Somalia

January 29, 2024

Indian naval warship ensures safe release of hijacked Iranian vessel by Somali pirates

Navy officials on Monday said that the swift response by the Indian Navy's mission-deployed warship INS Sumitra ensured the safe release of the hijacked vessel and its crew.

August 03, 2023
Somalia suspend athletics chairperson after runner takes 21 seconds to finish 100m | Video

Sports Minister Mohamed Barre Mohamud said an investigation was conducted with Somalia's National Olympic Committee which revealed Nasra was neither a sportsperson nor a runner.
October 31, 2022
Somalia's leader says at least 100 killed in Saturday attack

President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud in a statement at the site of the explosions in Mogadishu said that that nearly 300 other people were wounded in the attack.
August 21, 2022
At least 21 die in Somalia hotel siege, many hostages freed

The al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab group, which has been fighting to topple the Somali government for more than a decade, claimed responsibility for the attack.
August 17, 2020
Death toll from attack on Mogadishu hotel rises to 16

Military vehicles could be seen taking positions around the hotel amid the darkness of night, that officials worry could prolong the siege.
March 26, 2020
Former Somali soccer star Abdulkadir Mohamed Farah dies of coronavirus

Farah passed away at a Northwest London hospital on Tuesday after testing positive to the deadly virus last week. He was 59.
December 11, 2019
Five killed in jihadist attack on Somali hotel

The attack on Tuesday evening, claimed by the Islamist group al-Shabaab, took place at a hotel in Mogadishu popular with politicians, army officers and diplomats.

Somalia

Indian naval warship ensures safe release of hijacked Iranian vessel by Somali pirates

Somalia suspend athletics chairperson after runner takes 21 seconds to finish 100m | Video

Somalia's leader says at least 100 killed in Saturday attack

At least 21 die in Somalia hotel siege, many hostages freed

Death toll from attack on Mogadishu hotel rises to 16

Former Somali soccer star Abdulkadir Mohamed Farah dies of coronavirus

Five killed in jihadist attack on Somali hotel