Somalia

TILLERSON confirms that Trump was joking when he called Africa SHITHOLE

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, flanked by his chief of staff Margaret Peterlin (L), meets with Ethiopia Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, March 8, 2018. Tillerson Reaffirms US Commitment to Africa ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA (VOA) — U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has re-affirmed the U.S. commitment to Africa, two months after President Donald Trump’s reported derogatory comments about the continent. “I think the United States commitment to Africa is quite clear in terms of the importance we place on the relationship,” said Tillerson at the African Union headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. “The president himself wrote Read More

Under ‘Guise of Fighting Terrorist Extremism’, US Ensured Decades of African Instability

© Flickr / Marines By SPUTNIK The al-Qaeda-linked terrorist group al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for an attack on a US military base in Kenya early Sunday, killing three Americans. However, according Read More

Under ‘Guise of Fighting Terrorist Extremism’, US Ensured Decades of African Instability

© Flickr / Marines By SPUTNIK The al-Qaeda-linked terrorist group al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for an attack on a US military base in Kenya early Sunday, killing three Americans. However, according Read More

Under ‘Guise of Fighting Terrorist Extremism’, US Ensured Decades of African Instability

© Flickr / Marines By SPUTNIK The al-Qaeda-linked terrorist group al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for an attack on a US military base in Kenya early Sunday, killing three Americans. However, according Read More

KENYA: Passengers killed as Shaabab attack three buses in Lamu

By STANDARD MEDIA Although authorities put the number of the dead at three, multiple interviews with witnesses indicated that the number could be much higher. Over 50 gunmen believed to Read More

WHY THE RECENT DEADLY TERROR ATTACK IN SOMALIA ISN’T A SURPRISE

NOTE from Editor. This post contains minor errors which will be fixed after the holiday rush. MLN PHOTO may be subject to copyright PHOTO may be subject to copyright CHANGE Read More

Somalia Mogadishu bomb attack death rises to 90

Death toll in Mogadishu bombing rises to at least 90: international organization (Reuters) – At least 90 people were killed in a truck bombing in Mogadishu on Saturday, according to Read More

SOMALIA: Mogadishu checkpoint blast kills at least 61: ambulance official

An ambulance leaves from the scene of a car bomb explosion at a checkpoint in Mogadishu, Somalia December 28, 2019. REUTERS/FEISAL OMAR Somali security assess the scene of a car bomb Read More

SOMALIA: Dozens killed in Mogadishu car bomb attack: Police

Large plume of black smoke seen above Somali capital as some 100 people, including children, rushed to hospitals. By AL JAZEERA & NEWS AGENCIES An enormous car bomb blast left Read More

SOMALIA: Attack Kills 8 as US Launches Record Airstrikes in 2019

Galkayo Somalia By VOA News The al-Shabab militant group claimed responsibility for a suicide car bomb that targeted military commanders in the central Somali town of Galkayo, killing at least Read More

Suicide bomb outside Somali hotel kills at least seven: military

MOGADISHU (Reuters) – A car bomb went off on Saturday outside a hotel in the Somali town of Galkayo in the Mudug region, killing at least seven civilians, a local Read More