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Somalia: Death Toll Climbs to 11 Following Al-Shabaab Hotel Attack
VOA, 25 October 2022
The siege at the Tawakal hotel marked al-Shabab's second major attack in Somalia this month amid an offensive against the group by the Somali National Army and allied militia in… Read more »
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Somalia: Military Court Executes Two Al-Shabaab Convicts
Shabelle, 24 October 2022
Somali military court Monday executes by firing squad two Al-Shabab operatives in Mogadishu after being found guilty of murdering several people. Read more »
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Somalia: What the White House Use of Force Policy Means for the War in Somalia
Crisis Group, 20 October 2022
The new White House policy, as reported by Charlie Savage of the New York Times, is meant to put limits on operations in places outside of "areas of active hostilities," but it is… Read more »
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Somalia: Bomb Blast Reported At a Hotel in Kismayo
Shabelle, 23 October 2022
A car bomb exploded at the gates of a hotel in Kismayo city, the seat of Jubaland state on Sunday noon. Read more »
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Somalia: U.S. Kills Two Al-Shabaab Militants in Airstrike
Shabelle, 25 October 2022
MOGADISHU - In coordination with the Federal Government of Somalia, U.S. Africa Command conducted an airstrike against al-Shabaab terrorists who were attacking Somali National Army… Read more »
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Somalia: Govt Forces End Al-Shabaab Hotel Siege
VOA, 23 October 2022
Somali security forces say they have ended a seven-hourlong siege on a popular hotel in the coastal town of Kismayo. Read more »
Al-Shabaab Staging War in Every Part of Somalia?
The siege at the Tawakal hotel marked Al-Shabaab's second major attack this month amid an offensive against the group by the Somali National Army and allied militia in central Somalia.
Abdisalam Guled, the director of Eagle Ranges Services, a Mogadishu-based security company, told VOA that the militant group is staging war in every part of Somalia and sending a message to the government in Mogadishu. He says Sunday's attack on the Tawakal Hotel in Kismayo shows that the group can attack anywhere any time.
In coordination with the Federal Government of Somalia, U.S. Africa Command conducted an airstrike against Al-Shabaab who were attacking Somali National Army forces near Buulobarde, Somalia, about 218 km north-northwest of Mogadishu, on Oct. 23.
Similarly, a Somali military court executed by firing squad two Al-Shabaab operatives in Mogadishu after being found guilty of murdering several people.
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Rights groups and security experts have expressed alarm at the calls by Governor of the Hiraan region Ali Jeyte, for the military and clan militias to participate in extra-judicial ... Read more »
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Somalia was shaken by three bomb blasts on Monday, October 3, 2022 - in which over 40 people, including senior government officials were killed. Al-Shabaab&n Read more »
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A Burundian soldier, part of the African Union Mission in Somalia, looks out over his position at an army base in El Baraf, Somalia, on March 4, 2016. El Baraf was liberated from Al-Shabaab by the Burundian contingent of AMISOM on February 23, 2016.
