TFG, Ethiopian troops seize control of Hudur town 22 Mar – Source: Radio Bar-kulan – 179 words Somali and Ethiopian troops have taken a strategic stronghold of Al-Qaeda linked Al-Shabaab militant group in south-western Somalia on Thursday morning, officials say. The allied forces took control of Hudur town, the regional capital city of Bakol region, […]
AMISOM officials visit Baidoa town 21 Mar – Source: Shabelle, Radio Mogadishu, Kulmiye – 154 words Officials from the African Union peacekeepers in Somalia on Wednesday arrived in the town of Baidoa which is just 250 Km away from Mogadishu, just weeks after al Shabaab pulled out of the area. Key Headlines The Somali Government is […]
TFG, Raskamboni retake Diif town, near Kenyan border 20 Mar – Source: Radio Bar-kulan – 133 words Somali forces backed by allied militias on Tuesday retook the key border town of Diif from al Shabaab militants without facing resistance from the militant fighters, reports say. Key Headlines Culture Returns to Mogadishu after 21 years of […]
8 killed in a bloody battle against al Shabaab in Somalia 19 Mar – Source: Shabelle – 154 words At least 8 people have been killed and more were wounded in the latest clashes between al Shabaab insurgents and Somali in southwestern conflict-ravaged horn of Africa country, reports said. Residents confirmed that the clashes sparked […]
AU Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) forces capture new areas outside Mogadishu city 16 Mar – Source: AMISOM Force HQ – 267 words Somali National Forces, supported by AU troops in Mogadishu have advanced for 4km today capturing new areas outside the city. This puts the entire capital under the control ofAMISOM and the transitional federal government. The operation […]
UN envoy strongly condemns attack on Somali government compound 15 Mar – Source: UN News Centre – 342 words The United Nations envoy for Somalia has strongly condemned the suicide attack that took place yesterday at a government compound in the capital of the Horn of Africa nation. Media reports differ on the number of casualties […]
Al Shabaab claims responsibility for Mogadishu Blast 14 Mar – Source: Shabelle – 115 words Somalia’s Al Qaeda-affiliated al Shabaab rebels claimed responsibility for a suicide attack Wednesday at the presidential compound, saying it has killed 16 soldiers and wounded 30 others. One of the top al Shabaab commanders told a pro-militants radio station in […]
AU troops look beyond Mogadishu 14 Mar – Source: IOL News – 547 words The African Union’s peacekeeping force in Somalia hopes to drive Somali Islamist militants out of the country’s central and southern regions by August, when the United Nations-backed government’s mandate expires, Uganda’s top army general said on Tuesday. Since its inception in […]
4,660 Kenyan soldiers to join AU Somali force: army 12 Mar- Source: AFP- 352 words Kenya will avail 4,660 soldiers to the African Union force in Somalia, where it already has troops fighting the Al Qaeda-linked Shebab insurgents, the army chief said Monday. The integration follows a UN Security Council resolution last month that increased […]
Ethiopian troops set to leave Somalia by end of April: AU 09 Mar – Source: Reuters – 190 words Ethiopia, which has deployed hundreds of troops inside Somalia to rout Islamist insurgents, is set to withdraw from the war-ravaged country by the end of April with Djibouti, Uganda and Burundi poised to step in, the […]