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Somalia on alert for new Takfiri attacks after scores killed
Mar 03, 2019 05:20Somalia has strengthened security across the capital, Mogadishu amid new threats by the al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabaab terrorist group which killed scores of people on Thursday.
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Gunfire rages in Mogadishu as hotel bomb kills nearly 30
Mar 01, 2019 08:57Heavy gunfire rang out across central Mogadishu on Friday as Somali troops battled to dislodge insurgents holed up next to a hotel they bombed the previous evening, and as the death toll stemming from that attack neared 30.
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Al-Shabab kills UAE-owned firm boss in Somalia's Puntland , conducts deadly blast in capital
Feb 04, 2019 10:19Al-Qaeda-affiliated al-Shabab Takfiri militants have shot to death the head of Dubai-owned P&O Ports in Somalia’s semi-autonomous Puntland region, according to local government sources.
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US military claims 52 Shabab militants killed in Somalia airstrikes
Jan 20, 2019 08:39The US military claims that its airstrikes have killed 52 members of the al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabab militant group in southern Somalia.
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Somalia expels top UN envoy over 'meddlesome' approach
Jan 02, 2019 09:43Somalia’s UN-backed government has expelled the top United Nations envoy to the war-ravaged country, accusing him of meddling in its internal affairs after he challenged recent actions of UN-paid Somali police forces.
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Somalia executes mastermind of 2017 al-Shabab bombings
Dec 24, 2018 08:51Somalia has executed a member of the al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabab militant group convicted of having masterminded a series of fatal car bomb attacks in the capital, Mogadishu, last year.
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Over a dozen killed in al-Shabab attacks in Somalia
Dec 22, 2018 08:31Al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabab Takfiri terrorists have claimed two deadly attacks close to the presidential palace in the Somali capital Mogadishu.
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About 62 people killed in US airstrikes in Somalia
Dec 17, 2018 10:08The US has carried out fresh airstrikes in Somalia, killing dozens of purported militants there as Washington steps up its military presence in Africa.
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US renews diplomatic presence in Somalia after almost three decades
Dec 05, 2018 08:25The United States has renewed its diplomatic presence in Somalia after almost three decades, amid controversy surrounding Washington’s military operations in the Horn of Africa country.
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Nine people killed in new US airstrike in Somalia
Dec 02, 2018 09:02The United States military has reportedly conducted an airstrike in Somalia, killing nine people.