Topic: Somalia
London condemned Tuesday's deadly shooting rampage in Mogadishu in which six Somali MPs died, saying it underlined the tough circumstances faced by the authorities in Somalia.Henry Bellingham, the Foreign Office minister for Africa, sent his condolences to the families of the victims."The ...
Two extremist insurgents disguised as government soldiers went on a shooting rampage in a Mogadishu hotel Tuesday, killing 30 people, including six MPS, before blowing themselves up.The brazen attack by the Al Qaeda-inspired Shebab just a stone's throw from the presidential palace ...
Several politicians were killed in a fresh bout of fighting in Mogadishu Tuesday after Al Qaeda-inspired extremists launched an offensive which the government said was a declaration of war on the Somali people, leaving 29 civilians dead.Suspected Islamist Shebab fighters stormed a ...
Islamist militants shot dead 30 people, including six members of parliament in a suicide attack on a Mogadishu hotel Tuesday, Somalia's deputy prime minister said.The two militants from the Shebab insurgency disguised as government security forces then blew themselves up to avoid ...
Fighting raged in Mogadishu Tuesday after Al Qaeda-inspired extremists launched an offensive which the government said was a declaration of war on the Somali people, leaving 29 civilians dead.The government also said it had killed more than 15 insurgents belonging to the ...
Food prices go up in Somali capital during Ramadan as traders flee, fearing renewed violenceSomali businessmen say food prices in the Somali capital have increased by up to 50 percent since the holy month of Ramadan began in the capital, a predominantly ...
ADaily briefs of the top Christian news and persecution stories impacting believers around the world.. ASSIST News Service reports that members of the Somali Islamist group al-Shabaab have publicly executed another Christian convert from Islam. Forty Iranians who reside in Germany have ...
Daily briefs of the top Christian news and persecution stories impacting believers around the world.. Family of Somali Girl Abuses Her for Leaving IslamNigerian Bishops Credits Evangelism with Huge GrowthTen Commandments in Kentucky Called UnconstitutionalImmigration a 'Kingdom Issue,' Land Says . They ...
A hardline Islamist militia vowed Monday to end piracy in Somalia by imposing sharia law, after seizing control of a notorious nest of pirates and forcing them to flee.The pirates abandoned the port of Harardhere and sailed three recently-captured vessels off towards ...
A hardline Islamist militia on Monday vowed to end piracy in Somalia by imposing sharia law, after seizing control of a notorious nest of pirates and forcing them to flee.The pirates abandoned the port of Harardhere and sailed three recently-captured vessels off ...
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