Key Headlines

• AMISOM donates medical supplies to Beledweyne hospital (Radio Goobjoog)
• 20 militants killed in Galgala offensive (Garowe Online)
• Tough New Year for the media (Dalsan Radio)
• Puntland claims victory over Al-shabaab in Gal-Gala (Somali Current)
• Heavy fighting between government forces and Al-Shabab fighters in Bakool Region (Radio Goobjoog)
• Ugandan court further remands ten Al-Shabaab terror suspects (Coastweek.com)
• About 60 people killed in northeastern Somalia attack (Press TV)
• Kenyan businessman reported missing along Kenya-Somalia border (Xinuan.net/Hiiraan Online)
• Chinese Ambassador meets with Somali acting ministers (Chinese Embassy)

Al-shabaab beheads Somali teenager for spying 05 Jan – Source: Somali Current – 127 Words Somalia’s Al-shabaab fighters on Sunday beheaded a teenager boy near Hiiraan’s Baladweyne district local residents and witness said. The deceased victim was identified as Abdi Sahal according to Hiiraan officials. The militant group has accused Sahal of spying for Federal […]

Suicide bomber kills 4 people in Somalia’s capital 4 Jan – Source: Associated Press – 303 Words A suicide car bomber blew himself up near a moving convoy of Somalia’s U.S.-trained elite forces in Mogadishu, killing at least four people, a Somali police officer said Sunday. Somali militant group al-Shabab claimed responsibility for the attack, […]

Protest dispersed in central Somalia; 2 killed 01 Jan – Source: World Bulletin/Anadolu Agency – 217 Words Two people were killed and a number of others injured on Thursday when authorities dispersed an anti-government protest in the Gure El district of Somalia’s central Galguduud region, a local official has said.  Demonstrators threw stones at local […]

Clan fighting in central village kills 10 31 Dec – Source: Garowe Online – 192 Words At least 10 people have been reported killed after two militias clashed in a deadly battle in the village of Deefow in Hiraan region on Wednesday morning according to medics, Garowe Online reports. The fighting which lasted six hours […]

U.S. Airstrike Kills Al-Shabaab’s Intelligence Chief 30 Dec – Wall Street Journal – 349 Words A U.S. airstrike in Somalia late Monday killed a leading member of the Islamist militant group al-Shabaab, the Somali national security ministry said in a statement Tuesday. It named the militant as Abdishakur Tahlil and said he was chief of […]

Federal government AU forces liberate new areas in Hiran 29 Dec – Source: Garowe Online – 141 Words Somali government forces aided by African Union peacekeepers liberated a string of areas in Hiran region of central Somalia from Al Qaeda linked Al Shabaab militants on Monday, Garowe Online reports. Hero Lugole, Rahale, Jar, Janbiley, Burweyn, […]

Wanted extremist leader surrenders in Somalia Dec 27 – Associated Press – 344 Words A leader with the Islamic extremist group al-Shabab, who had a $3 million bounty on his head, surrendered in Somalia, a Somali intelligence official said Saturday. Zakariya Ismail Ahmed Hersi surrendered to Somali police in the Gedo region, said the intelligence […]

African Union troops fight off al-Shabaab attack 25 Dec – Source: BBC News – 277 Words African Union troops in Somalia have fought off an attack by al-Shabab militants on its military base near Mogadishu’s international airport. The AU mission (Amisom) said its troops regained control of the base after killing all of the militants. […]

Local official killed in attack in southern Somalia 23 Dec – Source: World Bulletin – 209 Words A Somali official was killed and two others injured on Tuesday after unknown assailants attacked a hotel in the port city of Kismayo, located in the country’s autonomous Jubaland region, security sources have said. “Unknown assailants attacked a […]