Al Shabaab
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Apr- 2025 -6 AprilAfrica
Al-Shabaab Launches Mortar Attacks Near Somalia’s Main Airport
Al-Shabaab militants fired multiple mortar rounds near Mogadishu’s airport on Sunday morning, disrupting international flights to Somalia.
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Feb- 2025 -26 FebruaryAfrica
Somali Govt Claims 70 Al-Shabaab Killed in Military Operation
More than 70 members of the Islamist armed group Al-Shabaab were killed during an army operation with local forces in Somalia, the information ministry said on Tuesday.
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Jan- 2025 -25 JanuaryTerrorism
Somalia’s Puntland Army Takes IS ‘Strategic Mountain Base’
The army of the semi-autonomous Puntland region in Somalia said Friday they had taken control of a "strategic mountain command base" of the Islamic State group.
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8 JanuaryAfrica
US Says Kills 10 Al-Shabaab Fighters in Somalia Air Strike
The US conducted an air strike in southern Somalia, killing 10 members of the Al-Shabaab jihadist group, US military authorities said Tuesday.
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Dec- 2024 -28 DecemberAfrica
UN Approves New AU Force to Take on Al-Shabaab in Somalia
The UN Security Council has green-lighted a new African Union force in Somalia that is meant to take on the Islamist armed group Al-Shabaab.
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Oct- 2024 -17 OctoberAfrica
Somalia Suicide Attack Kills Seven Near Police Academy
A suicide bomber blew himself up near a police academy in the Somali capital Mogadishu, killing at least seven people including civilians, police said.
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Sep- 2024 -26 SeptemberAfrica
Rising Somalia-Ethiopia Tensions Threaten Horn of Africa
Growing tensions between Ethiopia and Somalia risk destabilizing the fragile Horn of Africa and creating opportunities for Al-Shabaab, experts say.
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Aug- 2024 -5 AugustAfrica
Death Toll Hits 37 After Al-Shabaab Attacks Mogadishu Beach
An Al-Shabaab suicide bomber and gunmen attacked a busy beach in the Somali capital Mogadishu killing 37 people and wounding scores more, officials said.
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Jul- 2024 -23 JulyAfrica
Scores of Somali Fighters Killed in Raids Claimed by Al-Shabaab
Somali government officials and Al-Shabaab militants each claimed to have inflicted heavy losses on the other following raids by the Islamist group on military bases in the south of the country.
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15 JulyAfrica
Somalia Cafe Attack Toll Climbs to Nine: Security Sources
The death toll from a blast at a cafe in Somalia's capital Mogadishu has climbed to nine after a car bomb struck the venue packed with football fans watching the Euro 2024 final.
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