Tag: Al-Shabaab
President of Somalia’s Hirshabelle state replaces regional governor
The President of Somalia’s Hirshabelle state Ali Gudlawe on Sunday replaced Hiiraan region’s governor Ali Jeyte with Abdullahi Ahmed Surufow. The state ...Airstrikes target Al-Shabaab leaders in Somalia
In a joint operation with the Somali National Army, international partners carried out an airstrike targeting a gathering of high-level Al-Shabaab leaders ...Ugandan soldiers mistook Al-Shabaab attackers for farmers in Buulo-Mareer attack
Ungandan soldiers who survived the recent Al-Shabaab attack on their base in Somalia said they mistook Al-Shabaab militants for local farmers working ...UNICEF ‘horrified’ as unexploded ordinance kills 22 children in Somalia
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said it is “horrified” by the killing of 22 children by unexploded ordinance in Somalia’s Lower Shabelle ...Al-Shabaab kidnap healthcare workers in Somalia’s Hiiraan region
Al Shabaab terrorists kidnapped five healthcare professionals and a civilian man in Somalia’s central Hiiraan region on Tuesday afternoon, according to local ...Ten Al-Shabaab members defect to Somali gov’t
Ten Al-Shabaab members have surrendered to the Somali intelligence officers in South West regional state amid an anti-terror offensive against the militant ...Somali army repels Al-Shabaab attack, kills 30 terrorists
The Somali National Army (SNA) on Tuesday repelled an Al-Shabaab attack on the central town of Masagaway killing 30 of the terrorists ...At least 40 Al-Shabaab militants killed in operations south of Somalia
At least 40 Al-Shabaab militants have been killed in a joint operation by the Somali National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA) and ...First phase of anti-terror offensives in ‘final stages’: Mohamud
The first phase of the military offensive against Al-Shabaab is in its “final stages”, Somalia President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud said during a ...ATMIS members commend ‘successful offensive’ against Al-Shabaab
Members of the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) have hailed Somalia security forces’ “successful offensive operations” against Al-Shabaab. This came ...
