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50 killed in Somalia inter-clan clashes

Mogadishu: At least 50 people have been killed and about 100 others injured in fierce fighting in Somalia’s breakaway region of Somaliland in the past two days, local officials said on Wednesday. Abdirashid Hussein Arab, governor of Sool region, said the inter-clan fighting started on Monday over land disputes in Dhumay in southern Sool, Xinhua […]

  • Thursday, 08 July 2021
40 killed in Mogadishu bomb blast

Mogadishu: At least 40 persons were killed and several injured in a deadly bomb explosion near a popular hotel in the Somali capital of Mogadishu on Saturday, the police said. Adan Mohamed, a witness, told Xinhua that a vehicle loaded with explosives exploded at the junction of KM5 just opposite Safari hotel. Most of the […]

  • Tuesday, 06 July 2021
Car bomb kills 7 in Somalia

Mogadishu: Seven people were killed and dozens more wounded on Thursday when a car packed with explosives detonated outside a restaurant in Mogadishu, Somali officials said. While no group issued a claim of responsibility for the attack, police suspect that al-Shabaab, a militant outfit with links to al-Qaeda, was behind the blast. The car bomb […]

  • Tuesday, 06 July 2021
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17 killed in Somalia restaurants attacks

Mogadishu: At least 17 people were killed and 26 others injured when two restaurants in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu were attacked by militants, police said on Thursday. An emergency team said confirmed that it has found 17 bodies, but it had to “stop rescue work as the area became too dark while bombings are still going […]

  • Monday, 05 July 2021
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At Least 16 Killed In Hours-Long Mogadishu Hotel Siege In Somalia

Mogadishu: At least 16 people, including a police officer, were killed and dozens others injured after the Somalian security forces ended a five-hour siege by the al-Shabab terror group at a beachside hotel in the capital city of Mogadishu, a government official said on Monday. Government spokesman Ismael Mukhtar Omar said five al-Shabab fighters were […]

  • Tuesday, 13 April 2021
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