Ethiopia explains its agreement with Somaliland and tries to calm things down
The agreement announced on Monday January 1 between Ethiopia and Somaliland has raised tensions in the Horn of Africa. A compromise signed between Addis Ababa […]
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Five civilians killed, some beheaded, in al-Shebab attack in eastern Kenya
Five civilians were killed, and some beheaded, in an attack on Saturday evening in two villages in eastern Kenya claimed by the radical Islamist Shebab, […]
Somalia: Attack on a military base at the start of the withdrawal of AU forces
Radical Islamist al-Shebab attacked a military base 450 kilometers west of the Somali capital Mogadishu on Wednesday, police and witnesses said, as the African Union […]
Eight Kenyan policemen killed in an explosion blamed on the Shebab
Eight Kenyan police officers were killed when their vehicle was destroyed by an improvised explosive device in a suspected attack by Somali-based radical Islamist al-Shebab, […]
Suicide bombing in Somalia: 5 dead, one Governor injured
At least five people were killed and 11 others wounded, including a governor, in a suicide attack in southwestern Somalia on Tuesday, a police commander […]
Several soldiers killed by Shebab in southern Somalia
Several Somali soldiers were killed Tuesday in an attack on a military base claimed by the Al-Shebab in a town recaptured from the radical Islamists […]
Somalia: Regional anti-Shebab summit in Mogadishu
Kenya, Djibouti, Ethiopia: the heads of state and government of the countries involved in the fight against the Somali Shebab jihadists met on Wednesday 1 […]
Somalia: Eight dead in the siege of a hotel attacked by the Shebab
At least eight people were killed during the siege of a hotel in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia, occupied since Sunday night by jihadist fighters […]
Somalia: A double attack in Mogadishu kills a hundred people
In Somalia, another deadly attack hit Mogadishu on Saturday, October 28. According to the latest official report from President Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud, at least 100 […]
Death toll in Hayat Hotel attack in Mogadishu rises to 21
The death toll from a 30-hour attack on a Mogadishu hotel by radical Islamists, which ended around midnight on Saturday, has risen to 21 civilians […]