Terror Watch

Somalia to get China-made Covid-19 vaccine

MOGADISHU (HORN OBSERVER ) - Somali Health Ministry announced that the country will soon receive an unspecified number of doses of China-donated Sinovac.

Al-Shabaab attacks military bases outside Somali capital

MOGADISHU (HORN OBSERVER) - Scores of Somali national army (SNA) soldiers are feared to have been killed in simultaneous attacks on military bases by al-Shabaab militants in southwest of Somali capital.

Amal Express demands unconditional apology from GI-TOC

GAROWE (HORN OBSERVER) - A Garowe based money transfer company, Amal Express, has demanded an apology from Global Terror-Funding Watchdog months following clearance of wrongdoing the Central Bank of Somalia.

Westgate attack hero unopposed for Senate seat

NAIROBI (HORN OBSERVER) - Son of late Garissa County Senator and a hero who took part in the operation to rescue hostages in the middle of an attack on Westgate by Al-Shabaab in 2013, Abdikadir Yussuf Haji has won the senatorial seat vacated by his late father.

Car blast kills five in Somali capital

MOGADISHU (HORN OBSERVER) - At least five people were killed and several others sustained injuries after improvised explosive device (IED) suspected to have been planted on the roadside hit a car carrying government officials in north of Mogadishu.

Somali forces kill al-Shabab bomb expert

MOGADISHU (HORN OBSERVER) - At least eleven militants have been killed and several others injured after Somalia's elite forces attacked al-shabaab controlled village in southern Somalia.

ETHIOPIA: MSF says staff attacked after witnessing civilian killings in Tigray

ADDIS ABABA (HORN OBSERVER) The Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) said three of its staff members were attacked by Ethiopian army after witnessing the extrajudicial killings of at least four men who were dragged off public buses and executed by soldiers on Tuesday, March 23.

Health officials assigned to COVID19 awareness come under bomb attack in Somalia's capital Mogadishu

MOGADISHU, Somalia (Horn Observer) Somali health officials from Somalia's ministry of health carrying out COVID19 awareness campaign came under grenade attack in Mogadishu's Kaaraan neighborhood, officials said.

UN Envoy to Somalia Condemns the Mortar Attack on the Aden Adde International Airport Area

Mogadishu – The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Somalia, James Swan, condemned today's attack in which six mortar rounds landed within the perimeter of the Aden Adde International Airport in Mogadishu.

Suicide bomber kills 10, wounds 30 in a restaurant attack in Somalia's Capital – Police

MOGADISHU, Somalia (Horn Observer) 10 people were confirmed dead and 30 others were wounded after a suicide bomber targeted a local restaurant in Mogadishu's Hamarweyne district on Friday evening, Somali police said.

Al-Shabaab takes credit for assassinating critical journalist in central Somalia

MOGADISHU (HORN OBSERVER) In the past few months, journalist Jamal Farah Adan knew that he was the enemy of the al-Qaeda-affiliate group al-Shabaab.

AU confirms a Ugandan-owned helicopter crashed in Somalia

MOGADISHU (HORN OBSERVER) A military helicopter on a mission to support AMISOM troops crashed soon after take-off in Balidogle in the Lower Shabelle region of Somalia on February 5, the African Union Mission in Somalia said on Sunday.

Somali authorities must stick to their promises to investigate and prosecute killers of the messengers

MOGADISHU (HORN OBSERVER) In July last year, Somalia's federal authorities said they would open a full probe into the criminals and officials suspected to have committed crimes against journalists including dozens of murder cases of journalists in the Horn of African country since 1992.

UN in Somalia is appalled by the deadly attack on Afrik Hotel in Mogadishu

MOGADISHU (HORN OBSERVER) The United Nations in Somalia strongly has condemned the deadly terrorist attack on Hotel Afrik on Sunday.

Scores killed in a hotel attack in Somalia's Capital

Mogadishu, Somalia (Horn Observer) At least a dozen people were killed and scores of others were injured on Sunday in an ongoing siege of the popular Afrik Hotel attack in Somali capital, Mogadishu

Rift widens as int'l community calls for single agreed electoral process in Somalia

MOGADISHU (HORN OBSERVER) – Somalia's international partners welcome the nomination of State-level Electoral Implementation Teams for Jubaland and Puntland, presented on 27 January amid uncertainty on the elections of the Horn of African country.

AFRICOM commander visits assault ship operating off Somalia coast

MOGADISHU (HORN OBSERVER) U.S. Army Gen. Stephen Townsend, commander, U.S. Africa Command, completed a multi-day engagement in Somalia and a visit to the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8), operating off the coast of Somalia, Jan. 16-18.

AMISOM troops conclude counter IED training in Arbiska

Mogadishu Somalia – Forty Ugandan soldiers serving under the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) based in Arbiska, 30 km north west of Mogadishu have completed a five-weeks training aimed at enhancing their capacity to counter the threat posed by Improvised Explosive Devices ( IEDs).

U.S. Africa Command conducts strikes on al-Shabaab compound

In coordination with the Federal Government of Somalia, U.S. Africa Command conducted two airstrikes in Somalia on Jan. 1, 2021.

U.S AFRICOM commander visits East African nations to strengthen partnerships, fight against al-Shabaab

NAIROBI (HORN OBSERVER) U.S. Army Gen. Stephen Townsend, commander, U.S. Africa Command, completed a four-day trip to Kenya and Djibouti to conduct strategic engagements with partner nation leadership, assess operations and security of U.S. force locations, and demonstrate continued commitment to working…