Terror Watch

Somalia car bombing kills 10, wounds 20 in Mogadishu

Mogadishu, Somalia (Horn Observer) At least 10 people were killed and 20 others were wounded among them 13 students, after a suicide car bomber detonated his explosives near the school reportedly targeting a local security company, witnesses and officials

State media director killed, others injured by a suicide bomber in Mogadishu

MOGADISHU, Somalia, 21 November 2021 – Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS) and Somali Media Association (SOMA) condemn in the strongest terms possible the targeted killing of the state-owned Radio Mogadishu journalist and director, Abdiaziz Mohamud Guled (popularly known as Abdiaziz Africa) and the…

Director of state run radio Mogadishu killed in suicide attack in Somalia's capital

Mogadishu, Somalia (Horn Observer) Director of Somalia's state run radio Mogadishu Abdiaziz Mohamud Guled was killed and another director who runs the State run Television SNTV Sharmarke Warsame was wounded in an attack in Mogadishu on Saturday evening, after a suicide bomber targeted their vehicle,…

Turkey donates vehicles to Somali military

MOGADISHU (HORN OBSERVER) - Turkish government has donated several military vehicles including trucks and ambulances to Somali national army (SNA) to use for the fight against al-Shabaab militants.

Somali trader killed in Cape town

CAPE TOWN (HORN OBSERVER) - Unidentified assailants have killed a Somali traders in Cape town barely two weeks after another national from the horn of African nation murdered in South Africa.

Kenya on high alert amid fear of imminent terror attacks

NAIROBI (HORN OBSERVER) - Thousands of security officers have been deployed in Kenya's major towns following recent bomb attacks in the neighbouring Uganda which authorities there linked to terrorism

UK Police arrest Somali man on suspicion of murder of MP

ENGLAND (HORN OBSERVER) - UK police have arrested a 'British citizen of Somali heritage' on suspicion of murder of MP Sir David Amess who was stabbed multiple times to death at his constituency surgery in Essex.

Somalia: Galmudug Security Minister Resigns, amid the region is already under threat from Sufi extremists

Dhusamareb, Somalia (Horn Observer) Galmudug Minister for Security Ahmed Fiqi on Thursday announced in a facebook post that he will be resigning, amid the region is in armed conflict with the Sufi extremists - Ahlu Sunna Waljama, a religious armed rebel group trying to overthrow the legitimate Galmudug…

Two militants killed in SNA fighting in Lower Shabelle

MOGADISHU (HORN OBSERVER) - At least two al-Shabaab fighters have been killed and several other wounded in fierce fighting with Somali forces in southern Somalia, the country's military confirmed Thursday.

IED kills 15 al-Shabaab militants in Kenya

NAIROBI (HORN OBSERVER) - More than 15 al-Shabaab militants were on Monday killed after a vehicle they were traveling in ran over landmine in Lamu county, Kenya military confirmed.

Jeopardy as Farmajo solicits Fahad's access for cash and documents locked at NISA HQ

MOGADISHU (HORN OBSERVER) Somalia's outgoing President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo is attempting to solicit for former National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA) Fahad Yasin's access to retrieve $13 million and classified documents locked inside the embattled spy agency's headquarters,…

Somalia: Seven killed in Mogadishu suicide bomb blast

MOGADISHU (HORN OBSERVER) - At least seven people have been killed and more than nine others wounded in heavy explosion near Villa Somalia in Mogadishu.

Somalia: Two killed in IED blast in Marka

MARKA, Somalia (Horn Observer) - At least two people have been killed several others wounded after improvised explosive device went off on Wednesday in Marka town of Lower Shabelle region.

Bribing Somalia air traffic controllers, embattled Fahad Yasin secretly lands in Mogadishu

MOGADISHU (HORN OBSERVER) The embattled former Somali National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA) director, Fahad Yasin Dahir, who is facing a murder case in a Somali military court, has secretly landed at Mogadishu International Airport on Tuesday after bribing Somali air traffic controllers and…

Somalia: Galmudug authorities deny take over of towns by al-Shabaab

DHUSAMAREEB (HORN OBSERVER) - Authorities in Somalia's Galmudug state have dismissed reports that towns vacated by Somali forces fell to al-Shabaab militant group in central region of the horn of Africa nation barely two days after fierce fighting between Somali military and al-Shabaab fighters…

Int'l partners laud Somalia's poll Security team

MOGADISHU (HORN OBSERVER) - International community has lauded the establishment of the National Electoral Security Committee ahead the country's parliamentary and presidential elections.

Kenya kills two men, recovers weapons in Wajir

WAJIR (HORN OBSERVER) - Kenyan police have recovered four AK47 rifles and over 300 bullets following confrontation with two gunmen near the border with Somalia.

Ten people killed in al-Shabaab attack in central Somalia

MOGADISHU (HORN OBSERVER) - At least ten people have been killed and more than a dozen others wounded following fierce fighting between Somali forces and al-Shabaab militants in central Somalia.

Sixty militants killed in Somalia's Lower Shabelle region- SNA

MOGADISHU (HORN OBSERVER) - More than sixty al-Shabaab militants including two senior operatives have been killed and dozens wounded in fierce fighting with Somali forces in Lower Shabelle region, Somali National Army (SNA) claimed Friday.

ISIS fighters seize town in northeastern Somalia

BOSASO (HORN OBSERVER) - Suspected ISIS fighters have taken control of a town in northeastern Somalia following fierce fighting with Puntland forces, locals confirmed Thursday.