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Car bomb kills two in Mogadishu INTERNATIONAL

Car bomb kills two in Mogadishu

At least two people were killed and five injured Saturday when a car loaded with explosives blew up near a restaurant in Mogadishu, a security official and witnesses said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Somali general killed in suicide car bomb attack INTERNATIONAL

Somali general killed in suicide car bomb attack

A top Somalia general known for fighting the jihadist Shabaab group, was killed on Sunday when a suicide bomber rammed an explosives-packed car into his vehicle, officials and witnesses said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Death toll from Shabaab attack on Mogadishu hotels rises to 22 INTERNATIONAL

Death toll from Shabaab attack on Mogadishu hotels rises to 22

The death toll from Tuesday's car bomb attack targeting two hotels popular with officials near the presidential palace in the Somali capital Mogadishu has risen to 22, police said on Wednesday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Car bomb kills 5 soldiers outside Somali president's palace INTERNATIONAL

Car bomb kills 5 soldiers outside Somali president's palace

A car bomb claimed by al Shabaab Islamist militants killed five soldiers outside the president's palace in the Somali capital of Mogadishu and badly damaged two nearby hotels, police said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Ten killed in Mogadishu beach restaurant attack INTERNATIONAL

Ten killed in Mogadishu beach restaurant attack

Ten people were killed in an attack by Shabaab jihadists on a beachfront restaurant in the Somali capital Mogadishu, a spokesman for the city authorities said on Friday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Al Shabaab attacks Somali town west of Mogadishu -AMISOM INTERNATIONAL

Al Shabaab attacks Somali town west of Mogadishu -AMISOM

Somali Islamist group al Shabaab on Saturday shelled residential areas in the town of Baidoa, west of the capital Mogadishu, hitting a hospital and likely causing casualties, the African Union (AU) peace keeping force AMISOM said in a Twitter post.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Militants launch car bomb, gun attack on Somali police base INTERNATIONAL

Militants launch car bomb, gun attack on Somali police base

Attackers set off two car bombs outside a police base in Somalia's capital before gunmen stormed inside on Sunday, leaving at least 10 people dead, police said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Attack on Mogadishu hotel kills 7 INTERNATIONAL

Attack on Mogadishu hotel kills 7

Somalia's al Shabaab Islamist group launched a suicide bomb attack on a hotel in the centre of mogadishu on Saturday before fighters stormed inside, police and the militant group said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Gunmen kill journalist in Somali capital INTERNATIONAL

Gunmen kill journalist in Somali capital

Gunmen suspected of belonging to Somalia's Islamist al Shabaab group shot and killed a female journalist working for state-run radio on Sunday, police said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Somalia Shabaab hotel attack leaves at least 10 dead INTERNATIONAL

Somalia Shabaab hotel attack leaves at least 10 dead

Gunmen holed up in a central Mogadishu hotel for more than 12 hours killed at least 10 people in the latest attack in Somalia by the Al-Qaeda group, the Shabaab.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Somalia ends operation to secure hotel bombed by al Shabaab INTERNATIONAL

Somalia ends operation to secure hotel bombed by al Shabaab

Somali security forces have brought to an end a bomb and gun attack by militants on a central Mogadishu hotel that killed at least 16 people and wounded 55, authorities said on Thursday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Car bomb kills three police in Mogadishu INTERNATIONAL

Car bomb kills three police in Mogadishu

At least three police officers died when a car bomb exploded outside a tea shop in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Wednesday, police said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016