Suicide bomber hits Somali capital, dozens killed in south

2011-12-06T10:00:14Z

MOGADISHU/NAIROBI (Reuters) - A suicide bomber struck the Somali capital on Tuesday, the latest in a wave of deadly attacks in Mogadishu, and dozens of Islamist rebels and Somali government troops have been killed in fighting in the south.

Suicide bomber hits Somali capital, dozens killed in

2011-12-06T09:30:22Z

Suicide bomber strikes near Turk embassy in Mogadishu

2011-12-06T06:30:17Z

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - A car bomb exploded yards from the Turkish embassy in the Somali capital Tuesday, the latest in a wave of deadly attacks in the coastal city, and a health official said three people were killed.

The suicide attack piles yet more pressure on a Western-backed gover...

Suicide blast in heart of Somali capital

2011-12-06T05:00:10Z

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - A car bomb exploded in the heart of the Somali capital Mogadishu on Tuesday, witnesses said, the latest in a string of deadly attacks in the coastal city.

The suicide attack piles yet more pressure on a government that relies on African troops to prop it up and controls littl...

Four killed by suicide blast in Somali capital

2011-11-30T01:30:23Z

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - A suicide bomber attacked a government compound in Mogadishu on Wednesday, killing four government soldiers and narrowly missing the army chief.

"I am alive. It was a suicide bomber. You can see his body parts," General Abdikarim Yusuf Dhagabadan told reporters at the site of the attack, Villa

Analysis: Ethiopia dragged reluctantly back into Somalia

2011-11-25T04:00:06Z

NAIROBI (Reuters) - Ethiopia is being sucked back into Somalia to open another front against Islamist rebels battling Kenyan forces but even a military victory is unlikely to end two decades o...

Large blast heard near Somali rebel stronghold

2011-11-13T13:30:11Z

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - A large explosion was heard near a Somali rebel stronghold about 30 km (19 miles) from the capital Mogadishu Sunday, residents and a senior rebel official said.

They said the blast hit near Afgoye, one of 10 Somali towns the Kenyan<...

Somali Shebab rebels claim dozens of dead AU peacekeepers

2011-10-20T18:30:23Z

Somalia's Al-Qaeda-linked Shebab rebels displayed "over 70" dead bodies outside Mogadishu on Thursday, which they claimed were African Union peacekeepers killed in battle.

If verified, it would be the worst massacre and largest single defeat that the AU force in Mogadishu has suffere...

Islamist rebels under attack in Somalia

2011-10-20T07:30:38Z

African Union and Somali government troops battled Shebab rebels in the anarchic capital Mogadishu Thursday, as torrential rains hampered Kenyan troops in the south attacking Islamist positions there.

Heavy fighting broke out before dawn in Mogadishu as AU-backed Somali forces advanced on ...

Somali rebels fortify defenses, blast kills six in capital

2011-10-19T09:31:14Z

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somali militants linked to al Qaeda prepared to defend a town in southern Somalia on Tuesday from advancing Kenyan and government troops, while a suicide car bomb kil...

Suicide car bomber kills 6 in Somali capital

2011-10-19T09:31:03Z

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - A suicide car bomb exploded near two government ministries in Mogadishu on Tuesday, killing at least six people, said an ambulance worker, in the second such attack in the Somali capital this month.

The blast took place in the busy Kilometer 5 area near two hospitals and clos...

Suicide car bomb kills 3 in Somali capital

2011-10-19T09:30:42Z

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - A suicide car bomb exploded near a building housing government ministries in Mogadishu on Tuesday, killing at least three people. It was the second such attack in the capital this month.

"A suicide car bomber blew up in front of a building that houses the ministry of foreign affairs and the planning ministry," Somali capital were fleeing Wednesday ahead of expected fresh assaults against final pockets of Islamist Shebab rebels, officials and witnesses said.

"We have stopped our military advancement for a few days, in order to give residents trapped in the neighbourhoods the chance to evacuate," Somali Lieutenant Colonel Abdulahi Ali Anod...

Final push against Somali Islamists in battle for Mogadishu

2011-10-11T20:30:16Z

Through a narrow slit in the sandbag wall, a Ugandan soldier peers down a machine gun barrel across the silent, empty road, the dangerous frontline with Somalia's Al-Qaeda linked Shebab insurgents.

"The Shebab are badly weakened, but are still a real threat," said David Byaruhana, a Ugandan captain with the African Unio...

Somali troops battle diehard rebels in capital

2011-10-08T11:30:09Z

African Union and Somali government forces on Saturday launched an offensive to flush out remnant Shebab militia from a Mogadishu district, two months after the rebels pulled out of the city.

