A large car bomb targeting a top police chief exploded in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu on Saturday, killing five people, police and witnesses said. The attack was claimed the by Al-Qaeda linked Al-Shabaab Islamist group, which has been fighting to topple Somalia’s federal government for years and has carried out waves of attacks. The bomber, using […]
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Ten killed in Al-Shabaab attack on Mogadishu tea shop
A suicide bombing attack by the Al-Shabaab jihadist group on a crowded tea shop in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu killed 10 people and wounded dozens, the government said Saturday. The death toll from the attack, which targeted a tea shop near heavily guarded government institutions on Friday evening, was significantly higher than the four previously reported. […]
Somalia to hold presidential election October 10
Somalia will hold a long-delayed presidential election on October 10, the prime minister’s office said Tuesday, following months of deadlock that turned violent at times. Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble’s office unveiled the timetable for indirect parliamentary and presidential elections on Twitter, saying political leaders had agreed to a roadmap for a vote after two […]
Friends, foes and fractures: Ethiopia in the Horn of Africa
Ethiopia has projected power in the Horn of Africa for centuries, remaining fiercely independent as the rest of the region fell to colonial rule, and warring with neighbours to defend its vast realm. Diplomacy can be fraught in this turbulent corner of Africa, as friends turn foes and competition stokes conflict. Here are some of […]
At least 15 dead in suicide bombing at Somalia army camp: officer
At least 15 army recruits died Tuesday when a suicide bomber attacked a military training camp in Mogadishu, Somalia, an officer said. “I have counted about 15 new recruits who have been killed in the blast,” said army officer Mohamed Adan, adding the toll could be higher. Adan said the bomber was disguised among recruits […]
Al Shabaab kill 16 in Kenya and Somalia blasts
Somali militants killed eight Kenyan police with a roadside bomb near the border between the two countries on Saturday, officials said, while another eight died in a bombing the same group carried out in the Somali capital. Both attacks were claimed by Somali Islamist insurgents, who also kidnapped three Kenyan police reservists on Friday from […]
Authentic Islamic law can help global peace
Muslims make up a majority of the population in 49 countries of the world. Some form of Sharia law is in force in some of these countries. Even in countries where Sharia law is not nominally in force it has had an influence on the development of laws comparable to that of Judaic law on […]
Suicide bomber targets police academy, at least 13 killed in Mogadishu suicide attack
MOGADISHU: A suicide bomber who had disguised himself as a police officer by wearing proper police uniform detonated himself on Thursday inside the police training camp based in Mogadishu, Somalia’s capital, resulting in the deaths of at least 13 police officers, officials said. A Somalian Police spokesman Major Mohamed Hussein said the attacker who had […]
Somalia’s ‘deadliest attack ever’ kills 276, injures 300
MOGADISHU – At least 276 people have been killed and 300 injured by a massive truck bomb that tore through a busy shopping district of Mogadishu, the government said Monday, making it the “deadliest attack ever” to hit war-torn Somalia. The figure was a huge jump from an initial police estimate of 20 dead in […]
Mogadishu reels after huge bombing as toll set to rise over 200
Over 230 people have been reportedly killed in a massive truck bomb in Mogadishu on Sunday. The blast took place on Saturday afternoon at a busy junction in the Somali capital, levelling buildings and causing widespread devastation in what was believed to be one of the worst-ever bombings in this war-torn country. There has been no […]