Al-Shabaab Attack Archives

Al-Shabab’s Dayax Hotel Attack in Mogadishu Kills 28

January 25, 2017TesfaNews28 Comments

Al-Shabab has carried out more than 360 attacks inside Somalia between 2006 – 2017. By Al Jazeera, At least 28 people have been killed and dozens wounded in a coordinated gun-and-bomb attack carried out by al-Shabab at a popular hotel in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, according to officials. The assault on Wednesday morning began when attackers […]

AU Somalia Mission Hit by EU Funding Cut

February 9, 2016TesfaNews31 Comments

By Ama Lorenz and Bob Koigo, The African Union (AU) has criticised the EU’s decision to cut funding for its peace-keeping mission in Somalia by 20% at a time when it is entrenched in a deadly battle with terrorist militants. The AU has been sending task forces to Somalia for the last nine years to […]

Al-Shabab Killed Over 60 Kenyan Soldiers in Somalia

January 15, 2016January 16, 2016TesfaNews57 Comments

By TesfaNews, Al-Shabab militants had overrun an African Union military base outside the southern Somali town of el-Adde and killed more than 60 Kenyan soldiers. Sheikh Abdulaziz Abu Muscab, a spokesman for the Shabab, said the group had killed 63 Kenyan soldiers and took control of the base and had seized ammunition and military vehicles. […]

Ugandan Soldiers in Somalia not Paid for Nine Months

September 6, 2015TesfaNews10 Comments

By Risdel Kasasira | for Daily Monitor, Ugandan soldiers in Somalia operations have not been paid for several months, which has sparked rage and grumbling among the rank and file of the peacekeeping troops. According to sources in African Union Mission for Somalia (AMISOM), the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) troops under Uganda Battle Group […]

Ethiopia, Kenya and the Leadership Vacuum

April 7, 2015March 18, 2020TesfaNews14 Comments

By Yilma Bekele, Somalia would take a long time to recover and start acting like a Nation. Kenya the sane among the group has entered the warring Nations club. South Sudan has become a playground for all its neighbors plus the UN, Chinese oil companies, IMF, NGO’s, Evangelical Christians and Israeli agents to mention a […]

Being a Politician in Somalia

February 22, 2015February 22, 2015TesfaNews11 Comments

By Ahmed Abdi, THERE is a direct association between the Somali politicians’ ill-fated and their actions against Somali history, culture, language and ethnicity. Government officials were preparing their Friday prayers at the Central Hotel in Somalia’s capital when an Al-Shabaab extremist rammed an explosives-laden vehicle into the hotel gate, and another went inside the mosque […]