The push comes after the Al-Qaeda-linked insurgents carried out their deadliest...

Somali rebels threaten more attacks after bombing

2011-10-05T09:30:29Z

Somalia's Shebab on Wednesday vowed more attacks after a massive car bombing killed more than 70 people in Mogadishu in the deadliest single strike by the rebels in the country.

"We are promising that attacks against the enemy will be routine, more in number and will increase day by day," spokesman Ali Mohamud Rage said in speech broadcast Wednesday by the group's radio Al-Andalus.

More than 70 killed in Mogadishu car bomb carnage

2011-10-05T02:30:07Z

The United States and United Nations have condemned a car-bomb attack on a government compound in Mogadishu which killed over 70 people in the deadliest attack by Somalia's Shebab rebels.

Witnesses described the carnage from Tuesday's attack as the worst they had seen in ...

Rebels kill scores in Somali capital blast

2011-10-04T10:30:34Z

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somalia's al Qaeda-linked rebels struck at the heart of the capital on Tuesday, killing scores of people with a truck bomb in the group's most deadly attack in the country since launching an insurgency in 2007.

Moga...

At least 27 Somalis killed in Puntland fighting

2011-09-03T07:30:11Z

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - At least 27 people have been killed in heavy fighting near the border of two semi-autonomous regions of Somalia, witnesses said on the eve of a political conference to hammer out a road map toward elections in the chaotic country.

P...

Fighting in Somalia's Puntland kills at least 27

2011-09-03T04:00:05Z

P...

Somali militants behead boys in Mogadishu attacks

2011-08-26T15:00:16Z

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somalia's Islamist al Shabaab militants beheaded at least two young boys in Mogadishu, an activist said on Friday, in the latest of a string of attacks showing they still had the power to strike despite a well publicized withdrawa...

Relief groups boost Mogadishu aid delivery

2011-08-13T17:30:12Z

UN humanitarian chief Valerie Amos said Saturday relief groups were ramping up aid delivery to tens of thousands of people affected by famine and drought in Somalia's war-riven capital Mogadishu.

More than 100,000 people have fled to Mogadishu from other drought-struck Som...

Somalia militants weakened, could regroup: U.N.

2011-08-10T13:00:17Z

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Somalia's Islamist militants who fled the capital this week may regroup and resort to "terrorist tactics" but they have been severely weakened, the U.N. special envoy for the African nation said on Wednesday.

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somalia offered an amnesty to militants still fighting in the capital Mogadishu Tuesday, three days after the country's president declared victory over the insurgent al Shabaab group, which has withdrawn most of its c...

Somali government declares Islamist rebellion defeated

2011-08-06T07:00:25Z

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somali President Sheikh Sharif Ahmed said on Saturday his military had defeated Islamist rebels battling to overthrow his Western-backed government after the a...

Somalia's al Shabaab militia leaving Mogadishu

2011-08-06T01:00:05Z

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Islamist militants fighting to topple Somalia's Western-backed government were abandoning their bases in the capital Mogadishu Saturday, a rebel spokesman and the government said.

African peacekeepers and Somali government forces have been steadily wresting control of the rub...

AU troops, would-be bombers killed in Mogadishu

2011-08-01T15:30:19Z

Two African Union soldiers and two would-be suicide bombers were killed Monday during a shootout in Mogadishu, an AU force spokesman said.

A firefight erupted between the AU troops and the would-be attackers dressed as government soldiers when they attempted to infiltrate the African forces' frontline in Mogadishu's Wardhigley district.

African Mission for

Somalia vows to defeat Qaeda after killing Mohammed

2011-06-12T09:31:46Z

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somalia's president said his security forces will defeat al Qaeda and its affiliate militants in the war-ravaged country after they killed Fa...

Al Shabaab rebels claim killing of Somalia minister

2011-06-12T09:31:11Z

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somalia's Al Shabaab rebels said Saturday they were behind the killing of Interior Minister Abdi Shakur Sheikh Hassan after they planted a bomb under his bed at his house in the capital Mogadishu.

An Islamist forum website c...

UN 'shocked' at killing of Somali minister

2011-06-11T08:30:10Z

The UN Special Representative for Somalia, Augustine Mahiga on Saturday expressed his "shock" at the killing of Somalia's interior minister in a suicide attack perpetrated by a family member.

Mahiga "has expressed his shock over the callous murder of the Interior Minister of the Somalia capital Mogadishu Thursday, killing two civilian workers and also losing their own lives, witness and officials said.

One of the suicide bombers blew himself up and security forces shot the other dead, they said.

