Category: Somalia

Somalia’s Parliament Votes to Cancel Presidential Term Extension

May 2, 2021
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MOGADISHU—Somali lawmakers voted unanimously on Saturday to cancel a two-year presidential term extension they had approved last month, after clashes in the capital Mogadishu between factions of the security forces, which are divided over the issue. In a speech following the vote in the lower house of parliament, Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble ordered the…

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At Least 20 Killed by Suicide Car Bomb Near Restaurant in Somalia Capital

March 5, 2021
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MOGADISHU—At least 20 people were killed and 30 wounded by a suicide car bomb just outside a restaurant near the port in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu late on Friday, an emergency services official said. The blast sent plumes of smoke into the sky and triggered gunfire, witnesses and state-owned media reported. “So far we have carried…

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Tensions Rise Between Somalia and UAE Over Delayed Elections

February 23, 2021
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MOGADISHU, Somalia—Two days after violence related to Somalia’s delayed elections, the country’s foreign ministry has accused “external forces” of contributing to the problems. At least five soldiers were killed, and more than a dozen people, mostly civilians, were wounded on Feb. 19 in violent protests over the country’s delayed election. Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed…

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Bomb and Gunfire Rock Somali Hotel, Terrorists Claim Responsibility

January 31, 2021
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MOGADISHU—A suspected suicide car bomb exploded on Sunday in Somalia’s capital and was followed by a shootout between terrorists and security forces at a hotel, causing an unknown number of casualties, witnesses and authorities said. The terror group al Shabaab, which is linked to al-Qaeda and often carries out bombings in its war on Somalia’s…

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US Military Says Its Troop Removal From Somalia Is Complete

January 17, 2021
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NAIROBI, Kenya—The U.S. military says its troop withdrawal from Somalia is complete, in one of the last actions of President Donald Trump’s presidency. Some experts have warned that the withdrawal of an estimated 700 U.S. military personnel comes at the worst possible time for Somalia, as the al-Qaida-linked al-Shabab terrorist group improves its bomb-making skills…

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