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Feb
12
2024
By The African Mirror
At least five dead after soldier opens fire at military base in Mogadishu

At least five dead after soldier opens fire at military base in Mogadishu

NEWS
AT least five people, including Somali military officials and a United Arab Emirates (UAE) soldier, were killed after a soldier opened fire at a military base in the capital Mogadishu, an army officer and hospital staff told Reuters. The UAE's defence ministry, however, said three members of its armed forces and one Bahraini officer were killed in a "terrorist act" in Somalia while they were training Somali armed forces. Two more were injured, the ministry added in a statement. The ministry did not give other details about the attack but said the UAE "continues to coordinate and cooperate with the…
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Apr
13
2023
By The African Mirror
Somalis suffering from climate crisis they did nothing to create, U.N. chief says

Somalis suffering from climate crisis they did nothing to create, U.N. chief says

NEWS
SOMALIA is suffering from the impact of a climate crisis it has done almost nothing to create, United Nations chief Antonio Guterres said on Wednesday, as a full-blown famine threatens to follow a drought that killed 43,000 people last year. Some 8.3 million Somalis, almost half the population, require urgent humanitarian assistance, Guterres said, adding that only 15% of the country's $2.6 billion aid requirement for this year has been met. "When famine looms, this is totally unacceptable," Guterres told reporters in Mogadishu. He was speaking after visiting a camp in Baidoa, southwest Somalia, for people displaced by the drought…
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Jan
23
2023
By The African Mirror
Five hurt in blast in Mogadishu mayor’s office

Five hurt in blast in Mogadishu mayor’s office

NEWS
ABDI SHEIKH ISLAMIST fighters set off a bomb and then stormed a government building in Somalia's capital, killing at least five civilians, the ministry of information said. Attackers from the al Shabaab group charged into the block that houses the office of Mogadishu's mayor around noon and got caught in a firefight with security forces, the ministry and witnesses said. Security killed six of the militants and cleared the area by about 6 p.m., the ministry said on its Facebook page. Al Shabaab has stepped up attacks in a show of resilience since President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud's government launched an…
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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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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
19
2021
By The African Mirror
The Late Night, Mogadishu

The Late Night, Mogadishu

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JAAMAC JAAMAC MOGADISHU was once known as The Pearl of the Indian Ocean, famous for its architecture, culture and nightlife. A civil war and more recently an Islamic insurgency interrupted that. Now, with elections looming, nightlife is returning to this former Indian Ocean entrepot. At the Late Night restaurant, there's a palpable sense of hope, served up, along with each plate of Jabaati, by the manager himself. It is almost midnight and along Mogadishu's central Maka-Al-Mukarama boulevard, late-night restaurant patrons are coming and going. Three-wheeled "tuk-tuks" throng the area, dropping off customers or waiting for new ones. Judging by their…
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Jun
16
2021
By The African Mirror
15 killed in suicide bombing at army camp in Somalia

15 killed in suicide bombing at army camp in Somalia

NEWS
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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May
02
2021
By The African Mirror
Somalia parliament’s U-turn

Somalia parliament’s U-turn

NEWS
SOMALIA’S lower house of parliament voted unanimously on Saturday to cancel a two-year presidential term extension it approved last month after clashes in the capital Mogadishu and between factions of the security forces divided over the issue. The crisis has raised fears that al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab insurgents could exploit a security vacuum if state forces split along clan lines and turn on each other. The group has taken over at least one Somali town in the past week as heavily armed fighters moved from the countryside into the capital city. Mohamed's attempt to extend his term has also angered…
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Apr
29
2021
By The African Mirror
Somalia’s president bows to pressure

Somalia’s president bows to pressure

NEWS
ABDI SHEIKH SOMALIA’S President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed has pledged to drop an attempt to extend his term by two years, bowing to domestic and international pressure after clashes in the capital Mogadishu split security forces along clan lines. Hours earlier, Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble had denounced the proposed term extension and called for preparations for a new presidential election. The president's term expired in February, but the country failed to hold elections as planned. Earlier this month, the lower house of parliament voted to extend Mohamed's four-year term by another two years. The Senate rejected the move, provoking a…
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Apr
28
2021
By The African Mirror
Residents flee Mogadishu

Residents flee Mogadishu

NEWS
ABDI SHEIKH RESIDENTS of Mogadishu have fled some neighbourhoods, fearing fresh clashes between rival factions in Somalia's security forces, in a row about presidential term limits that has fuelled worries the country could return to all-out war. Government forces also raided an independent radio station and confiscated equipment. Forces loyal to the opposition hold parts of the city and the two sides clashed over the weekend, raising fears that al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab insurgents could exploit a security vacuum as state forces turn on each other. The unrest is the second bout of violence in Mogadishu over an extension to…
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