Abdi Sheikh MOGADISHU (Reuters) – As wounded men screaming for their mothers were brought into a Mogadishu hospital after a huge truck bomb on Saturday, doctors fought to save eight month-old Mohammed Hassan, whose mother was already dead. The baby had lost too much blood to cry, but on Tuesday, hooked up to oxygen tubes...
April 30, 2025
Category: Somali News & Politics
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Mogadishu attack exposes al Shabaab as a fraud
by HASSAN MALIK MOHAMED The horrifying Saturday car bomb attack in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu, which claimed more than 79 lives and injured 125 others, was not just a fresh disaster resulting from yet another cold-hearted act of terror by al Shabaab. It was also fresh evidence that the militant group is not pro- Muslim as it...
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Somalia’s Shabaab ends bloody decade resurgent and unbowed
Fran BLANDY Nairobi (AFP) – In the past decade, Somali Islamist group Al-Shabaab has lost territory, suffered defections and faced mounting US air strikes, but analysts say the group is as strong a threat as ever, flourishing under the country’s weak government. Despite years of costly efforts to combat the group, Al-Shabaab managed once again...
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Somalia trains 385 police officers to enhance security
A total of 385 Somali police officers have completed a six-month training to help bolster security across South West State, the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) said on Monday. The AU mission said the police officers who completed the training at a training academy in Mogadishu on Sunday will be part of the South...
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Somalia: Spare the civilians, Red Cross and Red Crescent tell warring parties
Mogadishu-(ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the Somali Red Crescent Society (SRCS) call on all armed actors to show restraint and take constant care to spare civilians in accordance with international humanitarian law. Almost 90 people were killed in the weekend bombing in Mogadishu, and more than 140 were injured,...
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Al Qaeda ally claims responsibility for Somalia blast that killed 90 people
MOGADISHU (Reuters) – Islamist group al Shabaab on Monday claimed responsibility for a bomb blast in Mogadishu that killed at least 90 people over the weekend while Somalia said a foreign government that it did not identify helped plan the attack. The bombing was the deadliest in more than two years in a country wrecked...
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Turkish Troops In Somalia: After Terror Attack, Questions Arise About Turkey’s Presence In Region
By Palash Ghosh Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan condemned a deadly car bomb terror attack on Saturday that killed at least 80 people, including two Turks, in Mogadishu, Somalia. “I wish God’s mercy upon two Turkish citizens and Somali brothers who lost their lives and speedy recovery for those injured,” Erdogan wrote on Twitter. “Turkey always stands by...
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Somalia’s spy agency: Foreign hand behind truck bombing
MOGADISHU, Somalia – Somalia’s spy agency has accused a foreign country of carrying out Saturday’s terror attack that killed more than 80 people, including two Turkish nationals. “An initial report indicating that the massacre of the Somali people in Mogadishu on Dec. 28, 2019 was planned by a foreign country. In the ongoing investigation, we...
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AU vows to step up efforts to stabilize Somalia despite attacks
MOGADISHU, The Africa Union condemned the terrorist attack which killed at least 79 people and injured 149 others in Mogadishu on Saturday and vowed to step up efforts to stabilize the Horn of Africa nation despite increased attacks. Moussa Faki Mahamat, Chairperson of the African Union Commission said the pan African body will not relent...
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Turkish military plane arrives to evacuate Somalia bomb victims
A Turkish military plane arrived in Mogadishu on Sunday to evacuate those gravely wounded in a devastating bombing that killed 79 people and overwhelmed local health services, in the latest attack on a city dogged by insecurity. The aircraft also brought doctors to help treat the some 125 people injured in Saturday’s blast, which happened...