Somalia

15 Killed in Terrorist Siege of Mogadishu Hotel
Al Shabaab claims deadly hotel blast in Mogadishu

Two deadly car bombs exploded in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu on Saturday, police said, two weeks after a huge truck bomb killed hundreds of civilians in the city.
Al Shabaab kill 16 in Kenya and Somalia blasts
- Al Shabaab is fighting the weak, U.N.-backed Somali government and its international allies in a quest to impose strict Islamic law.
Somali militants killed eight Kenyan police with a roadside bomb near the border between the two countries on Saturday, officials said, while another eight died in a bombing the same group carried out in the Somali capital.
Al Shabaab militants launch deadly restaurant attack in Somali capital Mogadishu
AU, Somali troops drive al Shabaab out of key base
Blast on Somalia plane caused by bomb, minister says
Death Toll From Somalia Blasts Rises to 30
- Mukhtar Dhaga-cadde, the director of public relations of the Benadir regional administration, said another 54 people were wounded.
Authorities in Somalia say the death toll from Saturday's double explosions near the presidential palace in Mogadishu has climbed to 30.
Death toll in bombing in Somalia's capital rises to 20
- Some houses near the restaurant collapsed after the dinnertime blast, and police said that caused a number of deaths.
The death toll has risen to at least 20 after a vehicle packed with explosives rammed into a popular restaurant in Somalia’s capital on Friday night, with 30 wounded, the government news agency reported Saturday.
Scores killed in deadly truck bomb in Somali capital

A truck bomb exploded outside a hotel at a busy junction in Somalia's capital Mogadishu on Saturday causing widespread devastation that left at least 137 dead and 300 injured.
Somali Militants Attack AU Peacekeepers' base
Somali President Condemns Al-Shabab Attack
Somalia Ends Al Shabab Siege Of Mogadishu Hotel, 24 Dead
Somalia: US Airstrike Kills 150 Al-Shabab militants
Thousands in Somali capital march in defiance after attack

Thousands of people took to the streets of Somalia's capital Wednesday in a show of defiance after the country's deadliest attack.
U.S. air strike kills 13 Islamic State fighters in Somalia: U.S. military
- The U.S. military has stepped up its campaign of air strikes in Somalia since President Donald Trump took office, saying it has killed more than 800 militants in two years.
A U.S. air strike killed 13 Islamic State fighters in Somalia’s semi-autonomous Puntland region on Wednesday, the U.S. military said, days after another strike killed three.
U.S. military says Somalia air strikes killed four al Shabaab militants
- The air strikes came a day after at least 90 people were killed in a truck bombing at a busy checkpoint in the Somali capital Mogadishu, the deadliest attack in more than two years.
Four al Shabaab militants were killed on Sunday in three U.S. air strikes in two locations in Somalia, the U.S. military said on Monday.
US Deports 90 Back Home to Somalia

Ninety Somali immigrants who either ran afoul of U.S. law or had their asylum applications rejected have been deported to the Somali capital, Mogadishu, witnesses and officials said Wednesday.