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Somalia

US airstrike targets senior al-Shabab member in Somalia

Hassan Ali Dhoore is said to have played a direct role in the deadly attacks on the Mogadishu airport and a hotel in the Somali capital

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Somali plane suicide bomber meant to be on different flight

A suspected suicide bomber who blew a hole in the fuselage of a Daallo Airlines plane last week, was meant to be on a different flight. Daallo

Somalia

Crisis call for Ethiopia as food aid due to run out soon

The worst drought to hit Ethiopia in 50 years is about to become a crisis according to the charity Save the Children . It is warning that emergency

Somalia

Somali passenger jet 'holed by bomb'

A blast that punched a hole in the fuselage of a Somalian passenger jet was caused by a bomb, meant to kill everyone on board, according to the

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Somalia

Car bomb kills three at Mogadishu airport

Three people have died at Mogadishu airport in a suicide bombing just days after an explosion ripped through a Somali airliner, forcing it to make an emergency landing.

Somalia

Passenger jet lands safely after hole blown in fuselage

Video shows what happens when a large hole gets punched in the side of your plane

Somalia

19 dead as al-Shabaab attacks tourist spot near Mogadishu

Somali police say at least 19 people have been killed when al-Shabaab Islamic militants shot up a beach resort near the capital, Mogadishu. Two bombs

Somalia

Al-Shabaab gun and bomb attack targets Somalian beach-side cafés

Militant group Al-Shabaab has claimed responsibility for a bomb and gun attack in and around beach-side restaurants in the Somalian capital

Somalia

Al-Shabaab militants claim to have killed 61 Kenyan soldiers in Somalia

Al-Shabaab militants claim to have killed 61 Kenyan soldiers in an assault on an African Union military base in south-west Somalia. The Islamist

Somalia

Al-Shabaab militants claim to have killed 61 Kenyan soldiers in Somalia

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At least three killed in Somalia car bomb attack

A car bomb has exploded on a busy street in the Somali capital Mogadishu, killing at least three people and wounding more. The attack has been

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At least 13 dead following Al-Shabaab attack on Somali hotel

Security forces in the Somali capital Mogadishu fought for several hours on Sunday before clearing a hotel of Islamist al Shabaab gunmen. Two bombs

Somalia

Somalia: deadly attack by Al-Shabaab on Mogadishu hotel

At least a dozen people have been killed at a hotel in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, in an attack by Al-Shabaab Islamic militants. Two car bombs

Ethiopia

Obama in Ethiopia: Talks on trade, terrorism and human rights

He is the first serving US President to visit Ethiopia. But in talks with its premier on Monday, Barack Obama warned that more must be done to

Somalia

Al-Shabaab claims responsibility for Mogadishu hotel bombing

A suicide car- bomb attack on the Jazeera Palace Hotel in Mogadishu kills at least 13 people including hotel security guards. Islamist militant group al-Shabaab claims it was responsible.

Somalia

US drone attack in Somalia takes out Al-Shabaab leaders

Kenya

Al Shabaab kills quarry workers in Kenya gun attack

The Islamist group Al Shabaab says its gunmen were behind an overnight attack that killed at least 14 people, mostly quarry workers, at a residential

Kenya

Al Shabab gunman kill quarry workers in northeast Kenya

At least fourteen people have been killed and several others wounded in a gun attack on a residential complex in northeast Kenya.

Somalia

Somalia: four Islamist gunmen killed during intelligence agency attack, say security officials

Four Islamist gunmen have been killed after detonating a car bomb and shooting their way into a national intelligence agency training site in Somali

Somalia

Al-Shabaab murders 10 United Nations workers in Somalia

At least ten people were killed when a minibus carrying United Nations workers was bombed in Somalia. Four people from the global body’s children’s