31

Dec

al-Shabaab claim responsibility for deadly blast in Mogadishu

Islamist group al Shabaab on Monday claimed responsibility for a bomb blast in Mogadishu that killed at least 90 people over the weekend while Somalia said a foreign government that…

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22

Sep

Suspected Islamist militants planning attacks arrested in Ethiopia

Ethiopia announced it had arrested an unspecified number of Islamist militant members of the Somali group al Shabaab and ISIS who were planning to carry out attacks in the country…

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13

Jul

26 killed in hours-long al-Shabab hotel siege during political activity in Somalia

A suicide car bomber and gunmen attacked a hotel where a political gathering was taking place in port city of Kismayo. The death toll from Somalia's Kismayo hotel attack rose…

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23

Mar

Big explosion rocks Mogadishu

  A big explosion rocked the heart of Somalia's capital Mogadishu on Saturday, as the militant group al Shabaab exploded a car bomb at a government ministry building which was…

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01

Mar

al-Shabaab claims responsibility for deadly attack in Mogadishu

At least 10 people have been killed in an overnight battle in Somalia's capital Mogadishu that began with a car bombing by the al-Shabaab jihadist group. The fighting is still…

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04

Feb

UPDATED: Islamist militant group al Shabaab claims responsibility for the killing of Paul Anthony Formosa – Maltese manager of Dubai’s government owned port in Somalia’s region

Gunman shot dead the head of Dubai government-owned P&O Ports’ operations in Somalia’s semi-autonomous region of Puntland on Monday, a local government official said, and Islamist militant group al Shabaab…

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15

Jun

Is another Boko Haram or al-Shabaab erupting in Mozambique?

The Institute for Security Studies: A sudden upsurge in brutal violence in northern Mozambique, including the beheadings of women and children, has sounded alarms that a violent jihadist movement like Boko…

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