Terror Watch

SNA kills 15 al-Shabaab militants in southern Somalia

MOGADISHU (HORN OBSERVER) - Somali forces have killed more than 15 al-Shabaab fighters and injured 20 others following security operations in southern Somalia.

Explosion kills 4, wounds 14 at a market place in the town of Baidoa, Southwest State of Somalia

Baidoa, Somalia (Horn Observer) At least 4 people were confirmed killed on Friday and 14 others were wounded after an explosion believed to have been buried exploded inside a cafeteria at local miraa (khat) market known in Somali as "Xero Jaad" in the town of Baidoa, the temporary capital of…

Al Shabaab releases video of soldier captured in El Adde Attack

MOGADISHU (HORN OB SERVER) - Five years after al-Shabaab fighters overran Kenyan military base in Southern Somalia, the group has this week released a video of a soldier had been in the hands of the militants.

SNA kills six militants in central Somalia

MOGADISHU (HORN OBSERVER) - At least militants have been killed and several others injured in security operation by Somali military in central Somalia, a military official confirmed Saturday.

Four Kenyan police officers killed in Mandera blast

MANDERA (HORN OBSERVER) - Four Kenya police officers have been killed and five others sustained injuries when they were ambushed by al-Shabaab militants in Banisa, Mandera county.

Three killed in IED blast outside Somali capital Mogadishu

MOGADISHU, Somalia (HORN OBSERVER) - Three people including a local administrator have been killed and two other people sustained injuries after an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) suspected to have been on a road in Garasbaale village hit a vehicle.

DEVELOPING STORY: Suicide car bomber hits a police station in Somalia's capital, kills 6 police officers including station chief

MOGADISHU, Somalia (Horn Observer) suicide car bomber targeted Mogadishu's Waberi police station on Sunday evening, killing at least 6 police officers including the station's chief, witnesses and officials said.

Three killed in Mogadishu bomb

MOGADISHU (HORN OBSERVER) - At least three people were killed and another one was injured following a bomb attack in Somali capital on Wednesday.

Mogadishu suicide bomb blast kills three

MOGADISHU (HORN OBSERVER) - At least three people were killed and seven others injured when a suicide car bomb exploded outside custodial corps headquarters in ex-control Afgoye in the Somalia's capital Mogadishu.

Officials warn of possible Al-Shabaab attacks on Hobyo and other areas

DHUSAMREB (HORN OBSERVER) - Security officials and leaders in Galmudug state have warned of a possible terrorist attacks to capture strategic towns in the state barely a week after al-Shabaab wrested a town in central Somalia.

Dermatologist Doctor assassinated in Somali capital

MOGADISHU, Somalia (Horn Observer) Armed gunmen on Thursday morning killed Dr. Hassan Osman Isse aka Dr. Buurane in Mogadishu's Al-Baraka neighborhood, officials and witnesses said, highlighting the worsening security situation in the capital.

Somalia: Puntland Military court hands down death sentence to five Shabab members

Galkacyo, Somalia (Horn Observer) Court of the Armed forces of the Puntland State of Somalia has on Wednesday handed down five Shabab members who were found guilty in what the court said a series of assassinations and planting landmines here in Galkacyo and some parts of the country.

Somalia: Senior al-Shabaab leaders arrested in SNA operations

MOGADISHU (HORN OBSERVER) - Somali National Army (SNA) has today arrested two senior al-Shabab leaders following security operation in north of the capital.

Somalia: Blast kills district official in Mogadishu

MOGADISHU (HORN OBSERVER) - Mogadishu district official has been killed and several of his bodyguards sustained injuries after a vehicle they were travelling in hit an improvised explosive device suspected to have been planted on the road.

Somalia: AMISOM, SNA military commanders set targets for joint operations against militants

Mogadishu, Somalia 16th April, 2021 –A two-day meeting to evaluate security sector gains in Somalia has ended in Mogadishu, the capital, with the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) and the Somali National Army (SNA) agreeing on strategies for Somali security forces to take a lead role in security…

Civilian vehicle hit by IED kills at least 17 in Somalia's Middle Shabelle region

Mogadishu, Somalia (Horn Observer) At least 17 people were killed and 2 others were injured on Wednesday after a civilian minibus traveling between Mogadishu-Jowhar road was hit by IED at the vicinity of Gololey, officials said.

AMISOM forces equipped to clear explosives in Jowhar

JOWHAR, Somalia– Twelve soldiers attached to the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) bomb squad in Jowhar, HirShabelle State, have completed specialized training on countering Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs).

Five killed in blasts in Mogadishu and Baidoa

MOGADISHU (HORN OBSERVER) - At least five people have been killed and another one was injured in two separate blasts in Mogadishu and Baidoa town, officials and witnesses confirmed.

Getting the story in Somalia can be a deadly affair for journalists

The call came as I was leaving a mosque in the central business district of Nairobi, Kenya. It was my brother, Mohamed, and he had a grim message: al-Shabaab militants had bombed the Central Hotel in Mogadishu, killing at least 10 people, among them Abdishakur Mire, a close friend and former journalist…

Somali forces kill two al-Shabaab operatives

MOGADISHU (HORN OBSERVER) - At least two al-Shabaab operatives were Monday killed following a security operation by Somali forces in the southwest of the country barely two days after over 100 people were killed in clashes between Somali military and al-Shabaab militants in the Lower Shabelle region.