Taliban Shura select New Chief
Taliban Supreme Council (Shura) has selected Maulavi Haibatullah Akhwand as new Taliban emir following the death of Mullah Akhtar Mansour in a US drone strike in Pakistan .
Al Shabaab Attacks AU peacekeeping forces in Somalia
Armed Al Shabaab Islamic Extremists launched an ambush attack on a military convoy carrying Kenyan Army soldiers serving with the UN-mandated African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) on Tuesday.
Blast at Somali airport kills four, injures three
SOMALIA, Jowhar (ArmedPolitics) – At least four people have been confirmed dead and three others wounded in a bomb explosion at an airport in Jowhar, located 90 kilometers (55 miles) north west of Somali capital, Mogadishu on Sunday.
At least 10 killed, scores wounded in heavy fighting in Somalia
Clan Fighting rages on for the third day in Beledweyne, Somalia (File Photo)
BELEDWEYNE, Somalia (ArmedPolitics) — At least ten people have been killed and scores wounded, among them unarmed civilians, in clan fighting that continues for a third consecutive day, according to authorities.
Restaurant hit by deadly suicide attack in Somali capital
A restaurant in Somali capital, Mogadishu has been hit by a powerful suicide bomb explosion carried out by the Al Qaeda-affiliated, Al Shabaab, on Thursday afternoon killing at least two people and injuring 8 others.
Al Shabaab executes four elders for spying for Somali troops and AU peacekeepers
MOGADISHU, Somalia — The Al Qaeda-affiliated Islamic militants of Al Shabaab executed four elders on Saturday on the charges of spying for the Somali government military and African Union peacekeepers in middle Shabelle region.