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  • Somali militants kill five with car bomb in Mogadishu

    news Source: Reuters - Wed, 15 Oct 2014 20:21 GMT, 15 Oct 2014 (9 years ago )
    (Adds al Shabaab claim of responsibility, background) By Feisal Omar MOGADISHU, Oct 15 (Reuters) - At least five people were killed and several wounded when a car bomb planted by Islamist militant group al Shabaab exploded near restaurants on a busy street in the Somali capital on Wednesday. ...
  • Car bomb explodes outside Mogadishu restaurant - witness

    news Source: Reuters - Wed, 15 Oct 2014 17:10 GMT, 15 Oct 2014 (9 years ago )
    MOGADISHU, Oct 15 (Reuters) - A car bomb exploded outside a restaurant in the Somali capital on Wednesday evening, causing some casualties, a witness said, but it was not clear how many people were injured or killed.
  • Sierra Leone residents clash with police over Ebola response

    news Reuters - Tue, 14 Oct 2014 21:12 GMT, 14 Oct 2014 (9 years ago )
    A woman bleeds from the head after being struck by a police officer after residents placed roadblocks on a street to demand faster removal of dead bodies infected with Ebola virus in the Aberdeen district of Freetown, Sierra Leone, October 14, 2014. REUTERS/Josephus Olu-Mammah
  • ACT Alliance Preliminary Appeal: Drought and Food insecurity in Somalia

    news ACT Alliance - Switzerland - Tue, 14 Oct 2014 14:43 GMT, 14 Oct 2014 (9 years ago )
    Preliminary Appeal Somalia Drought and Food insecurity in Somalia – SOM141 Preliminary Appeal Target: US${esc.dollar} 2,797,367 Balance Requested: US${esc.dollar} 2,732,767 Geneva, 14 October 2014 The humanitarian situation in Somalia remains dire with drought alerts being sounded....
  • Sierra Leone peacekeepers bound for Somalia quarantined over Ebola

    news Reuters - Tue, 14 Oct 2014 10:47 GMT, 14 Oct 2014 (9 years ago )
    FREETOWN, Oct 14 (Reuters) - A battalion of 800 Sierra Leone soldiers awaiting deployment as peacekeepers in Somalia has been placed in quarantine after one of its members tested positive for the deadly Ebola virus, military officials said on Tuesday. The soldiers were due to relieve the West Afr...
  • Somalia presidential adviser linked to militants -UN monitors

    news Reuters - Tue, 14 Oct 2014 00:49 GMT, 14 Oct 2014 (9 years ago )
    A Somali government soldier holds his position against suspected militants during an attack in Mogadishu, Somalia, August 31, 2014. REUTERS/Feisal Omar
  • Deadly car bomb explodes near Mogadishu cafe

    news Al Jazeera and agencies, 12 Oct 2014 (9 years ago )
    At least six people have been killed by a car bomb in the Somali capital Mogadishu, a police officer has said. Police officer Major Nuur Farah said that several wounded people were taken to hospital after Sunday's blast near a popular hotel and cafe. "Now I see six dead bodies," he said. "W...
  • Somalia tries to sway Al-Shabab stronghold

    news Al Jazeera, 07 Oct 2014 (9 years ago )
    Somali forces have called on the people of Barawe to support the government, now that it is back in control of the southern coastal town. The port in the Lower Shebelle region had been a stronghold of the armed group Al Shabab for six years. Al Jazeera's Catherine Soi reports from Barawe in so...
  • African forces close in on Shabab-held town

    news Al Jazeera and agencies, 05 Oct 2014 (9 years ago )
    Somali troops backed by African Union forces have launched an assault to retake the al-Shabab stronghold of Barawe, key to the financing of al-Shabab fighters. Al Jazeera's Catherine Soi, embedded with the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) in Barawe, said "some al-Shabab fighters were fle...
  • Al-Shabab : Setback or strategic retreat?

    news Al Jazeera, 05 Oct 2014 (9 years ago )
    The group's fighters have been withdrawing from a number of areas they have controlled in the southern part of Somalia. That is a result of a combined military operation called "Operation Indian Ocean" carried out by government forces and African Union troops more than a month ago. The 22,000-...