Over 30,000 Somalis return from conflict-hit Yemen: UNHCR
Some 30,600 Somalis have returned to their country from Yemen since the beginning of war in Yemen in 2015, the UN refugee agency said on Friday.
May 19, 2017, 16:41 PM IST
Car blast kills government worker in Somali capital
A government official was killed by a bomb planted in his car in Somalia`s capital on Monday.
Apr 10, 2017, 13:01 PM IST
Mortar attack kills three in Somalia, say police, ambulance services
Mortar shells fired into homes in the Somali capital of Mogadishu has killed three people and wounded five, police and ambulance services said on Friday.
Apr 07, 2017, 18:23 PM IST
Explosion heard in central Mogadishu, huge cloud of smoke seen: Reuters witness
A huge explosion was heard in the centre of Somalia's capital Mogadishu on Wednesday, a Reuters witness said.
Apr 05, 2017, 14:46 PM IST
Car bomb explodes near presidential palace in Somalia capital
A car bomb exploded at a checkpoint less than a kilometre away from the presidential compound in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Tuesday, police said.
Mar 21, 2017, 21:35 PM IST
Pirates hijack oil tanker with eight Lankan crew members abroad off Somalia's coast
Pirates have hijacked an oil tanker off the coast of Somalia, Somali officials and piracy experts said today, in the first hijacking of a large commercial vessel on the crucial global trade route since 2012.
Mar 14, 2017, 20:26 PM IST
Somalia suicide attack: Bomb kills 20 at crowded market in Mogadishu
At least 20 people were killed and more than 50 got injured when a bomb went off at a market in western Mogadishu on Sunday.
Feb 20, 2017, 10:33 AM IST
Blast in Somalia kills 34 in Mogadishu marketplace
The death toll from a car bomb at a marketplace in Somalia's capital has risen to 34 with 52 injured, said a police officer.
Feb 20, 2017, 00:09 AM IST
Blast in Somalia kills 20 in Mogadishu marketplace
A car bomb blast at a marketplace Somalia's capital has killed at least 20 people and injured 50 others, said a local Somali official.
Feb 19, 2017, 20:26 PM IST
Suicide car bomber targets African peacekeepers'' Somali HQ
A suicide car bomb exploded at a checkpoint outside the main African peacekeepers (AMISOM) base in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Monday, police said.
Jan 02, 2017, 16:02 PM IST
At least 8 killed as car bomb hits Mogadishu market
Medical sources suggested nearly 30 people had been killed, but this was not confirmed by authorities.
Nov 26, 2016, 22:27 PM IST
Dozens feared dead in Mogadishu car bomb
Medical sources suggested nearly 30 people had been killed, but this was not confirmed by authorities.
Nov 26, 2016, 17:50 PM IST
20 suspected Al-Shabaab members arrested in Somalia
At least 20 people suspected to be members of Islamist group Al-Shabaab were arrested in an operation in the Somali capital of Mogadishu on Saturday night, police said.
Nov 21, 2016, 06:13 AM IST
11 dead, 50,000 displaced in week of Somali bloodshed: UN
A week of violent clashes between rival forces in northern Somalia has killed 11 people and forced more than 50,000 to flee, the UN humanitarian agency said on Saturday.
Oct 15, 2016, 19:30 PM IST
Six killed in suspected Shabaab attack in northeast Kenya
Six people were killed in a suspected attack by Shabaab militants on a residential compound in the restive northeastern Kenyan town of Mandera, police and local authorities said on Thursday.
Oct 06, 2016, 12:02 PM IST
Shabaab seize Somalia town near Kenya border, several soldiers dead in attack
Heavily-armed Shabaab fighters seized control of a Somali town near the Kenyan border on Friday after an attack on an army base that left several soldiers dead, local officials and residents said.
Sep 17, 2016, 03:17 AM IST
Death toll from Somalia car bomb attack on Tuesday rises to 22: Police
The death toll from a car bomb blast in Somalia`s capital Mogadishu on Tuesday that exploded outside the Presidential Palace has risen to 22, police said on Wednesday.
Aug 31, 2016, 13:11 PM IST
Car bomb kills five soldiers outside Somali president's palace: Police
A car bomb claimed by al Shabaab Islamist militants killed five soldiers outside the president's palace in the Somali capital of Mogadishu and badly damaged two nearby hotels, police said.
Aug 30, 2016, 16:19 PM IST
Two killed in grenade attack in Somalia's Mogadishu
At least two people were killed in a grenade attack in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Friday afternoon, police said.
Aug 27, 2016, 05:37 AM IST
Death toll in Somalia beach restaurant attack rises to 10
The death toll from an attack late on Thursday by Islamic militants on a seaside restaurant in the Somali capital Mogadishu has risen to 10, police said.
Aug 26, 2016, 14:11 PM IST
