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Somalia: Al-Shabab Claims Responsibility for Two Attacks
VOA, 5 February 2019
The Islamist al-Shabab group has claimed responsibility for two attacks in Somalia Monday. Read more »
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Somalia: Al-Shabaab Claims Responsibility for Twin Attacks
DW, 4 February 2019
The extremist group al-Shabab has claimed responsibility for a pair of attacks in Somalia. In one, a manager of a Dubai-based ports company was shot in the head. In Mogadishu, a… Read more »
Al-Shabaab Claims Two Deadly Attacks in Somalia
Twin incidents of terrorism have shaken Somalia. In the first, Paul Anthony Formosa, a Maltese national who was the manager of the port of Bosaso in semi-autonomous Puntland, was shot dead. The Al-Shabaab extremist group claimed responsibility - and also claimed the second incident, in which a car bomb went off in Mogadishu killing at least 11 people.
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Somalia: Al-Shabaab Car Bomb Kills At Least 8
Shabelle, 4 February 2019
The Al-Qaeda-linked Al-Shabaab has claimed responsibility for a deadly car bomb attack in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu on Monday morning. Read more »
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Somalia: Huge Blast Heard in Mogadishu
Vanguard, 4 February 2019
A huge blast was heard in the heart of the Somali capital Mogadishu on Monday and clouds of smoke could be seen rising, a Reuters witness said. Read more »
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Somalia: Huge Explosion Heard in Mogadishu
Shabelle, 4 February 2019
A heavy explosion reported in Mogadishu, the Somali capital on Monday morning amidst tight security in the seaside city. Read more »
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Somalia: Al-Shabaab Claims Responsibility for Port Head's Murder
Shabelle, 4 February 2019
The Head of Dubai based P&O ports, a port operator owned by the UAE's DP world in Bassaso town, Paul Anthony Fermosa, has been killed on Monday morning. Read more »
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Somalia: Dubai Company's Port Official Shot Dead in Puntland
allAfrica, 4 February 2019
A senior representative of Dubai-based harbour operator DP World has been killed in the port town of Bosaso in Somalia's semi-autonomous region of Puntland, Bloomberg reports. Read more »
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Al-Shabaab militants had launched a surprise dawn attack on Saturday at the base near Bula Gudud village. The U.S. Africa Command says in a revenge attack, it targeted a site in ... Read more »
