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Car Bomb Hits Mogadishu – Al-Shabaab

Car Bomb Hits Mogadishu – Al-Shabaab

A car bomb targeting a military vehicle has killed at least 10 people and wounded four others in the capital city of Somalia, Al Jazeera has learned. In a statement to Al Jazeera, the armed rebel group Al Shabab claimed responsibility for Wednesday’s attack in Mogadishu. “We targeted a vehicle carrying the enemies of Somalia,” […]

Al-Shabaab Raids Somali Army Base

Al-Shabaab Raids Somali Army Base

The Somali Islamist group al-Shabab has carried out a raid on a military intelligence base in the Somali capital, Mogadishu. A firefight claimed a number of casualties. The al-Shabab fighters first set off a car bomb outside the base before storming inside in Sunday’s attack, security officials said. Witnesses near the compound, which is also […]

Global Leadership Criticized – Refugee crises ‘reflect world in chaos’

Global Leadership Criticized – Refugee crises ‘reflect world in chaos’

Political will to stop conflicts missing, with old ones festering and new ones constantly erupting, UN official says. The UN refugee agency has said that the record number of refugees, asylum seekers and internally displaced people globally is “a reflection of a world in chaos”. On the eve of World Refugee Day, the UN released […]

What Lies Behind the Rise of Jihadist Movements in Africa

What Lies Behind the Rise of Jihadist Movements in Africa

The failure of African states to adequately address their racial, ethnic, cultural, religious and economic differences provided the fertile ground on which rebel groups now prosper. Africa arguably faces the biggest threat to political stability since the collapse of colonialism in the mid-20th century. The threat comes in the main from the proliferation of militant […]

British National Thomas Evans Among Al-Shabab Militants Killed in Kenya

British National Thomas Evans Among Al-Shabab Militants Killed in Kenya

A British man was among 11 al-Shabab fighters killed during an attack on a military base in Kenya, officials in the country have confirmed. Thomas Evans, 25, from Buckinghamshire, was among an armed group which attacked the base on Sunday. Evans, a Muslim convert who changed his name to Abdul Hakim, contacted his family in […]

Al Shabaab Attack AU Forces

Al Shabaab Attack AU Forces

Heavy fighting broke out between Ethiopian forces serving under AU mission in Somalia ‘AMISOM’ and Al Shabaab militants in Jameco area 20 Km east of Burhakaba town in south of Somalia’s Bay region. The fighting started with an IED hit a convoy of Ethiopian forces than Al Shabab militants armed with propelled grenades and machine […]

Kenyan Government Prohibits Admission of Foreign Students

Kenyan Government Prohibits Admission of Foreign Students

The government of Kenya has banned the admission of foreign students to schools in insecurity-prone Mandera County. The Ministry of Education announced on Wednesday that there would be no more admission of students from neighboring Somalia and as well as other countries. Mandera County Director of Education Ismael Barrow said the ban follows a directive […]

Somalia Objects to Kenya Proposed Border Wall

Somalia Objects to Kenya Proposed Border Wall

A diplomatic tiff is brewing between Kenya and Somalia over the controversial proposed 440-mile perimeter border wall. Somalia has termed the project an abuse of its territorial rights. Kenya plans to build the wall as an effective measure to keep out terrorists along the border with Somalia. Speaking to the state-owned Radio Muqdisho in the […]

U.S. Gives Temporary Protected Status To Illegal Somalis

U.S. Gives Temporary Protected Status To Illegal Somalis

The U.S. government extended a temporary protected status on Monday to Somali citizens living illegally in the United States which will allow them to remain in the states for 18 more months. The temporary protected status is a special immigration status that allows people living illegally in the states to work legally and shields them […]

Al Shabab Camps in South of Somalia Suffer Air Strikes

Al Shabab Camps in South of Somalia Suffer Air Strikes

Kenyan defence forces’ fighter jets serving under AU mission in Somalia, have bombed Al Shabab training camps in south of Somalia’s Gedo region, on Tuesday, Shabelle has learned citing residents. The military jets stroke Godindhabe area 35Km south of Balad-Hawo town near Somalia-Kenya border where the militants were suspected to be hidden themselves, according to […]

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