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In Somalia town, bomb blast kills 10 amid tightened security for elections
Feb 19, 2022 15:17At least ten people have been killed and scores of others injured in a bomb attack at a local restaurant in a central town in Somalia.
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Al-Shabab terrorists attack police stations in Somalia's capital, killing at least 5 people
Feb 16, 2022 17:34Somalia’s Takfiri al-Shabab terrorists have launched simultaneous attacks on police stations around the capital, Mogadishu, killing five people, including two kids.
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Several killed in Somalia's Mogadishu car bombing
Jan 12, 2022 16:17A car bomb exploded on a road leading to the airport in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Wednesday, killing at least eight people, the head of the city's ambulance services said.
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Somalia's West-backed president suspends PM Roble as election row deepens
Dec 27, 2021 15:23Somalia's Western-backed president has announced the sacking of his prime minister a day after the two top officials quarreled over long-delayed elections in the restive Horn of Africa country.
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At least five killed in al-Shabab car bombing in Somalia's capital
Nov 25, 2021 11:39At least five people have been killed and several others wounded in a car bombing near a school in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, witnesses and officials have said.
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Washington is not telling the truth about US troops in Somalia
Nov 15, 2021 15:57The U.S. first dispatched commandos to Somalia shortly after 9/11 and has been conducting air strikes in the country since 2007. Journalists and human rights organizations have documented scores of civilian victims of these attacks.
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Thousands displaced, millions in need of urgent humanitarian aid in Somalia, UN warns
Oct 26, 2021 17:36The United Nations (UN) has raised the alarm about severe humanitarian issues in central Somalia, after 100,000 people were displaced by fighting between pro-government forces and militia.
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Is US military backtracking on airstrikes transparency?
Aug 16, 2021 14:12With the United States seemingly returning to waging an active air war in Somalia, AFRICOM’s recent press releases should raise concern that it may be backtracking on providing transparent reporting of the impact of its strikes.
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Sanders, Lee, and Murphy slam Biden administration's first drone strike in Somalia
Jul 27, 2021 09:20The Biden administration like its predecessors, has been accused of drastically undercounting civilian deaths in U.S. military operations.
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At least 30, including 13 civilians, killed in al-Shabab attack in Somalia
Jun 28, 2021 15:20At least 30 people have been killed when Somalia's al-Shabab militant group launched an attack in a town in the state of Galmudug, a security official said.