Somali Islamist Commander Killed in Mogadishu

Unidentified gun men have  killed the deputy Chairman Islamist group of Hezb Al-Islam in Bakaro market, the stronghold area of Somali rebels, witnesses told APA Barre Ali Barre, the Deputy Chair man of Hezb Al-Islam (Islamic party), was killed by three...

Shelling Kills At Least 11 Civilians in Somali Capital

At least eleven civilians have been killed and others wounded on Monday after heavy shelling in northern districts of Somali capital, Mogadishu, witnesses told APA. The shelling erupted when Islamist fighters fired mortar to the Mogadishu international...

Gunmen Kill Prominent Islamic Cleric in Puntland

Unidentified gunmen have killed a prominent Islamic cleric in Bosaso, the provincial capital of Bari region of the semi-autonomous state of Puntland, eyewitnesses said Tuesday. Sheikh Sahal, the deceased man was the Imam of a mosque in Bosaso town, and...

6 Civilians Killed 15 Injured in Fresh Somali Fighting.

At least 6 civilians have been killed and more than 15 wounded on Wednesday morning in clashes between Somali Islamist rebels and African Union (AU) solders in Somalia. The fighting began when Islamist fighters attacked the African peace keepers’ base...

Six Disabled People Killed During Shelling in the Somali Capital

Six disabled people of the former Somali military forces were killed in the Somali capital on Friday when a mortar shell landed on their base in Martini Hospital, a hospital for disabled forces, an eyewitness claimed on Friday night. “The people were...

At Least 7 People Killed During Fresh Fighting in Somali Capital

At least seven people have been killed and more than 20 injured when fresh fighting followed by heavy shelling between the Islamist insurgents and Somali government troops erupted on Saturday night in Mogadishu. The fighting started on Saturday evening...

Suicide Bomb Kills At Least Three People in Somali Capital

A suicide bomber on board a car full of massive explosive materials on Sunday targeted the base of the Somali government soldiers in south Mogadishu, causing the death of three people including the bomber himself. “We heard a massive expulsion in the...

Somali Fighters Condemn Saturday’s Mortar Shell Attacks on Mogadishu

Hizbul Islam Islamist fighters, a wing of the Sheikh Mohamed Hassan Amey group, has condemned the mortar shell attack on the Mogadishu port on Saturday. “The attackers of the port have self-interest,” Sheikh Da’ud Abtidon, the spokesman...

Suicide Bombers Kill At Least 20 in Northern Somalia

At least 20 people died when heavy explosions rocked Bosasso town in semiautonomous Puntland (northeast Somalia) and Hargeysa city in self-declared Somaliland (northwest Somalia) on Wednesday morning, residents and witnesses told APA.