"Two suicide bombers attacked the port, sneaking in through a side entrance," said Mohamed Ibrahim, a Som...

Somali Islamists warn Ugandans over Museveni

2011-05-14T13:30:08Z

Somalia's Shebab Islamists on Saturday threatened to punish Ugandans for re-electing President Yoweri Museveni, a key supporter of an African Union peacekeeping mission in Mogadishu.

Ugandan troops form the backbone of the AU'...

Suicide blast at Mogadishu police base kills nine

2011-02-21T19:30:15Z

A suicide car bomb ripped through a police base in Mogadishu on Monday, killing nine people after a weekend of bloody fighting between pro-government forces and Al Qaeda-inspired Shebab insurgents.

Police sources said at least nine people were killed when the explosives-laden vehicle blew up at the Darwish camp, a site used by a police unit and adjacent to a police academy.

One p...

Somalia suicide attack kills six police

2011-02-21T05:30:13Z

A suicide car bomb attack on a government security base in Mogadishu Monday killed at least six policemen and wounded scores of others, a police official told AFP.

"At least six police officers were killed. Many others were wounded, the toll could be higher but I don't have more details," said Abdirahman Issa, a senior police official in the Somali capital.

He added a ...

Suicide car bomb in Somalia kills 10: police

2011-02-20T23:30:04Z

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - A suicide car bomber killed at least 10 people near a police training camp in Somalia's capital Mogadishu on Monday, and the number of dead was likely to rise, police said.

"We saw a speeding car toward us, and it soon exploded. Every place was soon covered with flames and sm...

Suicide car bomb near Mogadishu police camp in Somalia

2011-02-20T22:30:06Z

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - A suicide car bomb exploded near a police training camp in Somalia's capital Mogadishu on Monday, but the number of casualties was not immediately clear, police said.

"We saw a speeding car toward us, and it soon exploded. Every place was soon covered with flames and smoke," ...

Somali Shabaab's threat to strike U.S. seen empty

2010-12-29T05:00:12Z

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somalia's Islamist al Shabaab rebels are seen as lacking the numbers and unity of purpose to carry out a threat by one of their leaders to attack the United ...

Somali rebel leader backs merger with al Shabaab

2010-12-27T06:30:21Z

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - The leader of Somali rebel group Hizbul Islam said on Monday he backed the decision to join up with al Qaeda-linked insurgents MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somalia's al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab rebels said on Thursday they would increase their attacks against Uganda and

Moderate Islamist group walks out of Somali government

2010-09-25T07:15:04Z

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - A moderate Islamist group that signed a power sharing deal with Somalia's government in March this year to help quell a raging insurgency has withdrawn from the administration, days after the prime minister quit.

Before joining the government, the Ahlu Sunna Waljamaca (ASWJ) ...

Somali PM Sharmarke resigns as insurgency rages

2010-09-21T16:00:35Z

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somalia's Prime Minister Omar Abdirashid Sharmarke resigned on Tuesday, paying the price for the government's failure to rein in an Islamist insurgency that has killed thousands of civilians.

Thousands...

Suicide bomber attacks Somali presidential palace

2010-09-21T15:04:37Z

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - A suicide bomber blew himself up at the gates of the presidential palace in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Monday, wounding two soldiers in the latest attack on the Somali capital by al Qaeda-linked rebels, police said.<...

Attacker blows himself up in Somali presidency: official

2010-09-21T15:03:31Z

A suspected Al Qaeda-linked attacker disguised as a government soldier blew himself up Monday inside the presidential compound in Mogadishu, a security official told AFP.

It was not immediately clear whether any other casualties resulted from the attack, which took place as a convoy of the African Uni...

Top envoys worried over rift in Somali leadership

2010-09-14T12:16:15Z

Foreign envoys who narrowly escaped a suicide attack in Somalia say a rift at the top of its Western-backed government is threatening to derail efforts to fend off an Islamic insurgency.

"The current divisions between the leadership of Somalia's Transitional Federal Institutions (TFIs) are unhelpful and potentially very damaging," said a statement received by AFP Tuesday.

The joint statement was signed by the MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somali police said they had foiled a suicide attack by Islamist rebels on the seaport in the capital Mogadishu on Saturday, two days after a bomb attack on the city's airport.

Abdullahi Abdi, a police officer based at the port, said the driver of a petrol tanker ...

Suicide squad kills five in raid on Mogadishu airport

2010-09-09T11:16:30Z

A suicide squad of Al Qaeda-linked militants killed at least five people as they tried to blast their way into Mogadishu airport on Thursday, moments after top foreign envoys met the Somali president.

