Tag: Mogadishu

At least 25 people have died in an attack in central Mogadishu, which ended on Friday when Somali special forces killed the last of three gunmen, according to police officials. ...

DAMASCUS, SYRIA (6:10 PM) - Social media users in the Somalian capital of Mogadishu report that a massive explosion has taken place near the Presidential Palace in the centre of ...

DAMASCUS, SYRIA (6:00 PM) - A double car bomb explosion has killed over 230 people in the Somali capital of Mogadishu, in what has turned out to be the most ...

DAMASCUS, SYRIA (0:20 P.M.) – This morning, the media wing of the hardline jihadist group Al-Shabaab claimed its fighters had assassinated a prominent intelligence official in the Somali capital. Al-Shabaab ...

BEIRUT, LEBANON (12:34 A.M.) - At least six people were killed, with dozens of others injured, after a suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle at a checkpoint in Mogadishu, Tuesday. ...

Corruption and voter intimidation have engulfed the ongoing parliamentary elections in Somalia, the auditor general told the BBC. Bribes of between $1,000 - $5,000 have been paid according to  Gen ...

A suicide car bomb that exploded near parliament building in Somalia's capital of Mogadishu has killed at least 20 people according to Somali news outlets. "A car bomb rammed into ...

Al-Qaeda-affiliated al-Shabab have taken responsibility for an attack at the Somali Youth League Hotel (SYL) in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu. It has been reported that at least ten people have been ...

(AFP) Seven people were killed in an attack by Shabaab jihadists on a popular beachfront restaurant in the Somali capital Mogadishu, city authorities said on Friday. "Nine people including two ...

Al-Jazeera has reported that Al-Shabab fighters have attacked a beach restaurant in the capital Mogadishu with a car bomb before entering into a gunfight with security forces, according to police ...