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Nov
01
2022
By The African Mirror
Somalia car bombings death toll rises to 120

Somalia car bombings death toll rises to 120

NEWS
THE number of people killed by two car bombs that exploded outside the education ministry in Somalia's capital Mogadishu has risen to at least 120 people, the health minister said. The al Qaeda-linked Islamist group al Shabaab claimed responsibility for Saturday's blasts, Somalia's deadliest since a truck bomb killed more than 500 people at the same location five years ago. The first of the explosions hit the education ministry at around 2 p.m. on Saturday. The second hit minutes later as ambulances arrived and people gathered to help the victims. Health minister Ali Haji Aden said the death toll stood at…
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Oct
24
2022
By The African Mirror
Somalia car bomb, shooting hits Kismayu hotel, nine dead

Somalia car bomb, shooting hits Kismayu hotel, nine dead

NEWS
A car bomb and shooting attack on a hotel in the Somali city of Kismayu killed nine people before security forces ended the siege at the hotel and killed the attackers, a regional official said. Gunfire erupted after an explosives-laden vehicle rammed into the gate of the port city's Tawakal Hotel. The al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab militant group said it had carried out the attack. "In the explosion, nine people including students and civilians were killed and 47 others were injured, some of them seriously," Yussuf Hussein Dhumal, Security Minister for Jubbaland, told Reuters. "The hotel where the explosion happened…
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Oct
19
2022
By The African Mirror
U.S. imposes sanctions on 14 men for ties to al Shabaab

U.S. imposes sanctions on 14 men for ties to al Shabaab

NEWS
THE U.S. government imposed sanctions on 14 men, including six it said were part of a network that has engaged in weapons procurement, financial facilitation and recruitment for the al Shabaab militant Islamist group. "Treasury is focused on identifying and disrupting al Shabaab's illicit networks operating in Eastern Africa," Brian Nelson, the Treasury's under-secretary for terrorism and financial intelligence, said in a statement. "We will continue to take action against the weapons smuggling and fundraising activities of al Shabaab and other (al Qaeda) affiliates." The Treasury named the six as Abdullahi Jeeri, Khalif Adale, Hassan Afgooye, Abdikarim Hussein Gagaale, Abdi…
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Apr
06
2022
By The African Mirror
Somalia’s intelligence agency warns of al Shabaab threat against top leaders

Somalia’s intelligence agency warns of al Shabaab threat against top leaders

NEWS
THE al Shabaab group linked to al Qaeda plans to target Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed and Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble, the country's intelligence agency warned. Violence by the group, which aims to topple the central government and impose its own severe version of Islamic law, has been an impediment to parliamentary elections taking place since November. "We informed the key government officials of a plot in which al Shabaab mafia wants to target the president and prime minister," the National Intelligence and Security Agency said on Twitter. "Mohamed Mahir, senior al Shabaab member, is conducting the plot." The…
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Jul
31
2021
By The African Mirror
Five soccer players die after blast hits bus

Five soccer players die after blast hits bus

NEWS
AN explosive planted on a bus carrying soccer players in Somalia's port city of Kismayo killed at least five players, a police officer said on Friday. "We have confirmed five deaths and more than 12 injuries and we still have some players missing," Captain Ahmed Farah told Reuters by telephone from Kismayo. It was not immediately clear who was behind the attack on Friday evening. President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed's office on its Twitter account the president had sent condolences and put the blame on al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab insurgents for the explosion. Al Shabaab, which wants to unseat the central…
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Jul
11
2021
By The African Mirror
Suicide bomb kills 8 killed in Mogadishu

Suicide bomb kills 8 killed in Mogadishu

NEWS
A suicide car bomb targeting a government convoy exploded at a busy junction in Somalia's capital yesterday, killing at least eight people, an eyewitness told Reuters. Abdiasis Abu Musab, military operations spokesperson for the al-Qaida-linked militant group al-​Shabaab, told Reuters it was responsible for Saturday's attack. The group, which wants to overthrow the government and impose its strict interpretation of Islamic sharia law, frequently carries out such bombings. The convoy was carrying senior police official Farhan Qarole, who survived the attack, the Somali government news agency reported. "I have seen eight dead bodies at the scene including a woman," Hassan…
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Jun
30
2021
By The African Mirror
Somalia to hold indirect election on October 10

Somalia to hold indirect election on October 10

NEWS
SOMALIA will indirectly pick a new president on October 10, the prime minister has announced, potentially easing a political crisis brought on by a delay in holding the election. After a series of meetings between the main parties, clan elders will now pick lawmakers in September, who will then vote for a president on the new date, Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble was quoted as saying by the state news agency (SONNA). Under the indirect election system, clan elders were meant to have selected lawmakers in December and the new lawmakers were due to elect a new president on February…
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Jun
29
2021
By The African Mirror
30 killed in al Shabaab attack

30 killed in al Shabaab attack

NEWS
AN estimated 30 people died on Sunday when Somalia's Islamist al Shabaab group launched an attack in a town in the country's semi-autonomous state of Galmudug, a security official said. The insurgents used car bombs in the assault on a military base in Galmudug's Wisil town, located in central Somalia, triggering a fight with government troops and armed locals, Major Mohamed Awale, a military officer in Galmudug told Reuters. "They attacked the base with two car bombs and fierce fighting that lasted over an hour followed," he said. "The car bombs damaged the military vehicles...residents were well armed and reinforced…
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Jan
30
2021
By The African Mirror
Somalia doesn’t want Kenyan forces

Somalia doesn’t want Kenyan forces

NEWS
ABDI SHEIKH SOMALIA says it has lost confidence in Kenyan troops serving in an African Union (AU) peacekeeping force, in the latest sign of worsening relations between the two neighbours. The friction could strain cooperation in the campaign against the Islamist group al Shabaab in Somalia, where the Kenya Defence Forces provide about 3,600 troops to the AU force. Last month, Somalia cut diplomatic relations with Kenya after accusing it of meddling in its politics. It recalled its diplomats from Nairobi and ordered Kenya's diplomats to leave Mogadishu. The government had lost confidence in the "KDF's ability to support the…
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Jan
03
2021
By The African Mirror
Somalia’s al Shabaab says behind Turkish company attack, four dead

Somalia’s al Shabaab says behind Turkish company attack, four dead

NEWS
A car bomb targeting workers of a Turkish company has killed four people including one Turkish citizen in Somalia, Turkey's Foreign Ministry said. The company's staff were working on the construction of a road between Mogadishu and Afgoye, northwest of the capital, the ministry statement said. Abdiasis Abu Musab, military operation spokesman for the al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab, said the group was behind the attack. Somali government officials did not immediately respond to Reuters' request for comment. The attack occurred outside the capital Mogadishu, according to residents in the area of the blast. Turkey has been a major source of…
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