The brazen attack was claimed by the Shebab movement and capped a Ramadan ...

Suicide squad kills five at Mogadishu airport

2010-09-09T09:15:46Z

The brazen attack was claimed by the Shebab movement and capped a Ramadan ...

Suicide squad kills five at Somalia airport

2010-09-09T08:15:41Z

A suicide squad of suspected Islamist extremists tried to blast their way into Mogadishu airport on Thursday, killing at least five people after top foreign envoys met the Somali president.

Two vehicles carrying suicide bombers armed with rifles sped towards the main entrance of the airport, witnesses and security officials told an AFP reporter on the scene.

Soldiers f...

Death toll in Mogadishu fighting hits 230

2010-09-07T06:20:14Z

Fighting in Mogadishu has killed 230 civilians and displaced 23,000 thousand since the extremist Shebab launched an offensive against the government two weeks ago, the UN refugee agency said Tuesday.

The fighting for control of the capital pitting the Al Qaeda-inspired rebels against Western-backed go...

US deplores 'particularly outrageous' Mogadishu carnage

2010-08-24T10:15:36Z

The United States on Tuesday condemned as "particularly outrageous" an attack by Al Qaeda-inspired extremists in Somalia that killed 30 people, including six members of the country's legislature and four government officials.

"We are saddened today by the loss of life that tragically occurred as the result of a bombing by the Shebab...

Death toll in Somali fighting rises this year: group

2010-08-03T17:01:52Z

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - The death toll in Somalia's long-running conflict rose in the first seven months of this year, driven up by increased shelling and fighting in the central region, a human rights group said Thursday.

Somalia has had no effective government for two decades and efforts by regional governments and the

Somali Islamists demand cash and jewelry for holy war

2010-08-03T17:00:23Z

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Islamist rebels have ordered business people in southern Somalia to donate cash and jewelry for a holy war against African Union peacekeeping troops and the Somali government, market traders said on Tuesday.

Traders in Mogadishu, Afgooye and

Mogadishu fighting kills 52 civilians in a week: group

2010-07-20T07:15:19Z

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Fighting between al Shabaab rebels and government forces in the north of Somalia's capital has killed at least 52 civilians and wounded scores over the past week, a local rights group said on Tuesday.

The violence in Mogadishu has intensified since a...

Mogadishu fighting kills 14 civilians

2010-07-19T06:16:09Z

Somalia's Shebab insurgents have launched a fresh drive to topple the country's weak president, sparking fighting in Mogadishu that killed at least 14 civilians, medics and witnesses said on Monday.

The Al Qaeda-inspired militants, who last week claimed deadly suicide bombings in Kampala, rekind...

Shebab threaten more attacks after Uganda bombings

2010-07-15T13:16:37Z

Somalia's Al-Qaeda-linked Shebab Thursday vowed further attacks after two deadly bombings in Uganda, as Kampala said it would send more troops to boost the African Union force in Mogadishu.

Sund...

Suicide vest is vital clue after Uganda blasts

2010-07-13T07:15:52Z

Police in Uganda counted on an unexploded suicide vest on Tuesday to help them track down suspects in the double bombings that killed at least 76 people during the World Cup final.

The blasts that ripped through a crowded bar and a restaurant in Kampala on Sunday have been claimed by Al Qaeda-inspired Shebab insurgents in

2 bomb attacks in Uganda; 30 feared dead

2010-07-11T17:30:07Z

Uganda: 2 bomb attacks kill 30 or more, Somali militia blamed

Bombs exploded at two sites in Uganda's capital late Sunday as people watched the World Cup final on TV, killing at least 30 people.

Foreigners, including Europeans and possibly Americans, were believed to be among the casualties.

Police

Fighting in Somali capital kills 20, rights group

2010-05-23T05:30:06Z

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Fighting between Islamist al Shabaab rebels and Somali troops in the capital Mogadishu has killed at least 20 people and wounded 30 this weekend, a human rights group and medical officers said Sunday.

Residents said al Shabaab insurgents have sought ...

Five killed in Mogadishu violence

2010-05-21T07:16:03Z

Five Somalis, including three civilians, were killed Friday in two separate incidents pitting Islamist insurgents against pro-government forces in Mogadishu, officials and witnesses said.

A government security official said fighters from the Shebab movement, which proclaims its affiliation to Al Qaeda, attacked positions in northern distric...

Somali Islamists planning wave of bomb attacks: AU

2010-05-05T08:45:08Z

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Hardline Islamist rebels are planning to carry out a wave of suicide attacks on the capital Mogadishu with vehicles packed full of explosives, the African Union peacekeeping force in Somalia (AMISOM) said Wednesday.

