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Somalia bomb attack wounds 11
A bomb exploded at a busy junction in Mogadishu today, wounding at least 11 people, the head of the rescue service in the Somali capital said. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the blast, which happened near buildings
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Al Qaeda ally claims responsibility for Somalia blast that killed 90 people
Islamist group al Shabaab yesterday claimed responsibility for a bomb blast in Mogadishu that killed at least 90 people over the weekend while Somalia said a foreign government that it did not identify helped plan the attack. The bombing was
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US, Somalia carry out airstrikes on al-Shabaab
MOGADISHU, Somalia: US and Somalia carried out three airstrikes targeting the al-Shabaab militant group, killing four members, reported Anadolu Agency, citing US Africa Command yesterday. In a statement, it said the military exercise focused on al-Qaeda affiliated al-Shabaab militants in
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Somalia’s frightening network of Islamist spies
Somalia’s militant Islamists remain relatively undiminished, despite a 12-year UN-backed campaign against them, largely thanks to its sophisticated web of spies, writes the BBC’s Mary Harper. Often, when I return to the UK from Somalia, I get a phone call
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