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Somalia: Recent Crimes By Al-Shabaab Show Contempt for Sharia
Sabahi, 4 June 2013
Al-Shabaab militants have carried out a string of brutal attacks and crimes against civilians in recent weeks -- kidnapping, beheading and robbing Somalis in complete disregard of… Read more »
Somali Terror Attacks 'Show Contempt for Sharia'
Hiran police chief Colonel Isaaq Ali Abdullahi has condemned brutal attacks carried out by Al-Shabaab militia in the name of the law calling it contempt of Sharia law.
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Somalia: Top Al-Shabaab Official Captured in Bosaso
Sabahi, 5 June 2013
Puntland security officials wounded and captured a suspected al-Shabaab official Tuesday (June 4th) in a shootout that also killed a civilian in Bosaso, Somalia's Garowe Online… Read more »
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Somalia: Several People Killed By Alshabab At the Outskirts of Jawhar Town.
Shabelle, 5 June 2013
news reports from Jawhar town which is located at the lower Shabelle region confirm that 5 civilians were shot dead at the western part of Jowhar by Alshabab. Residents of western… Read more »
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Somalia: Al-Shebab Displays Kenyan Prisoners in Southern Town
RFI, 4 June 2013
Al-Shebab fighters in Somalia on Sunday publicly displayed two soldiers they claim are Kenyans, captured during skirmishes that left five people dead last month after a… Read more »
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Somalia: Fighting Between Federal Govt Troops and Alshabab At the Outskirts of Baidoa.
Shabelle, 4 June 2013
federal government officials of Somalia in Bai region says that they have killed Shabab fighters at the outskirts Baidoa city. Read more »
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Somalia: Heavy Clashes After Al Shabaab Ambush On Allied Forces
Garowe Online, 4 June 2013
At least 10 people died after Al Shabaab and Somali government forces backed by IGAD clashed on Monday evening, 27 KMs outside of Baidoa, Garowe Online reports. Read more »
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Somalia: Puntland Forces Capture Al Shabaab Agent After Gunfight
Garowe Online, 4 June 2013
Puntland authorities wounded and arrested an alleged Al Shabaab agent in Bossaso after a gunfight that killed a civilian on Tuesday, Garowe Online reports. Read more »
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Somalia: Al-Shabaab Attacks Allied Forces Repairing Roads in Lower Shabelle
Sabahi, 2 June 2013
Al-Shabaab militants attacked Somali and African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) forces repairing a main road near the Wanlaweyn district in Lower Shabelle Friday night (May… Read more »
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Somalia: Heavy Clashes Between Al Shabaab and Allied Forces in Shabelle Region
Garowe Online, 1 June 2013
Al Shabaab and Somali government forces backed by AMISOM troops clashed in the Lower Shabelle region on Friday night, Garowe Online reports. Read more »
InFocus
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At least 25 people have been killed and 40 others wounded following consecutive suicide attacks and an hour-long gun battle between the Al Shabaab militia and Somali defence ... Read more »
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U.S. President Barack Obama has approved the provision of arms to Somalia to aid in the fight against Al-Shabaab militants. Read more »
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The police have warned that militia group Al Shabaab could be planning to carry out a string of attacks in the country's capital, Mogadishu. Read more »
