Posts Tagged ‘Somalia’

Somalia First? A closer look at Ilhan Omar and her political ‘family business’ in Mogadishu

Her first husband and the father to her three children is a senior adviser to the Somali president she calls her “uncle,” who allegedly sold out his country to foreign powers. Source

Rep. Ilhan Omar Declares She Is Loyal to Somalia and Islam: “I Hate America”

Far-left Rep. Ilhan Omar has declared that she is only loyal to Somalia and Islam and doesn’t feel any sense of allegiance to the United States of America. During a speech to the Somali community […] The post Rep. Ilhan Omar Declares She Is Loyal to Somalia and Islam: “I Hate America” appeared first on […]

US offers $5m reward for info on deputy Al-Shabaab leader in Somalia

The State Department, on Thursday, offered a reward of up to $5 million for information on Abukar Ali Adan, the deputy leader of the Somalia-based militant group, Al-Shabaab, Anadolu Agency reports. “Up to $5 Million for Info on Abukar Ali Adan. Help us find this terrorist key leader. Help us stop this terrorist key leader,” the Rewards […]

Somalia airstrike kills top al-Shabaab leaders

Somalia announced late Saturday that its armed forces carried out an airstrike in the central province of Galgadud that targeted an al-Shabaab meeting house in Elbur, reports Anadolu Agency. The Defense Ministry said top leaders, including al-Shabaab’s finance and extortion chief, who was identified only as Sahal, were killed in the strike. The al-Qaeda-affiliated terror group […]

Roadside blast kills 6 in Somalia

At least six people were killed on Wednesday in Somalia when a roadside explosion hit a passenger bus, the state news agency reported, says Anadolu Agency. Quoting Mohamed Ibrahim, the governor of the Lower Shabelle region, the Somali National News Agency said the victims targeted by terrorists were businesspeople. Twelve people, including children, were also […]

Somalia: Nine killed, 10 injured after extremist attack on Mogadishu hotel

Police in Somalia say nine people, including three soldiers, were killed in Friday night’s extremist attack on a beachside hotel in the capital, Mogadishu. Source

Al Shabaab Attack Kills 10 at Officials’ House in Somalia: Ministry

MOGADISHU—Ten people were killed in an attack in Somalia’s capital claimed by the al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab group, which said it was targeting military officials and militia fighters involved in an offensive against it. The Tuesday attack began with a car bomb blast followed by a gun fight that went on for hours at a […]

US air strikes on Somalia up 30% in 2022

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Somalia claims to kill over 100 Al-Shabaab terrorists in single operation

Backed by locals, elite Somali forces killed more than 100 members of the Al Qaeda-affiliated terror group Al-Shabaab, the country's Defence Ministry said on Friday, Anadolu News Agency reports. Ministry spokesman, Abdullahi Ali Anod told reporters that two units of the elite Danab, or lightning brigade, troops with the support of, local militia forces known […]

US airstrike kills 27 Al-Shabaab terrorists in Somalia

A US airstrike in central Somalia killed 27 Al-Shabaab terrorists, the American military said on Wednesday, Anadolu News Agency reports. The airstrike was conducted on 18 September “at the request of the Federal Government of Somalia … against Al-Shabaab terrorists who were attacking Somali National Army forces near Buulobarde,” the US African Command said in […]

US airstrike kills 27 Al-Shabaab terrorists in Somalia

A US airstrike in central Somalia killed 27 Al-Shabaab terrorists, the American military said on Wednesday, Anadolu News Agency reports. The airstrike was conducted on 18 September “at the request of the Federal Government of Somalia … against Al-Shabaab terrorists who were attacking Somali National Army forces near Buulobarde,” the US African Command said in […]

US airstrike kills 27 Al-Shabaab terrorists in Somalia

A US airstrike in central Somalia killed 27 Al-Shabaab terrorists, the American military said on Wednesday, Anadolu News Agency reports. The airstrike was conducted on 18 September “at the request of the Federal Government of Somalia … against Al-Shabaab terrorists who were attacking Somali National Army forces near Buulobarde,” the US African Command said in […]

US airstrike kills 27 Al-Shabaab terrorists in Somalia

A US airstrike in central Somalia killed 27 Al-Shabaab terrorists, the American military said on Wednesday, Anadolu News Agency reports. The airstrike was conducted on 18 September “at the request of the Federal Government of Somalia … against Al-Shabaab terrorists who were attacking Somali National Army forces near Buulobarde,” the US African Command said in […]

US airstrike kills 27 Al-Shabaab terrorists in Somalia

A US airstrike in central Somalia killed 27 Al-Shabaab terrorists, the American military said on Wednesday, Anadolu News Agency reports. The airstrike was conducted on 18 September “at the request of the Federal Government of Somalia … against Al-Shabaab terrorists who were attacking Somali National Army forces near Buulobarde,” the US African Command said in […]

Half a million children on Somalia face acute malnutrition

The number of young children in Somalia facing severe acute malnutrition has increased to over half a million – a level which is higher than a 2011 famine when tens of thousands of children died, UN agencies said today, Reuters reported. “We’ve got more than half a million children facing preventable death. It’s a pending nightmare,” James […]

Hundreds of children are dying in Somalia and being buried ‘like garbage’, UN says

Hundreds of children have died in nutrition centres across Somalia, the UN children’s agency (UNICEF) said today, a day after the global body warned that parts of the country will be hit by famine in coming months, Reuters reports. An official in one Somali region described famished people walking long distances with children on their shoulders to escape from drought and […]

U.N. Chief Warns of Potential ‘Full-Blown Disaster in Somalia’ from Mass Famine

The United Nations Emergency Relief Coordinator, Martin Griffiths, warned Monday that Somalia stands on the “brink of famine” due to the worst drought in four decades.

