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Gunfire erupts in Mogadishu as Somali government forces seal off streets
Feb 19, 2021 16:21Gunfire, rocket fire and mortar blasts have been reported in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, where opposition parties launched a protest rally despite a coronavirus lockdown enforced by the government.
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Several killed as car bomb explodes near Somali presidential palace
Feb 13, 2021 15:40Several people have been killed and many others injured after a car bomb exploded outside the Somali parliament compound near the presidential palace in the capital Mogadishu.
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US warship to help ongoing troop withdrawal from Somalia
Dec 21, 2020 08:34A US warship and an aircraft have launched an operation to withdraw American forces out of Somalia, the Pentagon declared this week as it carries out a Defense Department order to transfer hundreds of troops to other locations.
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Somalia accuses Kenya of arming local militia to attack its forces amid rising tensions
Dec 20, 2020 13:49Somalia has accused Kenya of arming local militiamen on the border to attack its security forces as tension rises between the two African neighbors.
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Somalia severs diplomatic relations with Kenya
Dec 15, 2020 12:23Somalia has announced it is cutting diplomatic ties with neighboring Kenya over what it said was Nairobi’s interference in its political affairs.
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Trump orders Pentagon to pull nearly all troops from Somalia
Dec 05, 2020 08:09US President Donald Trump has ordered the Pentagon to withdraw nearly all of the hundreds of American troops deployed to Somalia, which is part of a global pullback by the outgoing president that will also see him drawdown forces in Afghanistan and Iraq.
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Somalis protest against blasphemous cartoons on birthday of Prophet Mohammad (SAWA)
Oct 30, 2020 05:34Protesters in Somalia's capital Mogadishu gathered on Thursday for a second day to protest against French President Emmanuel Macron and the printing of cartoons attributing to Almighty's Last and Greatest Messenger to mankind, Prophet Mohammad (blessings of God upon him and his progeny) in France.
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Al-Shabab terrorists kill over dozen army troops in Somalia: Military
Oct 15, 2020 13:17At least 13 Somali soldiers have been killed after members of the Takfiri al-Shabab terrorist group attacked army troops northwest of Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, a military official says.
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Car bomb explosion in Somalia leaves 3 soldiers dead, US officer injured
Sep 07, 2020 14:39A car bomb explosion outside a military base in southern Somalia has left three Somali soldiers dead and a US officer seriously injured.
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Death toll from attack on Mogadishu hotel rises to 16
Aug 18, 2020 07:39At least 16 people have been killed when extremist insurgents attacked a seaside hotel in Somalia's capital Mogadishu, a government spokesman says, with a witness describing the scene inside the compound as "like hell."