Somalia

Al-Shabaab kill ten in Mogadishu restaurant attack

Al-Shabaab militants have killed ten people in a car bomb attack in Somalia.

26/08/2016

Sweden

Sweden grenade attack kills schoolboy - was it gang related?

Police think a grenade attack in Sweden – which killed an eight-year-old boy – could be linked to a gang-related conflict.

23/08/2016

World News

Al Shabab suicide bombers kill at least 20 in Puntland, Somalia

Somalia’s al Shabaab militant group has claimed responsibility for twin suicide bombs in the country’s Puntland region.

21/08/2016

Somalia

Somalia: at least seven dead in al Shabaab-claimed bomb and gun attack

The al Shabaab Islamist group has claimed responsibility for a deadly car bomb and gun attack in Mogadishu.

31/07/2016

Somalia

Deadly attack on hotel in Somalia's capital

A suicide bomb attack in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu has killed at least a dozen people.

25/06/2016

Somalia

Deadly bomb attack on hotel in Somalia's capital

A suicide bomb attack in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu has killed at least a dozen people.

25/06/2016

Somalia

Mogadishu hotel attack: 15 dead, al-Shabaab claim assault

Smoke rises from a hotel in Mogadishu after a car bomber rammed the gates and gunmen stormed the building in the Somali capital.

01/06/2016

Somalia

Two jailed for life over Somali airline blast

A Somali military court on Monday jailed 10 people it said were behind a bomb blast that blew a hole in a Daallo Airlines plane bound for Djibouti in…

30/05/2016

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

02/04/2016

World News

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

10/02/2016

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

10/02/2016

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

07/02/2016

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.

05/02/2016

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

03/02/2016

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

22/01/2016

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

21/01/2016

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

15/01/2016

Somalia

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

15/01/2016

World News

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

19/12/2015

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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

02/11/2015