Somalia News

At least 10 people were confirmed dead and 23 others were wounded after Al Qaeda linked Al Shabaab fighters attacked the Somali Federal Government and African Union Mission in Somalia military bases in central and southwestern Somalia overnight on Friday, Garowe Online reports.

A car bomb attack targeted a parking garage behind Maka Al Mukarama hotel in Mogadishu's Hodan district, wounding two persons according to witnesses on Saturday, Garowe Online reports.

According to the local news reports, armed groups allegedly from Al-Shabaab ambushed a military base belonging to the Somali National Army and AMISOM in the bridge within the Buurdhuubo district.

Two Al-shabab militants killed and two others arrested in Daynile, Mogadishu Posted on March 13, 2014 [RBC Radio Mogadishu] Two Al-shabab militants have been shot dead in police operation carried out today at Daynile district, Banadir Region as confirmed by Daynile deputy governor on social affairs Ahmed Dubac Ali.

This photo taken on March 6, 2014, shows Somali government soldiers looking out from a machine gun mounted pick-up truck at Tobanka Buundo in the lower Shabelle region, near the Somalian capital Mogadishu, where residents created a road block during a protest against the Islamist Al-Shabab insurgent group.

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Two days ago, in broad daylight, on a makeshift football field in Mogadishu, state security forces carried out the execution by firing squad of three men.

It is more dangerous for humanitarians to work in the Somali capital today than it was when parts of the city were controlled by the Islamist militant group al Shabaab, a senior United Nations official said.

Nick Kay, UN Special Representative to Somalia said on Thursday that AU peacekeepers and the Somali army have begun a major offensive against al Shabaab militants.

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The ramshackle capital of Somaliland, Hargeisa, in northern Somalia has a bustling market for camels and is a frequent destination for aid workers.

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The Military court of Somalia today executed three soldiers in Mogadishu who were charged and convicted of killing soldiers and a journalist in Mogadishu last year.

Food, water and other non-combat supplies being offloaded for troops of the Somali National Army battling insurgents alongside the African Union Mission in Somalia.

Somali government and African Union forces say they have recaptured territory that was held by the al-Qaida-linked militant group al-Shabab.

The leader of the al Qaeda-aligned Islamist group al Shabaab has urged Somalis to wage holy war against Ethiopia, Somalia's Horn of Africa neighbour whose forces are preparing to lead an African Union offensive against the militants.

The image that always come from the Somalia's capital Mogadishu is more often than not of conflict, but there is always another side to the story.

MOGADISHU, Somalia, March 10, 2014/African Press Organization / The National Union of Somali Journalists today condemned guilty verdict and prison sentence against veteran Somali journalist Mohamed Aweys Mudey as "outrageous and unacceptable", and urged Ethiopian authorities to release him immediately and unconditionally.