A three year insurgency led ...

Blast kills one in Islamist-held Somali port town

2010-05-03T05:15:58Z

A grenade attack at a mosque in Somalia's Islamist-controlled port town Kismayo killed at least one person and wounded 13 others, witnesses said Monday, two days after blasts killed 32 in Mogadishu.

Attackers threw a grenade into a mosque during prayers late Sunday, said Sheik Abukar A...

Somali Islamists threaten reprisals after blasts

2010-05-02T07:15:17Z

Somalia's Islamist Shebab militia threatened suicide attacks against the government and African peacekeepers Sunday after claiming one of its leaders was the target of a deadly attack on a mosque.

As medical sources and witnesses said the death toll from Saturday's twin explosions at a mosque in Mogadishu had risen to 32, the Al-Qaeda-inspi...

25 killed in blasts in Mogadishu mosque: officials

2010-05-01T11:16:06Z

Two explosions rocked a mosque Saturday in Somalia's restive capital Mogadishu, killing at least 25 people and leaving scores injured, officials said, in the deadliest blast in five months.

"The collected bodies I counted numbered 25," Ali Muse, the head of Mogadishu's ambulance service, told AFP.

He had earlier put the death toll at ...

Twenty-five killed in Mogadishu blasts: officials

2010-05-01T09:16:12Z

Two explosions rocked a mosque on Saturday in a Somalia's restive capital Mogadishu, killing at least 25 people and injuring scores of others, officials said, the worst such incident in six months.

"The collected bodies I counted numbered 25," Ali Muse, the head of Mogadishu's ambulance service, told AFP.

He had earlier put the death ...

Blasts at Somali mosque kill at least 30: witnesses

2010-05-01T04:30:17Z

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Two explosions at a mosque in Somalia's capital Mogadishu killed at least 30 people on Saturday and wounded scores, witnesses said.

It was the second attack this week on a mosque in Bakara Market, an area of Mogadishu dominated by members of the country's two main insurgent groups, MOGADISHU (Reuters) - The beheaded bodies of five builders have been found in Somalia's capital Mogadishu and at least 11 people were killed in fighting in the central region, residents and moderate militia fighters said Wednesday.

Mogadishu residents said they suspected al S...

Violence in Somali capital kills 19: rescuers

2010-04-12T10:45:44Z

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - At least 13 civilians were killed in fighting between Somali government forces and hardline Islamist militants in the capital Mogadishu Monday and bomb blasts killed six people, rescue services and the police said.

The insurgents fired mortars at the city's airport from their stronghold in the crowded...

Somalis on the move but fewer reach safe havens: UNHCR

2010-04-09T08:15:14Z

GENEVA (Reuters) - Somalis are fleeing fighting around Mogadishu but fewer are reaching safe havens in Yemen or Kenya due to rising insecurity and fears of recruitment by Islamist insurgents on the way, the Mogadishu district official and two bodyguards on Saturday, police said.

Ahmed Korleh, head of the Hamar Jajab district in the city centre was making a routine tour of the locality when the hidden bomb went off, a police officer who did not want to be named told AFP.

"It is believed to be the work of Shebab," the officer said.

Hamar Jajab is one of the f...

Somali rebels attack in capital for third day

2010-09-01T12:12:11Z

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somalia's al Shabaab Islamist fighters attacked government positions near the president's palace in a third day of fighting as the death toll hit 60, residents and a human rights group said on Friday.

Witnesses said government forces back...

Death toll hits 54 from fighting in Somali capital

2010-03-11T08:00:30Z

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - The death toll from two days of fighting in Somalia's capital between government forces and al Shabaab rebels has risen to 54, ambulance services said on Thursday as clashes subsided with both sides claiming successes.

The government urged residents ...

Fighting in Somali capital kills 17, rebels behead 2

2010-03-10T12:00:35Z

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Fighting between Somali government forces and al Shabaab rebels in the north of Mogadishu Wednesday killed 17 people and wounded 65, a Somali human rights group and rescue services said.

Residents said al Shabaab also beheaded two employees of a tele...

Somali defense official survives car bomb attack

2010-04-16T07:06:34Z

A top Somali defense official survived an attack by an Islamist suicide bomber driving an explosive-laden vehicle in the capital of Mogadishu, the official said. At least one bystander was killed.

The attack on Monday against State Defense Minister Yusuf Mohamed Siyad — known by his nickname Indahaadde or "White Eyes" — comes as the besieged MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somalia's sports minister has died in hospital in Saudi Arabia weeks after he was critically wounded in a suicide bombing at a medical graduation ceremony in Mogadishu, relatives and officials said on Saturday.

