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Somalia's al-Shabab attacks military base in Mogadishu
news Al Jazeera And Reuters, 21 Jun 2015 (9 years ago )Somali armed group al-Shabab has claimed responsibility for an attack on a military compound in Mogadishu where Somali intelligence officials train, claiming it killed "many intelligence forces". "We captured the building and we are fighting inside it," Sheikh Abdiasis Abu Musab, al-Shabab's mili... -
Somalia attack: Al-Shabab target targets diplomat in Mogadishu
news BBC, 24 Jun 2015 (9 years ago )A military vehicle escorting a United Arab Emirates' diplomatic convoy was hit by a car bomb in Somalia's capital, killing at least 12 people, police say. The UAE ambassador survived the suicide attack as he was riding in a bullet-proof land cruiser vehicle, the BBC's Mohamed Moalimu reports from... -
Anti-Houthi forces in Yemen seize Saudi border crossing
news Reuters, 24 Jun 2015 (9 years ago )Army forces loyal to Yemen's exiled president seized a border crossing with Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, officials in the area and witnesses said, dealing a rare blow to the country's dominant Houthi group. The Houthis and their allies in Yemen's army control three other crossings with the kingdom, w... -
Saudi Yemen bombing a message to Iran as damage mounts
news BBC, 23 Jun 2015 (9 years ago )Saudi Arabia and their allies need to think again about the bombing campaign in Yemen. They are nowhere close to breaking the will of the Houthis, their main target. The Houthis started as insurgents from north Yemen. Last September, with the co-operation of the former President Ali Abdullah Sale... -
Picasso would be proud: talented Somali refugee dreams of new life in America to honour father who died for his art
news UNHCR, 30 Jun 2015 (9 years ago )ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, June 30 (UNHCR) – It’s been said that if you suffer for your art, you will never die. For 16 year-old Abdirahim Abdulkadir Osman, his father’s brutal murder at the hands of Al Shabaab may prove not to have been in vain as the talented Somali refugee artist and his family look ... -
Yemen conflict: 'Islamic State car-bomb' strikes Sanaa funeral
news BBC, 30 Jun 2015 (9 years ago )The Islamic State (IS) militant group say its Yemeni affiliate carried out a car-bomb attack at a funeral attended by Shia Houthi rebels in the capital. Dozens of people were injured, reports say. An unconfirmed report says many people were killed. The blast happened near a military hospital i... -
Al-Shabab kills Somali soldiers in attack on army base
news BBC, 29 Jun 2015 (9 years ago )Al-Shabab militants have killed at least five soldiers in an overnight attack on an army base in the southern Somali port of Kismayo. Islamist fighters beheaded some of the captured Somali soldiers after briefly taking over the camp, witnesses told AFP news agency. At least 50 Burundian soldie... -
Somalia is Making a Comeback, says President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud.
news Amisom media, 29 Jun 2015 (9 years ago )Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud says the country is making a comeback. President Mohamud spoke ahead of the country’s July 1st Independence Day celebrations. As Somalia counts down to the day it gained self-rule 55 years ago, the President speaks candidly about how far Somalia has come, the p... -
ISWA President visits AMISOM Headquarters as troops return to Leego camp
news Amisom news portal, 29 Jun 2015 (9 years ago )AMISOM troops returned to their outpost in Leego on Sunday, repossessed the camp and started bolstering security. In Mogadishu, the President of the Interim South West Administration (ISWA) Sharif Hassan Sheikh Aden visited AMISOM Force Headquarters to commiserate with the troops over the Friday ... -
AMISOM Chief of Staff Visits Injured Troops
news Amisom news portal, 27 Jun 2015 (9 years ago )Mogadishu, Somalia 27th June, 2015: The AMISOM Chief of Staff (CoS) Ambassador Epiphanie Kabushemeye on Saturday visited AMISOM soldiers admitted at the AMISOM Level 2 Hospital in Mogadishu. She also delivered a get well message from the Special Representative of the Chairperson of the AU Commission...