AMISOM secures town 50 km from Kismayo 20 Sept – Source: AMISOM – 123 words Somali government forces supported by AU troops have captured Janaa Cabdalla town, a stronghold of the Al Qaeda-affiliated terror group, al Shabaab, following a three-day operation. Janaa Cabdalla is located 50 kilometres to the west of the port city of Kismayo […]
Civilians at risk in fight for Somali rebel city: UN, US 19 Sept- Source: AFP- 409 words The United Nations and United States warned Wednesday that civilians must be protected as forces battling Somalia’s Islamist fighters tightened the noose around the key insurgent bastion of Kismayo. More than 6,000 civilians have fled ahead of the […]
Explosions take place in Afgoye, operations conducted 19 Sept – Source: Radio Mustaqbal – 107 words Reports from Afgoye district of Lower Shabelle region in the South of Somalia claim grenade explosions took place on Wednesday night inside of the district. The blasts happened in Bar Isma’il and Hawo Tako villages in Afgoye and were […]
Somalia: Rebels are reportedly fleeing 18 Sept – Source: New York Times /AP – 130 words Fighters from Somalia’s Islamist extremist rebels have started to leave their remaining coastal stronghold, Kismayo, in the face of advancing allied African troops, residents and a military official said Tuesday. Armed militants from the Shabaab, a group allied with […]
Somali journalist killed in Mogadishu 17 Sept – Source: Shabelle – 89 words Assailants in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu gunned down a young freelance journalist on Sunday evening, the ninth media worker to be killed in Somalia since January this year. Zakariye Mohamed Mohamud Moallim, a young cameraman working as freelance journalist was shot dead in Nasib […]
Somali army spokesman: AMISOM, Gov’t forces capture al Shabaab bases 17 Sept – Source: Shabelle – 158 words Officials in Somali government says the national army allied with the African Union forces seized several strategic positions that had been under the control of the al Shabaab for the past three years. Mohamed Farah, the spokesman […]
Key towns fall in march to Kismayu 16 Sept – Source: Daily Nation – 546 words African Union troops have surrounded Kismayu ahead of a major offensive to liberate the last remaining al Shabaab stronghold in southern Somalia. The forces have recently captured a number of key towns around the port city from the Al-Qaeda-linked […]
Somali forces, AMISOM troops capture Bibi town 15 Sept – Source: AMISOM – 162 words Somali government forces with the support of AMISOM troops have captured the strategic town of Bibi in southern Somalia. During the 12:30pm operation, the forces faced little resistance from the Al Qaeda affiliated terror group, Al Shabaab. An assortment of […]
2 blasts hit army convoy in Afgoye, outside Mogadishu 14 Sept- Source: Radio Shabelle/RBC/Radio Mustaqbal- 147 words Two remote-controlled land-mine blasts hit on Thursday a convoy carrying Somali government troops in Afgoye town, 30 north-west Mogadishu, witnesses and security officials said.Witnesses said the blasts took place at Afgoye bridge around 3:00 p.m. local time on […]
Somali leader taken to presidential complex after attack 13 Sept – Source: Radio Netherlands/AFP – 144 words Somalia’s newly elected president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has been moved to the secure residential compound following an assassination bid at his hotel, officials said Thursday. Hassan was unharmed after two blasts went off Wednesday outside the hotel where […]