Somali security forces, backed by the Southwestern state army, killed seven al-Shabab fighters and injured five others on Saturday in an operation in Bardale town in the southern region of Bay, an official confirmed on Sunday.
A 44-year-old man has been stoned to death by the al-Shabab militant group in Rama Addey town in southern Somalia’s Bay region, reports say.
A bombing claimed by the al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabab group killed five civilians and injured six more in the Somali capital on Wednesday, a spokesman for the city’s mayor said.
Foreign naval forces in international waters off Somalia’s coast shot dead two pirates and wounded another when the bandits attempted to hijack a ship, a Somali official said Sunday.
Foreign naval forces in international waters off Somalia’s coast shot dead two pirates and wounded another when the bandits attempted to hijack a ship, a Somali official said Sunday.
Somalia’s new President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed on Thursday declared war against Shabaab extremists, offering amnesty to militants who surrendered within 60 days and warning the rest would "face the consequences".
Somali militants on Monday recaptured Elbur town in central Somalia after Somali Government and the African Union peacekeeping (AMISOM), forces pulled out.
Four militants of the Islamic State have been arrested by Somali security forces during operation in the southwestern town of Baidoa.
