
A cargo plane with ten passengers crash landed in Somalia in a territory controlled by al-Shabaab Islamists on the outskirts of the capital Mogadishu, a government source said Thursday.
by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.29 Oct 2015, 9:11 AM PST0

The Turkistan Islamic Party (TIP), an al-Qaeda-linked group largely made up ethnic Uighurs, commended the al-Qaeda affiliate in Somalia for detonating a suicide car bomb that damaged the Chinese embassy in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu.
by Edwin Mora5 Aug 2015, 7:07 PM PST0

The Somali terror group Al-Shabaab has taken credit for a suicide bombing and subsequent raid on a government building in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, in which at least 17 people have died, according to the most recent estimates.
by Frances Martel14 Apr 2015, 7:30 PM PST0

A lethal attack on a hotel by Islamist militants in Somalia Friday has left at least 17 dead and more than 30 wounded. Simultaneously, a video has been released depicting the slaughter of blindfolded Somali civilians on a beach.
by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.28 Mar 2015, 7:23 AM PST0

Failing Ukraine ceasefire negotiations to go through the night; Greece’s negotiations with eurozone fail to reach deal; US closes Yemen embassy, following Somalia, Syria and Libya
by John J. Xenakis12 Feb 2015, 5:57 AM PST0