Fighters from the al-Shabab militant Islamist group have overrun an African Union military base in southern Somalia, inflicting heavy casualties, witnesses have told the BBC. The militants said they have killed 70 AU soldiers at the Janale base, 90km (55 miles) south-east of the capital. AU forces say they are back in control after taking
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Somalia militant group al-Shabaab has executed a young man accused of spying for the Ethiopian troops in the country. The man, named Ali Salad Majin, 20, was shot dead in an open public view in firing in a Southern Somalia town, while residents of the district were invited to watch the event as it unfolds.
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BBC A Somali intelligence officer was killed in the blast, police say At least four people have been killed in a car bomb blast next to a UN convoy in Somalia’s capital, police say. The bomb exploded as the convoy travelled along the road near the airport in Mogadishu, police said. A second blast targeted
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BBC Uganda’s Entebbe Airport Security was increased at key sites in the Ugandan capital, including Entebbe international airport The authorities in Uganda have uncovered a terrorist cell which they believe was planning an imminent attack, the US embassy in Kampala says. It said the cell belonged to Somali Islamist group al-Shabab, but this has yet
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Reuters By Abdi Sheikh and Feisal Omar MOGADISHU (Reuters) – Somalia’s Islamist rebel group bombed African peacekeepers and government vehicles on Monday in twin attacks that left at least 12 civilians dead, marking al Shabaab’s first major attack since promising revenge for the killing of its leader last week. The blasts within an hour of
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AFP The death of Al-Qaeda’s top man in Somalia has been viewed as a major victory. Why is his death important? The leader of Somalia’s Shabaab rebels Ahmed Abdi Godane, declared dead by the United States after an air strike earlier this week, was a ruthless kingpin of Al-Qaeda’s main African affiliate. On Monday night, US
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BBC Ahmed Abdi Godane – undated photo The US Rewards for Justice programme issued this photograph of Godane in 2012 The leader of the Somali Islamist group al-Shabab, Ahmed Abdi Godane, was killed following a US attack earlier this week, the Pentagon has said. The US carried out air strikes on Monday night destroying a
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By Phil Stewart WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. military advisors have secretly operated in Somalia since around 2007 and Washington plans to deepen its security assistance to help the country fend off threats by Islamist militant group al Shabaab, U.S. officials said. The comments are the first detailed public acknowledgement of a U.S. military presence in
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By Ben Makori MPEKETONI Kenya (Reuters) – Somali-linked Islamist militants killed at least eight people in a second night of attacks on Kenya’s coast, a day after an assault on nearby Mpeketoni town left almost 50 dead, officials and the fighters said on Tuesday. Armed men set fire to houses as they raided the village
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Dan Kedmey TIME The appointment will end a vacancy of over two decades in the war-torn capital of Mogadishu, though the State Department hasn’t yet confirmed it will open an embassy there The State Department announced that it will “soon” name an ambassador to Somalia for the first time in over 20 years as a
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