Islamist bombing near school in Somalia kills 8, injures 13 children
An Islamist suicide bombing outside a school in Somalia’s capital killed eight people and wounded 17 including 13 children, the latest in a string of...
Mogadishu
At least five killed as huge explosion, gunfire rocks Somali capital
At least five people died and 23 others were injured after a huge explosion rocked Somalia’s capital Mogadishu early on Thursday, triggering a plume of...
Gunfire erupts in Mogadishu as Somali government forces seal off streets
Gunfire and rockets exploded on Friday in Mogadishu as Somali government forces clashed with protesters angered by delayed elections, hours after fighters loyal to the...
Suicide bomber kills at least 13 in attack in Somali capital
A suicide bomber in police uniform blew himself up inside a police training camp in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu on Thursday, killing at least 13 police...
Death toll from Somalia bomb attacks tops 300
More than 300 people died after twin bomb explosions in Mogadishu, an official said on Monday, as locals packed hospitals in search of friends and...
Car bombs kill at least 22 in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu (Update)
Two car bombs in separate parts of Somalia’s capital Mogadishu killed at least 22 people on Saturday and injured several others, police said. The first explosion...
At least 10 killed by car bomb in Somalia’s Mogadishu
At least 10 people were killed on Tuesday in a car bomb attack on a government building in the Somali capital of Mogadishu that was...
At least 19 killed in hotel attack in Somalia’s capital
At least 19 people were killed when Islamist attackers launched a car bomb and gun attack on a busy hotel and adjacent restaurant in the...
Islamist group bombs Somali restaurant, at least 3 dead
Somali Islamist group al Shabaab bombed a restaurant frequented by members of the security forces in Mogadishu on Saturday, killing at least three people, officials...
Car bomb outside Somali President’s Palace kills at least 10
At least 10 people, including soldiers and civilians, were killed in Somalia‘s capital Mogadishu on Tuesday when a car bomb claimed by al Shabaab exploded...
Death toll in Somalia beach restaurant attack rises to 10
The death toll from an attack late on Thursday by Islamic militants on a seaside restaurant in the Somali capital Mogadishu has risen to 10,...
Suicide bombers attack peacekeepers’ main base in Somali capital (Updated)
Suicide bombers killed at least seven people as they tried to blast their way into the African Union’s main peacekeeping base in Somalia’s capital on...
Somali Islamist militants attack hotel in Mogadishu (Updated)
Somalia’s al Shabaab Islamist group launched a suicide bomb attack on a hotel in the centre of Mogadishu on Saturday before fighters stormed inside, police...
Al Shabaab car bomber strikes hotel in Somali capital, at least 15 dead
A suicide car bomber crashed into a gate outside a hotel frequented by lawmakers in the centre of the Somali capital of Mogadishu on Wednesday...
Islamist car bomb in Somali capital kills at least 3 police
Islamist militants in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, set off a vehicle packed with explosives next to a cafe near a police building on Wednesday, killing...
Islamist mortar attack kills four in Somali capital – police
The Somali Islamist group al Shabaab killed four people and injured eight others on Thursday in a mortar attack near the presidential palace in the...
Islamist gunmen kill 17 in Somalia beach restaurant attack (Updated)
At least 17 people were killed when Islamist gunmen struck a popular beachside restaurant in the Somali capital of Mogadishu late on Thursday, Somali police...
13 dead after Somali Islamist group Al Shabaab attacks Mogadishu hotel
By Abdi Sheikh and Feisal Omar Thirteen people were killed on Sunday when Somalia’s al Shabaab Islamist militant group drove a car packed with explosives...
Al Shabaab militants attack Somali government building, at least 10 dead (Updated)
By Abdi Sheikh and Feisal Omar Al Shabaab Islamist militants attacked a government building housing two ministries in the Somali capital on Tuesday, setting off...
Somali Islamists say responsible for Mogadishu hotel bombing
A suicide car bomb exploded at the gate of a Mogadishu hotel where Turkish delegates were meeting on Thursday, a day ahead of a visit...
