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Al-Shabab Kills Three Businessmen in Hodan Over CCTV Installations

October 17, 2024

Mogadishu, SOMALIA - Al-Shabab assassins have claimed the lives of three businessmen and wounded another in Mogadishu's Hodan district, specifically...

Al-Shabab suicide battalion Somalia Xawadley

Somalia Security News

Al-Shabab Suicide Bomber Targets Mogadishu Police Academy, Killing Seven

by Dalmar

October 17, 2024

Mogadishu, SOMALIA - An Al-Shabab person-borne improvised explosive device (PBIED) struck the Police Training Academy in Mogadishu, claiming the lives...

Features

Mogadishu Government Warns Businesses Against CCTV Removals Despite Al-Shabab Attacks

by Jama

October 15, 2024

Mogadishu, SOMALIA - The Deputy Governor of Banadir (Mogadishu), Mohamed Ahmed Diriye "Yabooh," has issued a stern warning to businessmen...

ANALYSES

Al-Shabab Kills Four Mogadishu Businessmen Over CCTV Installations

by Dalmar

October 13, 2024

Mogadishu, SOMALIA - Al-Shabab has claimed the lives of four businessmen in Mogadishu last week for installing closed-circuit television (CCTV)...

ANALYSES

Somalia, Egypt, and Eritrea Forge Strategic Alliance Amid Regional Tensions

by Dalmar

October 10, 2024

The Presidents of Somalia, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud; Eritrea, Isaias Afwerki; and Egypt, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, convened in Asmara for a...

Daynile, Mogadishu, Somalia, where Al-Shabab targeted the SNA

Features

Al-Shabab Bombs More Mogadishu Businesses Over CCTV Installation

by Jama

October 4, 2024

Mogadishu, SOMALIA - Al-Shabab militants have bombed two businesses in the northern suburbs of Mogadishu, targeting them specifically for their...

Yusuf Mohamed Moalim Bardaale Darawish Southwest Somalia Al-Shabab

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Bardaale Darawish Commander Killed by Al-Shabab IED

by Jama

September 30, 2024

Al-Shabab militants have claimed the lives of Yusuf Mohamed Moalim, the Commander of the Darawish in Bardaale, and two of...

Somalia Security News

Al-Shabab VBIED Attack Targets Geeldoox Restaurant in Mogadishu

by Jama

September 28, 2024

Mogadishu, SOMALIA - Al-Shabab militants have claimed the lives of at least five people and wounded many more in a...

Somalia Security News

Al-Shabab Launches Attacks on Security Targets in Mogadishu and Lower Shabelle

by Jama

September 28, 2024

Last night and yesterday afternoon, respectively, Al-Shabab militants launched two separate attacks on key security targets in Somalia, striking at...