News Somalia Government: Somalia: Al-Shabaab Militants Surrender to Government Forces - Officials
Somali officials on Monday confirmed that two al-Shabab militants surrendered to government forces on Sunday in the southern Bay region. "The two al-Shabab operatives identified as Mohamed Hassan ...
News Somalia Government: Somalia says Mogadishu mayor dies after attack in office
MOGADISHU, Somalia — Somalia’s government said Thursday the mayor of Mogadishu has died after being badly wounded in an al-Shabab extremist attack in his office last week. The spokesman for Somalia’s ...
News Somalia Government: Somalia: In Shock and Tears, Mogadishu Mourns Loss of Slain Mayor
... which translates from Somali as "the small engineer," was the highest-level Somali government official killed in the city's frequent deadly terrorist attacks in recent years. With tears ...
News Somalia Government: Al-Shabaab publicly executes 10 in Somalia
The group is affiliated to the al-Qaeda terrorist organisation and has been fighting the Somalian government since 2007. The outfit is responsible for a string of attacks in Somalia which have claimed ...
News Somalia Government: Somalia: Airstrike Kills 6 Is Terrorists in Northern Somalia - U.S. Military
The U.S. Africa Command (Africom) which oversees American troops on the African continent said the latest strike was conducted in cooperation with Somali government targeting terrorists in the ...
News Somalia Government: U.S. airstrikes continue to target al-Shabaab, ISIS-Somalia in support of the Federal Government of Somalia
In coordination with the Federal Government of Somalia, U.S. Africa Command conducted an airstrike targeting ISIS militants in the Golis Mountains, Somalia, on June 4, 2019. This is the seventh ...