All posts tagged "Al-Shabaab"
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405AfricaSomalia Bans TikTok, Telegram over terrorism fear
Mogadishu (AFP):-The Somali government on Sunday ordered a ban on TikTok, Telegram, and an online betting site (1XBET), over claims that these...
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939NationalBodies of Ugandan soldiers killed in Somalia attack return this week
In an interview yesterday, UPDF and Defence Spokesman, Brig Gen Felix Kulayigye, said the bodies of the slain soldiers will be flown...
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1.9KBig StoryUPDF Commanders on Somalia Mission to face court martial, says Gen Museveni
The duo whom he identified as Maj Oluka and Maj Obbo allegedly ordered the soldiers to retreat in the May 26 attack...
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679AfricaSOMALIA: Gov’t bans use of the name al-Shabab
It is not the first time the Somali government has coined another name for al-Shabab. In 2015 the government told the media...
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728AfricaEight dead as Somali forces battle Al-Shabaab at besieged hotel
Fighters from the Al-Qaeda-linked Al-Shabaab stormed the Hayat Hotel in Mogadishu on Friday evening in a hail of gunfire and bomb blasts,...
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1.2KAfricaBiden approves plan to redeploy forces into Somalia
The New York Times reported that Biden also approved a plan to target about a dozen suspected leaders of al-Shabab.
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1.1KAfrica30 Burundian AU soldiers Killed in al-Shabaab attack in Somalia
A Burundian official told VOA Somali said what caught soldiers by surprise was the enormity of explosives detonated at the camp, adding...
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1.3KAfricaAl-Shabaab attacks African Union Base in Somalia, casualties reported
Al-Shabaab, which has been fighting for years to topple the central government and establish its own rule based on its strict interpretation...