Multiple casualties reported in Somalia as powerful blast hits popular hotel

Multiple casualties were reported in southern Somalia on Sunday as a powerful explosion struck a popular hotel frequented by regional authorities, officials confirmed, Anadolu Agency reported. The blast was the result of a car bomb that targeted Nur Dob hotel in the town of Jowhar, wounding several people including local authorities, among them the health […]

A history of naked imperialism continues as Biden approves Somalia redeployment

Biden has reversed Donald Trump’s withdrawal of US forces from Somalia and will redeploy Special Operations Forces. It is just the latest move in a long history of destructive US-UK meddling in the Horn of Africa.

President Joe Biden Sends U.S. Troops Back into Somalia

The Biden administration announced it is restarting a “persistent” U.S. troop presence in Somalia, citing the threat of al-Shabaab.

UN seeks $1.5m to help millions in drought-hit Somalia

The UN humanitarian action office on Monday announced that it launched a 2022 humanitarian response plan for Somalia, seeking $1.5 billion to assist 5.5 million people in need, reports Anadolu Agency. The figure includes 3.2 million women and girls, 3.5 million children, 8,000 people with disabilities, and 2,000 elderly, according to a statement by the […]

Turkish Red Crescent distributes food aid in drought-stricken Somalia

The Turkish Red Crescent on Monday delivered at least 4,253 food packages donated by the Turkish government to drought-stricken families in southern Somalia, reports Anadolu Agency. The food was distributed by the Turkish Red Crescent and sent by Turkey’s Interior Ministry and Emergency Management Presidency (AFAD). The aid was “distributed to families in need in […]

Al-Shabaab targets airport in Somalia’s Jowhar city

Somali-based terrorist group, Al-Shabaab, Thursday, targeted the Jowhar city airport with mortars, a local official confirmed and Anadolu News Agency reports. Jowhar is the provincial capital of Middle Shabelle located 90 kilometres (55 miles) north of the capital, Mogadishu. Speaking to Anadolu Agency over the phone, Abdi Ahmed, a local administrator in the region, confirmed […]

Turkish aid group to give relief amid deadly drought in Somalia

A Turkish humanitarian aid group announced Tuesday that it will take part in an ongoing relief campaign in Somalia because of a climate change-related deadly drought that has killed at least six people in the past week, Anadolu News Agency reports. “We are currently planning CR zones. We plan to donate food and water there. […]

Somalia declares state of emergency over deadly drought

Somalia’s Prime Minister declared a state of emergency on Tuesday over the deadly drought in the Horn of Africa nation, Anadolu News Agency reports. Mohamed Hussein Roble made the declaration following an extraordinary Cabinet meeting in the capital, Mogadishu, on the situation, said a statement issued by Roble’s office. A short video released by the […]

At least 8 dead, 13 wounded in Somalia market blast

At least eight people were killed and 13 others wounded in a bomb blast in Somalia’s South West State on Friday, Anadolu News Agency reports. The explosion occurred in a busy market in the town of Berdale, located some 310 kilometers (192 miles) from the capital, Mogadishu, a police official told Anadolu Agency over the […]

Somalia president slams Djibouti for holding his security adviser 

Somalia’s President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed today accused neighbouring Djibouti of illegally detaining his national security adviser, a criticism which appeared linked to a destabilising row between the president and his prime minister, Reuters reports. Djiboutian authorities held the adviser, Fahad Yasin, preventing him from travelling to Mogadishu by air, the director of communications in the presidency Abdirashid […]

In Somalia, The US Is Bombing The Very ‘Terrorists’ It Created

US And British Meddling Transformed Somalia’s Al-Shabaab Into An Extremist Group, Inflaming The Humanitarian Crisis That Persists Throughout The Country. This July, the Biden administration picked up where Trump left off and began bombing Somalia, a country with a gross domestic product of less than $6 billion and a poverty rate of 70 percent. But why? The official reason provided by the Pentagon was […]

The Situation in Somalia May Trigger a New Civil War

In the last few months the situation in Somalia has gradually been getting worse. With the country about to hold elections, increasingly violent confrontations between supporters of the president, Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, and opposition supporters, mass demonstrations and terrorist attacks by Al-Shabaab (banned in the Russian Federation), there is a risk that another civil war […]

Tensions rise between Somalia and UAE over delayed elections

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