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Somalia: Al-Shabaab Increases Attacks As Elections Drag in Somalia
Shabelle, 26 March 2022
Al-Shabaab mounted one of its deadliest attacks Wednesday, targeting elections at the regional presidential palace in Beledweyne town. Forty-eight people were killed and more than… Read more »
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Somalia: Al-Shabaab Attacks Army Base in Puntland
Shabelle, 27 March 2022
Security forces in Somalia on Sunday repulsed an attack on a military base in northeast Puntland State and killed 12 militants of al-Shabab terror group, local officials said. Read more »
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Somalia: Farmajo Meets With Security Chiefs After Al-Shabaab Attacks
Shabelle, 27 March 2022
MOGADISHU [SMN] - The President of the Federal Republic of Somalia, HE Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo, met with the Governor of Benadir Region, Commanders of the Armed Forces, Police,… Read more »
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Somalia: Ahlu Sunna Attack Leaves Six Dead Near Galmudug State Capital
Shabelle, 26 March 2022
At least six Galmudug soldiers were killed last night in clashes in Balli-Biri area on the northern outskirts of Dhusamareb, the capital of Galmudug state. Read more »
Al-Shabaab Increases Attacks As Elections Drag in Somalia
Al-Shabaab mounted one of its deadliest attacks last week, targeting elections at the regional presidential palace in Beledweyne town. Forty-eight people were killed and more than 100 others were wounded.
Among the dead was firebrand woman member of parliament, Amina Mohamed, who was on the campaign trail when she was targeted and killed by a suicide bomber.
Hours earlier, two Al Shabaab militants breached the heavily guarded compound at Mogadishu's airport, where presidential elections are scheduled to take place.
Somalia has been in election mode since July 2021, to fill the 329 seats in its parliament.
However, that process has been marred by delays caused by political wrangling, both at the local level and between the president Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo and prime minister Mohamed Hussein Roble .
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A woman lawmaker was among 48 people killed in a twin attack on March 23, 2022 in the city of Beledweyne, around 300 kilometers north of Mogadishu. The attacks began when ... Read more »
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The U.S. Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, has announced a visa restriction policy on the issuing of visas for those believed to be responsible for, or complicit in undermi Read more »
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Somalia's Al-Shabaab militant group has an annual budget of U.S.$24 million to spend on the purchasing of weapons, according to a new report by a Mogadishu-based research gro Read more »
