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15 killed in suicide bombing at army camp in Somalia

15 killed in suicide bombing at army camp in Somalia

FEISAL OMAR and  ABDHIRAHMAN HUSSEIN AT least 15 people were killed today in a suicide bombing as recruits lined up outside an army camp in the Somali capital Mogadishu, a Reuters witness who counted the bodies at Madina Hospital said. Officials at the hospital confirmed the dead were killed in an attack earlier in the day at a checkpoint outside the General Degaban military training camp in the capital. There was no immediate claim of responsibility. Islamist group al Shabaab frequently carries out bombings in the Horn of Africa country. Dozens of people crowded outside Madina Hospital searching for their…
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15 killed at baptism in Burkina Faso

15 killed at baptism in Burkina Faso

UNINDENTIFIED assailants killed 15 people who were gathered for a baptism at a village in northern Burkina Faso on Tuesday night, the government has announced. The attack took place in Adjarara, about 7 km (4 miles) from the town of Tin-Akoff in Oudalan province, very close to the border with Mali, according to a statement from the governor of Burkina Faso's Sahel region. It was unclear who carried out the attack, but Islamist groups control large swathes of the area. The governor, Colonel-Major Salfo Kabore, offered his condolences to the families and urged people to report any suspect movements to…
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