BY ABDI SHEIKH | REUTERS Somali families are refusing to bury the bodies of 10 loved ones, including three children, until the government takes responsibility for killing them in a U.S.-backed military raid, officials said on Sunday. The ten were shot dead when Somalia’s army, supported by U.S. troops, carried out an operation in Bariire […]
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Navy SEAL killed while fighting militants in Somalia. The U.S. forces were conducting an advise and assist mission with Somali army members. BY BBC NEWS A member of the US military has been killed in Somalia, the first confirmed US combat death there since the 1993 disastrous Black Hawk Down incident. This happened on Thursday […]
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BY AGENCIES Somalia militant group Al-Shabab killed at least 15 people in a suicide car bombing targeting military officials on Sunday, as the Al-Qaeda affiliate rejected the president’s offer of an amnesty. Two further attacks on Monday signaled that the militants are ramping up violence following a declaration of war on Al-Shabab by Somali President […]
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By TesfaNews, An African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) military base has been attacked in a dawn raid on Tuesday that killed at least 50 of its soldiers from Uganda and Burunidi. The attack now ranks as one of the deadliest yet against AMISOM troops. So far, more than 100 soldiers including troops from the […]
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By VOA News, POLICE in northeastern Kenya say al-Shabab gunmen have ambushed a bus and killed 28 non-Muslims who were singled out from the 60 passengers on the bus. Somalia’s al-Shabab Islamists have claimed responsibility for the attack, saying it was retaliation for recent raids Kenyan security forces carried out on mosques in Mombasa. Authorities […]
Continue ReadingAt least five killed by attackers in Taa village near Mpeketoni, the site of raids that killed 65 last week. By Reuters, FIVE people have been killed by unknown attackers in a village on Kenya’s coast near Mpeketoni town, where at least 65 people died in attacks last week, according to a government official. “I am […]
Continue ReadingBy Tom Odula, SOMALI militants wielding automatic weapons attacked a small Kenyan coastal town, assaulting the police station, setting two hotels on fire, and spraying bullets into the street. At least 34 people were killed, officials said Monday. Kenya’s top police commander, David Kimaiyo, also said that the gunmen attacked a bank. The assault came late […]
Continue ReadingBy Ahmed Abdi, SOMALIA’s Islamist militant group Al-Shabaab denied any association with ONLF Liberation Army (ONLA) following governor of Somalia’s Bakool Province accusation on VOA Somali service that he said have evidence fighters from ONLF fought alongside Al-Shabaab in recent fighting in Bakool regions. “It is a blatant lie, these guys (SFG) never ashamed of telling lies. […]
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