Saleban

Shelling kills at least 9 in Somalia: group

2010-04-16T07:10:40Z

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - An exchange of mortar shells between Somali government forces and rebels killed at least nine civilians and injured 14 others, a human rights group said on Monday.

The clashes started late Sunday and continued Monday morning, the MOGADISHU (Reuters) - At least 14 people were killed in a third day of fighting between pro-government militias and al Shabaab rebel group in central Somalia, witnesses and a rights group said Tuesday.

Al Shabaab, branded by MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Fighting killed at least 18 people on Monday in two towns in central Somalia where rebels battled a pro-government militia and each other, according to witnesses.

The Ahlu Sunna Waljamaca militia, which is aligned with President Sheikh Sharif Ahmed

Somalia's Shebab says will send fighters to Yemen

2010-06-12T18:06:41Z

Somalia's hardline Shebab insurgents Friday said they will send fighters to Yemen to help an Al-Qaeda affiliate behind the failed Christmas Day jetliner bombing in its fight against government forces.

Sheikh Mukhtar Robow Abu Mansour, a senior official of the Shebab militia that pledges allegiance to Al-Qaeda, announced the plan as he presented hun...

Insurgents fire mortars on Somali police force

2010-04-16T08:24:52Z

Insurgents fire mortars on Somali police compound, sparking battle that kills at least 13

Islamic militants fired mortars into Mogadishu's police compound as the force was celebrating its 66th anniversary Sunday, sparking a battle that killed at least 12 civilians and a police officer, officials said.

One police officer was killed and three others were wounded in ...

Experts: Somali Islamists improving tactics, bombs

2010-06-14T11:52:16Z

Somali Islamist insurgents have imported terrorist tactics and technology used with deadly results in Iraq and Afghanistan, threatening the African country's beleaguered government and causing alarm as far as Washington.

Somali fighters over the past two years have gone from simply throwing grenades into crowded rooms to building advanced remot...

Somali police warn of more suicide bombings

2010-04-16T08:36:13Z

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somalia's hardline al Shabaab rebels have prepared two suicide bombers disguised as military and police officers who are planning to strike Mogadishu's seaport and airport, the Somali police said on Monday.

A suicide bomber disguised as a woman in a ...

Residents protest Islamist violence in Mogadishu

2010-04-16T08:36:38Z

Protestors in Mogadishu torched the Al Qaeda-linked Shebab group's black flag Monday as hundreds marched in an unprecedented show of public anger against the hardline insurgent group.

The demonstrators staged a march from a hotel where a suicide bomber killed 24 people last week, including four government ministers, during a graduation ceremony in one of the country's most devastating ...

Anger grows after Somali suicide bombing

2010-04-16T08:39:09Z

Two days after a suicide bomb blast ripped through a graduation ceremony in Mogadishu, even the most resilient in war-torn Somalia expressed outrage on Saturday at the growing price paid by civilians.

At least 23 people -- including three government ministers and three journalists -- were killed Thursday when a bomber blew himself up among medical students, in one of the worst attacks to...

Somalia blames al-Qaida, Somali group for bombing

2010-04-16T08:42:57Z

The Somali government has blamed al-Qaida-linked Islamic militants for a suicide bombing that killed 22 people in the capital, as government officials buried three Cabinet ministers killed in the attack.

The bombing Thursday ripped through a university graduation ceremony at an upscale hotel in Mogadishu, killing medical students, doctors, ...

US denounces Somalia bombing

2010-04-16T08:39:58Z

The United States on Friday vehemently condemned a suicide bomb attack in Mogadishu that killed at least 23 people, including three Somali government ministers.

"The United States condemns in the strongest terms the December 3rd suicide bombing in Mogadishu," Somalia's hardline Islamist insurgents denied Friday that they carried out a suicide bomb attack in Mogadishu that killed at least 23 people, including three government ministers.

A bomber reportedly dressed as a woman carried out the attack at a medical student graduation ceremony in a Mogadishu hotel, which also killed three journalists and left dozens of people injured.

The inte...

Somali rebels deny responsibility for deadly bombing

2010-04-16T08:40:37Z

Somalia's hardline Islamist insurgents on Friday denied they carried out a suicide bomb attack in Mogadishu that killed at least 23 people, including three government ministers.

A bomber reportedly dressed as a woman carried out the attack at a medical student graduation ceremony in a Mogadishu hotel, which also killed three journalists and left dozens of people injured.

The intern...

