The Somali capital Mogadishu has been hit by its worst violence this year with at least 19 people killed in two separate terrorist attacks. Al-Shabab militants detonated a car bomb outside the law courts as gunmen stormed the compound. Later, another bomb was set off near an African Union and Turkish Red Crescent convoy on [...]
U.S. Assists France During Failed Hostage Rescue in Somalia
January 14, 2013 | Posted by
As he is required by law, President Obama yesterday informed Congress that the U.S. military provided assistance to France in its failed rescue attempt of a French secret agent, who has been held by al-Qaida in Somalia since 2009. According to the president, U.S. forces “provided limited technical support,” but “took no direct part in [...]
Turmoil Brews in Congo, Mali, Somalia, As the World Looks the Other Way
November 28, 2012 | Posted by
As Secretary of State Hillary Clinton meets today with African Union chairwoman Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, they are slated to discuss a list of issues that neatly illustrate the traumas confronting modern Africa—and demonstrate why much of the rest of the world is plagued by a severe case of calamity fatigue that keeps the media and the [...]
Grenade Attack Strikes Sunday School in Nairobi
September 30, 2012 | Posted by
A grenade attack on a church in the Kenyan capital Nairobi claimed the life of a child, and left three other children seriously injured on Sunday. A police spokesman blamed the Sunday school attack at St. Polycarp’s church on sympathizers of Islamist militant group al-Shabab, which operates out of nearby Somalia. In what was believed [...]
Kenyan Troops Invade Kismayo In Bid To Drive Out Al-Shabab
September 28, 2012 | Posted by
Kenyan troops have invaded the Somalian port city of Kismayo as part of an African Union military effort to drive the radical Islamic group al-Shabab from its last stronghold in the war-torn country. Kenyan forces came ashore just before dawn in an operation that has roughly been a year in the making since their government [...]
Kenya’s Prime Minister Raila Amollo Odinga Demands EU Attack Somalia
June 12, 2012 | Posted by
Kenya’s prime minister has asked for funds and troops from the US and Europe in a “final onslaught” on the Somali port of Kismayo, the main stronghold of the Islamist militant group al-Shabab. Raila Odinga said Kenyan forces would get to Kismayo by August and said beating al-Shabab would need “an operation by land, sea [...]
European Union Launched Bombing Campaign In Somalia On Tuesday
May 16, 2012 | Posted by
The European Union launched initial air strikes on Tuesday, targeting pirate bases on Somalia’s coast. Pirate commander Bile Hussein confirmed via USA Today that the attack will lead to setbacks for the pirates in the Mudug region of Somalia. The EU targeted speed boats, fuel deposits and an arms store. Though news of the region [...]
