Tag: Somalia
2 Al-Shabaab militants killed in U.S. airstrikes in Somalia
Two Al-Shabaab militants have been killed in a U.S. airstrike near the town of Buulobarde in Somalia’s central Hiiraan region, the U.S. ...9 killed, 47 injured in Kismayo hotel attack by Al-Shabaab
Al-Shabaab militants’ Sunday attack on a hotel in Somalia’s southern city of Kismayo has left nine people dead and 47 others injured, ...Al-Shabaab attacks in Somalia’s Hiiraan region kill at least 21 people
Two separate Al-Shabaab blasts in Somalia’s central Hiiraan region have killed at least 21 people, according to VOA. Speaking to the VOA, ...U.S. lists Al-Shabaab financial facilitators
The US has designated a network of Al-Shabaab financial facilitators who act as key interlocutors between the group and local companies in ...Kismayo Hospital: A lifeline for malnourished children in Jubbaland
The last couple of weeks have been harrowing for Hamdi Mohamed. Two of her children have become acutely malnourished due to a ...‘Enough is Enough’: Somali local clans’ revolt against Al-Shabaab
Al-Shabaab is on the back foot. A string of coordinated operations between the Somali government forces and armed local clans, commonly known ...President Mohamud reveals ‘new strategies’ to defeat Al-Shabaab
The President of Somalia has outlined “new strategies” if Somalia and its international partners should defeat Al-Shabaab. Speaking at the Washington-based Center ...Why a Taliban-style takeover of Somalia by Al-Shabaab is farfetched?
More than a year has passed since the Taliban’s swift takeover of Afghanistan. At the time, TV screens were full of chaotic ...More than 1 million Somalis displaced by drought since Jan 2021: UN
Most new arrivals observed in Bay, Banadir and Gedo regions At least 1,002,796 people have been displaced by drought in Somalia since ...