Somali Islamists deny responsibility for bombing

2010-04-16T08:40:40Z

Somalia's hardline Islamist insurgents denied Friday that they carried out a suicide bomb attack in Mogadishu that killed at least 23 people, including three government ministers.

A bomber reportedly dressed as a woman carried out the attack at a medical student graduation ceremony in a Mogadishu hotel, which also killed three journalists and left dozens of people injured.

The inte...

Somali rebels deny they carried out suicide bombing

2010-04-16T08:42:59Z

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - A spokesman for Somalia's al Shabaab rebels denied on Friday that the group was behind a suicide bombing at a medical graduation ceremony that killed at least 22 people, including three government ministers.

But analysts pointed out that the bloodshe...

Somali Islamists deny responsibility for bombing

2010-04-16T08:41:06Z

The Shebab Islamist militia denied Friday that it carried out a suicide bomb attack in Mogadishu which killed at least 19 people including three ministers.

A bomber dressed as a woman carried out the attack at a graduation ceremony in a Mogadishu hotel, which also killed three journalists and left scores of injured.

The international community condemned the attack, which dealt an unprecedented blow to the feeble transitional g...

Three Somali ministers among 19 dead in suicide blast

2010-04-16T08:42:23Z

A suicide bomber killed 19 people including three Somali government ministers and injured scores more at a graduation ceremony for medical students in Mogadishu Thursday, officials said.

The blast which ripped through a hotel is the most serious attack on the transitional federal government (TFG) since the launch of an Al-Qaeda inspired Isl...

Suicide bomber kills three Somali government ministers

2010-04-16T08:42:56Z

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - A suicide bomber disguised as a veiled woman killed at least 19 people including three Somali government ministers on Thursday at a medical graduation ceremony in a Mogadishu hotel, witnesses and officials said.

It was the worst attack in the lawless Mogadishu hotel on Thursday killing at least three ministers in Somalia's transitional government who were at a ceremony, officials said.

A staff member at the hotel said at least six people were killed in one of the most serious attacks on the government since the launch of an insurgency by the Al-Qaeda inspi...

Freed journalist feared being sold on in Somalia

2010-04-16T08:52:57Z

NAIROBI (Reuters) - An Australian freelance journalist kidnapped in Somalia in August last year feared he would be handed over to hardline rebels when he was bundled into a car Wednesday night.

Instead, photojournalist Nigel Brennan and Canadian freelance reporter

Somali rebels order WFP to halt relief food imports

2010-04-16T08:53:40Z

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - The U.N.'s World Food Program must immediately stop importing relief rations to Somalia, hard-line rebels said on Wednesday, accusing the aid agen...

Dozens killed in Somali fighting: rights group

2010-04-16T09:29:02Z

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - At least 36 people have been killed and scores wounded in three days of fighting in towns across chaotic southern and central Somalia, a local human rights group said Sunday.

Government troops fought a rebel group in a central town, the two main insurgent forces battled each other in the south and pol...

Somalia's Shabaab rebels execute two for spying

2010-04-16T09:39:21Z

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somalia's hardline al Shabaab insurgents executed two young men in public Sunday after telling a crowd in a rebel-held port that they had confessed to spying.

The United States says the group,...

Shell fire kills at least 30 in Mogadishu

2010-04-16T09:42:03Z

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Mortar bombs killed at least 30 people in Somalia's capital Mogadishu on Thursday after rebels launched shells at the president's plane and African Union (AU) peacekeepers responded with heavy artillery fire.

President

Somali Shabaab rebels say they shot down U.S. drone

2010-04-16T09:46:09Z

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Insurgents of the Somali al Shabaab group shot down a U.S. drone aircraft flying over the southern port of Kismayu on Monday and were searching for the wreckage, an insurgent spokesman said.

U...

Shabaab rebels destroy grave and mosque in Somalia

2010-04-16T09:46:27Z

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Hardline al Shabaab rebels have destroyed a mosque and the grave of a revered Sufi Muslim sheikh in central Somalia after shooting in the air to drive away local protesters, residents said Monday.

