Somalia

Somalia

US airstrikes target IS fighters in Somalia, Trump says

The US president said he had ordered airstrikes on the so-called IS group targets in Somalia on Saturday.

01/02/2025

Somalia

At least 32 dead in hotel attack in Somalia

Al-Qaeda’s East Africa affiliate, al-Shabaab, said through its radio that its fighters carried out the attack.

03/08/2024

Somalia

Somalia: At least 15 dead and scores injured in suicide attack

As of Saturday, no group has claimed responsibility for the attack as residents remain trapped under rubble from damaged buildings in the town of Beledweyne.

23/09/2023

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Floods in central Somalia displace more than 400,000 people

Residents fear a cholera epidemic and malaria outbreak if the floods continue.

16/05/2023

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Watch: Education offers hope in a Somalian refugee camp

In Mogadishu, the Somali capital, various refugee camps dot the sprawling metropolis. They’re mainly filled with people fleeing conflict in the country, between the government and Islamist groups. Education offers hope

08/12/2022

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Search for bodies in Somalia’s capital after two bomb blasts

People try to search for bodies in the rubble after two vehicle bombs killed at least 100 people in the Somalia capital Mogadishu in an attack claimed by Al-Shabab Islamists.

30/10/2022

Somalia

'100 dead, 300 hurt' as two car bombs rock Somali capital Mogadishu

Somalia's president said the toll could rise in the country's deadliest attack since a truck bombing at the same spot in the capital five years ago.

29/10/2022

Somalia

Somali forces end al-Shabab hotel attack that left at least 21 dead

It took Somali forces more than 30 hours to contain the fighters who had stormed Mogadishu's Hayat Hotel on Friday evening in an assault leaving at least 21 dead and scores wounded.

21/08/2022

Somalia

At least 10 dead as gunmen storm Somalia hotel

Gunfire could still be heard early Saturday as security forces tried to contain the last of the attackers.

20/08/2022

Somalia

Somalia: severe drought puts millions of people at risk of famine

Severe drought has placed millions of people at risk of famine in the horn of Africa. Euronews speaks to Karl Schembri from the Norwegian Refugee Council.

13/08/2022

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Over 30 dead in twin attacks in Somalia

Two attacks claimed by the Al-Shabaab group left more than 30 people dead in central Somalia on Wednesday night.

24/03/2022

Somalia

At least eight die in suicide car bomb attack in Somalia's capital

The Islamic extremist group Al-Shabab rammed a vehicle laden with explosives into a checkpoint near the Presidential Palace in Mogadishu.

25/09/2021

Somalia

Somali forces end rebel siege of Mogadishu hotel

Somalia's security forces on Sunday ended a nearly five-hour siege by Islamic extremists at a beachside hotel in Somalia's capital, said police and a government spokesman.

16/08/2020

Somalia

Somali engineer invents home-made respirator

Somalia receives a boost in fight against COVID-19 in the form of home-made mechanised respirators, created by 21-year-old Mogadishu-based mechanical engineer A 21-year-old mechanical engineer came up with the device in response to a national shortage.

02/05/2020

Somalia

Turkey offers treatment for 15 survivors of Somali blast

Turkey takes in 15 victims of Somali blast for medical treatment. It has been supporting the country since 2011.

29/12/2019

Somalia

Rush hour carnage as Somali truck bomb kills at least 79

Children were among the wounded. Also among them were several university students who had been travelling in a bus.

28/12/2019

Somalia

Somalia deals with plague of locusts — by frying and eating them

The locusts are destroying crops and threatening vast parts of the country with food insecurity.

22/12/2019

Somalia

Car bomb and all-night hotel siege kill 26 in Somalia's Kismayo

Kenyans, Americans, a Briton and Tanzanians were among 26 people killed when Islamist gunmen stormed a hotel in the Somali port city of Kismayo, officials said on Saturday.

13/07/2019

Somalia

Death toll in hotel attack in Somalia's Kismayo jumps to 26 - regional president

Death toll in hotel attack in Somalia's Kismayo jumps to 26 - regional president

13/07/2019

Somalia

Somalia riots leave six dead

Six people have been shot dead by the security forces in the Somalian capital Mogadishu

13/04/2019

Somalia

Car bomb kills 11 people in Mogadishu, say police

28/03/2019

Somalia

Somalia car bombing kills at least 13

The attack in the capital Mogadishu is claimed by the al-Shabaab group

22/12/2018

Somalia

Death toll rises in Somali hotel bombing

Al-Shabaab Islamic militants claim responsibility for triple suicide bombing in Mogadishu, which is now known to have killed at least 39.

10/11/2018

Somalia

Suicide attack on Somalian Presidential palace

Two explosions in Mogadishu

07/07/2018

Somalia

Terror group al-Shabaab bans single-use plastic bags

Al-Shabaab is normally better known for its deadly attacks than its environmental commitments.

06/07/2018

Somalia

One U.S. soldier killed, four wounded in Somalia operation

The combined force's aim is to liberate areas under the control of the Islamist militant group al-Shabaab.

09/06/2018