[20 Nov 2013] Al Shabab fighters claim responsibility for Somali twin...
The Somali fighter group Al-Shabaab has claimed responsibility for twin bombings that rocked the central Somali town of Beledweyne on Tuesday. At...
The Somali fighter group Al-Shabaab has claimed responsibility for twin bombings that rocked the central Somali town of Beledweyne on Tuesday. At least 20 people were killed and many more injured in those attacks. The blasts targeted the central police station that serves as a base for the Somali police force. Those forces receive training from Djiboutian troops who are part of the African Union Mission to Somalia.
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[13 July 13] Fresh bomb attack rocks Mogadishu - English
Deaths and injuries have been left in the Somali capital Mogadishu after a car bomb went off there on Friday. The explosion targeted a convoy of...
Deaths and injuries have been left in the Somali capital Mogadishu after a car bomb went off there on Friday. The explosion targeted a convoy of African Union troops. It was the latest in a series of bombings that have targeted the city over the past months, with civilians being the main victims.
Security officials blame al-Shabaab local fighters for the attacks including Friday\'s blast. They accuse the al-Shabaab fighters of carrying out the bombings because they have lost their major strongholds to government forces.
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[Africa Today] Is there an alternative to western aid in famine hit...
It is the world's biggest humanitarian crisis and it seems to be getting worse.
Thousands of people are on the move fleeing from both war and...
It is the world's biggest humanitarian crisis and it seems to be getting worse.
Thousands of people are on the move fleeing from both war and famine and of all the countries affected, its Somalia which is most stricken with half of its seven million population at severe risk. While the UN sponsored transitional government has complained of food holding by some aid agencies the al-Shabaab militia says these NGO's have no business in the areas they control.
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