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Somalia’s security agencies have completed their murder investigations into the killing of a Somali MP in a drive-by shooting in Mogadishu on Saturday, officials told Sunday. According to a senior security officials, the investigations concluded that Somali m... More »
Fighting in south Somalia between al Shabaab militants and government forces killed at least 24 people, while a rebel attack in the capital killed three Transport Ministry workers and a lawmaker, officials and the group said on Saturday. Al Shabaab launched an... More »
U.S. COUNTERTERRORISM AGENCIES have long been preoccupied with the threat posed by the recruiting successes of the Somali terrorist group al Shabaab in Western countries. The group has managed to lure hundreds of foreign fighters — including some 40 Americans ... More »
Baidoa is not the Somali capital (Mogadishu), which was taken by the UIC in July. But it is the home of the UN-sponsored transitional federal government (TFG), formed in 2004 in Kenya. The transitional administration could never establish itself in Mogadishu, ... More »
One of the most senior figures to defect from Somalia’s al-Qaeda-linked militant group al-Shabab has urged his former colleagues to stop targeting civilians and to begin negotiations with the Somali government. In his first interview with a foreign journalist,... More »
The UN envoy to Somalia warned Tuesday that al-Shabab militants are expected to do everything they can to derail elections next year and urged military forces to prepare to respond to any sign the Islamist group is benefiting from its links to extremist groups... More »
Detectives from the Anti-Terrorism Police Unit (ATPU) have arrested a suspected Al-Shabaab recruiter in Mombasa. The 45-year-old man was detained for allegedly being one of the people funding and recruiting youths to join the Al-Qaeda linked terror group. He w... More »
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has banned all US airlines from flying over Somalia deeming it too dangerous. Federal Aviation Administration has cited threats from armed group Al Shabaab to the airlines using the route saying similar attacks like... More »
Kenya should invest more in community engagements to win war on extremism, British High Commissioner to Nairobi Christian Turner has said. Dr Turner believes involving communities will be “critical part” in the war against terrorism. “This war will not be won ... More »
Friday, May 15 A local official in southern Somalia says al-Shabab militants have captured two government bases in the Lower Shabelle region. Lower Shabelle Governor Abdulkadir Mohamed Nur told VOA Somali service that heavily armed militants launched attacks o... More »
Somali officials say their forces have retaken two towns that al-Shabab militants briefly captured late Friday. The governor of the Lower Shabelle region, Abdulkadir Mohamed Nur, tells VOA’s Somali service that government troops launched a counterattack and re... More »
The bodies of the two suspected Al-Shabaab militants who were killed as they attempted to attack Hamey Police Patrol Base in Dadaab were on Wednesday night taken to Garissa for fingerprint identification. The two were killed following a fierce gun battle with ... More »