in south Somalia was struck by car bombs and gunfire on Wednesday, residents and military officers said, with the al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab group claiming responsibility and saying dozens of soldiers died. One military officer said the bombs exploded outside the base after troops behind sandbags ...

August 14, 2019

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At Least Five Dead in Somalia Car Bomb Attack

At least five people were killed and several wounded when a car bomb was detonated Monday outside a hotel in the Somali capital Mogadishu, a security officer and witnesses said. The explosion near a checkpoint outside the Afrik Hotel reverberated throughout the city, and sent a massive plume of black ...

July 22, 2019

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Somalia Hotel Siege over, 12 Dead: Security Source

At least 12 people were killed and 30 others wounded when Al-Shabab militants stormed a popular hotel in the southern Somalia town of Kismayo, security officials and witnesses said. “The security forces are in control now and the last terrorist was shot and killed”, Mohamed Abdiweli, a security official, said. ...

July 13, 2019

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Car Bomb Kills Two in Mogadishu: Security Official

A car bomb exploded near a checkpoint in Somalia capital Mogadishu on Wednesday, killing at least two people and wounding 12 others, officials said. The bombing was claimed by extremist militant group Al-Shabaab, which said in a statement it had targeted a convoy escorting officials and lawmakers heading to the ...

May 22, 2019

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Eleven Dead, 16 Wounded in Somalia Bomb Blast: Medics

At least 11 people died when a bomb exploded on a busy street and ripped into a nearby restaurant in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu on Thursday, medics said. “The death toll we have confirmed so far is 11 people, with 16 others wounded,” said Abdulkadir Abdirahman Adan, director of the Aamin ...

March 28, 2019

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Twin Blasts, Gunfire Near Somalia Government Ministries: Police, Witnesses

Two explosions followed by gunfire were heard on Saturday along a road housing government ministries in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu, witnesses and police told AFP. “There were two blasts at the vicinity of government ministries in Mogadishu and there is gunfire sporadically going on,” police officer Abdukadir Mohamed said. Witnesses said ...

March 23, 2019