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Al-Shabab twin bomb attacks kill 18 in Somali capital Mogadishu
Feb 24, 2018 03:24At least 18 people have been killed and 20 others sustained injuries when a pair of car bombings, carried out by the al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabab terrorist group, hit the Somali capital of Mogadishu, police say.
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US military admits death of Somali schoolchildren in recent raid
Jan 25, 2018 05:08The US military’s Africa Command (AFRICOM) has admitted to killing a number of civilians, including schoolchildren, during a recent raid in Somalia.
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US airstrike kills 13 people in Somalia
Dec 28, 2017 09:53At least 13 people have been killed as the result of a US airstrike in southern Somalia, the Pentagon says.
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Bomb attack kills 17 at Mogadishu police academy
Dec 14, 2017 10:42The al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabab Takfiri terrorist group has launched a bombing attack on a police training camp in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu, killing at least 17 officers and injuring 20 others.
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US ups Somalia military campaign, targets ‘Daesh’
Nov 04, 2017 09:48The US has carried out its first air strikes against purported Daesh positions in Somalia as Washington moves to step up its military campaign in the militancy-riddled state and the entire African continent.
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Three bomb attacks kill 18, wound 11 in Somali capital
Oct 28, 2017 16:13Three bomb attacks, along with sporadic gunfire, have killed at least 18 people and injured 11 others in the Somali capital Mogadishu.
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Blast kills 3 UN peacekeepers in Mali
Oct 27, 2017 01:55Three United Nations soldiers were killed and two others wounded by an explosive device as they were escorting a convoy in northern Mali on Thursday, the peacekeeping mission in the West African nation said.
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Somali president pledges war on Shabab after fatal attack
Oct 18, 2017 16:58Somalia’s President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed has vowed to step up the fight against the al-Shabab Takfiri terrorist group following the weekend truck bombing that claimed the lives of over 300 people in the capital Mogadishu.
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Death toll from twin blasts in Somalia's capital rises to 189
Oct 15, 2017 11:00The death toll from two recent bomb blasts in busy locations in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, has jumped to 189 with more than 200 people injured, making them the deadliest attacks to have ever happened in the country.
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Al-Shabab attacks base in Somalia, kills 15
Sep 29, 2017 09:01The Takfiri al-Shabab terrorist group has attacked a military base near Somalia’s capital, capturing the base and a nearby village and killing at least 15 soldiers.