Al Shabaab, which Rachel Chandler who were released by Somali pirates speak to each other during a press conference at the presidential palace in Mogadishu Somalia Sunday Nov.14 2010 (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh) ,

Somalia Piracy Chandlers

2010-11-14T05:00:26Z

British sailor Paul Chandler with local leaders after he and his wife Rachael were released Sunday, Nov.14, 2010 in Adado town, Somalia by the pirates who kidnapped the retired couple on Oct. 23 last year after hijacking their 38-foot yacht Lynn Rival in the Indian Ocean off the

Somalia Piracy

2010-11-14T04:01:04Z

In this image from video, British yachtsman Paul Chandler disembarks from a small aircraft with his wife Rachael (unseen) at Mogadishu airport, Somalia Sunday Nov. 14 2010 en route to Kenya after being released from captivity by pirates earlier in the day. The couple from

Somalia Fighting

2010-10-04T14:16:53Z

Islamist fighters take positions during clashes with Somali government soldier and African union peacekeepers in southern Mogadishu's Hodon neighborhood, Somalia, Monday, Oct. 4, 2010. Ali Muse, the head of Mogadishu's ambulance service, says a spike in violence the last three days in Mogadishu has killed at least 20 civilians. More than 70 people have ...

Somalia Somalia's Ambulances

2010-10-04T14:16:51Z

In this Friday, Sept. 24, 2010, photo, people help remove an injured victim from an ambulance vehicle at a hospital in Mogadishu for treatment. Driving an ambulance in Mogadishu is a risky business as drivers risk roadside bombs and sniper fire in an attempt to save people injured in this restive crumbling sea-side city. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)

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Somali Shebab rebels claim dozens of dead AU peacekeepers

Islamist rebels under attack in Somalia

Somali rebels fortify defenses, blast kills six in capital

Suicide car bomber kills 6 in Somali capital

Suicide car bomb kills 3 in Somali capital

Final push against Somali Islamists in battle for Mogadishu

Somali troops battle diehard rebels in capital

Somali rebels threaten more attacks after bombing

More than 70 killed in Mogadishu car bomb carnage

Rebels kill scores in Somali capital blast

At least 27 Somalis killed in Puntland fighting

Fighting in Somalia's Puntland kills at least 27

Somali militants behead boys in Mogadishu attacks

Relief groups boost Mogadishu aid delivery

Somalia militants weakened, could regroup: U.N.

Somali government declares Islamist rebellion defeated

Somalia's al Shabaab militia leaving Mogadishu

AU troops, would-be bombers killed in Mogadishu

Somalia vows to defeat Qaeda after killing Mohammed

Al Shabaab rebels claim killing of Somalia minister

UN 'shocked' at killing of Somali minister

Somali Islamists warn Ugandans over Museveni

Suicide blast at Mogadishu police base kills nine

Somalia suicide attack kills six police

Suicide car bomb in Somalia kills 10: police

Suicide car bomb near Mogadishu police camp in Somalia

Somali Shabaab's threat to strike U.S. seen empty

Somali rebel leader backs merger with al Shabaab

Moderate Islamist group walks out of Somali government

Somali PM Sharmarke resigns as insurgency rages

Suicide bomber attacks Somali presidential palace

Attacker blows himself up in Somali presidency: official

Top envoys worried over rift in Somali leadership

Suicide squad kills five in raid on Mogadishu airport

Suicide squad kills five at Mogadishu airport

Suicide squad kills five at Somalia airport

Death toll in Mogadishu fighting hits 230

US deplores 'particularly outrageous' Mogadishu carnage

Death toll in Somali fighting rises this year: group

Somali Islamists demand cash and jewelry for holy war

Mogadishu fighting kills 52 civilians in a week: group

Mogadishu fighting kills 14 civilians

Shebab threaten more attacks after Uganda bombings

Suicide vest is vital clue after Uganda blasts

2 bomb attacks in Uganda; 30 feared dead

Fighting in Somali capital kills 20, rights group

Five killed in Mogadishu violence

Somali Islamists planning wave of bomb attacks: AU

Blast kills one in Islamist-held Somali port town

Somali Islamists threaten reprisals after blasts

25 killed in blasts in Mogadishu mosque: officials

Twenty-five killed in Mogadishu blasts: officials

Blasts at Somali mosque kill at least 30: witnesses

Violence in Somali capital kills 19: rescuers

Somalis on the move but fewer reach safe havens: UNHCR

Somali rebels attack in capital for third day

Death toll hits 54 from fighting in Somali capital

Fighting in Somali capital kills 17, rebels behead 2

Somali defense official survives car bomb attack

Shelling kills at least 9 in Somalia: group

Somalia's Shebab says will send fighters to Yemen

Insurgents fire mortars on Somali police force

Experts: Somali Islamists improving tactics, bombs

Somali police warn of more suicide bombings

Residents protest Islamist violence in Mogadishu

Anger grows after Somali suicide bombing

Somalia blames al-Qaida, Somali group for bombing

US denounces Somalia bombing

Somali rebels deny responsibility for deadly bombing

Somali Islamists deny responsibility for bombing

Somali rebels deny they carried out suicide bombing

Somali Islamists deny responsibility for bombing