Feisal Omar

Somali presidential compound attacked, president safe

August 25, 2021 at 6:18 a.m.

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Islamist militants attacked Somalia's presidential compound on Tuesday with a car bomb and gunmen broke through a perimeter wall but were repulsed by security forces, and the...

Islamist rebels in Somalia kill three as Ramadan starts

August 25, 2021 at 6:08 a.m.

Islamist rebels shot dead three members of Somalia's security forces in the capital Sunday, police and witnesses said, on the first day of Ramadan, the Muslim fasting month when insurgents...

Islamist rebels in Somalia kill three as Ramadan starts

August 22, 2019 at 2:14 p.m.

Islamist rebels shot dead three members of Somalia's security forces in the capital Sunday, police and witnesses said, on the first day of Ramadan, the Muslim fasting month when insurgents...

Al Shabaab attacks Somali parliament, at least 10 dead

August 25, 2021 at 5:17 a.m.

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Al Shabaab militants stormed Somalia's parliament on Saturday, killing at least 10 security officers in a bomb and gun assault that the United States condemned as a...

Somalia’s al Shabaab say attack meant to get president ‘dead or alive’

November 4, 2021 at 1:10 a.m.

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Islamist militants said on Saturday their attack on the Somali president's compound, in which at least 11 people died, was an attempt to kill or abduct him....

Somalia’s al Shabaab say attack meant to get president ‘dead or alive’

December 23, 2018 at 10:03 p.m.

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Islamist militants said on Saturday their attack on the Somali president's compound, in which at least 11 people died, was an attempt to kill or abduct him....

Somali al Shabaab group says Kenya can’t act on its threats

August 24, 2021 at 8:29 p.m.

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - The Somali Islamist militant group Al Shabaab taunted Kenya on Sunday as its guerrillas awaited a government bid to end a siege in the Nairobi shopping mall...

Woman’s trial raises concerns over rape victims in Somalia

August 22, 2019 at 1:36 p.m.

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - A woman who said she was raped by Somali soldiers and a journalist who interviewed her went on trial on Saturday in a case that has sparked...

Somali Islamist rebels say have executed French hostage

August 24, 2021 at 2:24 a.m.

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somali militants linked to al Qaeda said on Thursday they had executed a French agent who French commandos had tried but failed to rescue at the weekend....

Somali Islamist rebels say have executed French hostage

August 22, 2019 at 1:14 p.m.

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somali militants linked to al Qaeda said on Thursday they had executed a French agent who French commandos had tried but failed to rescue at the weekend....

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