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Somalia’s National Intelligence and Security Agency said Thursday it has for the first time managed to “completely shut down” 14 news websites allegedly operated by the extremist group al-Shabab. NISA, in a statement posted on X, formerly known as Twitter, said that following a cybersecurity operation, its cyber division had identified sites working to advance…
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At least twelve people were killed and several others injured in a car bombing on Monday at a shopping mall in Hamarwayne district, a district in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, police and witnesses said. Police officer Mohamed Abdulle said the car bomb was detonated at the entrance of the mall near the headquarters of the…
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Extremists launched a deadly attack on a luxury hotel in Kenya’s capital Tuesday, sending people fleeing in panic as explosions and heavy gunfire reverberated through the complex. A police officer said he saw bodies, “but there was no time to count the dead.” Al-Shabab — the Somalia-based extremist group that carried out the 2013 Westgate…
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The United Nations in Somalia has strongly condemned Saturday’s blasts in the capital city, Mogadishu. In a tweet against the wanton destruction of lives and property by terrorists who are suspected to be al-Shabab fighters, the UN Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM) described the act as “barbaric bombings” which targeted civilians in Mogadishu. Over 20…
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Not less than 20 people have died in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia, after a huge explosion from a truck bomb rocked the city. Police described the bomb attack as the most powerful blast in many years. Terrorists who carried out the massacre are believed to have targeted a luxury hotel located on a busy…
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