Terror Watch

Somali police kills a young woman and injures a journalist in Mogadishu

MOGADISHU (HORN OBSERVER) Amid an increasing police brutality in Somalia capital, Somali police shot dead a young woman on Wednesday night in an apparent targeted attack in Hodan district, family and eyewitnesses said.

Militants attack Somali army bases as hundreds of unpaid soldiers went on strike in Mogadishu

GALKAYO (HORN OBSERVER) At least two Somali soldiers have been confirmed dead as dozen more others wounded after al-Shabaab suicide car bomber rammed a military base in central Somalia region of Mudug on Sunday, officials and witnesses said.

Car explosion kills 4 civilians in Somalia's capital

MOGADISHU, (Horn Observer) At least four civilians, among a mother and a child have been killed on Thursday after a car loaded with explosives went off at Mogadishu's Taleeh neighborhood, witnesses said.

Somali police officer kills a street vendor who refused to accept unfit banknotes

MOGADISHU (HORN OBSERVER) Omar Hassan Moalim, a street vendor has joined into a long list of victims killed by Somalia police in Mogadishu amid an increasing police brutality.

AMISOM statement on civilian casualties in Janaale

Mogadishu, 9th June, 2020 – At approximately 9:00 a.m. on June 8, 2020, Al-Shabaab terrorists laid an ambush on a main supply route in an area North East of Janaale, in the Lower Shabelle region.

Somali investigators identify but can not name officers who rounded and murdered eight health workers in Gololey

MOGADISHU (HORN OBSERVER) Somali investigators have identified military officers who rounded up and murdered eight health workers in Gololey village last week, three senior officials told Horn Observer in an exclusive interviews on Wednesday and Thursday.

EXCLUSIVE: How eight health workers were rounded up and murdered by Somali military in Gololey

MOGADISHU (HORN OBSERVER) On Wednesday afternoon, May 27th, around 1.30pm, Muse Mahi, 56-years-old, has finished his midday prayers in the mosque just next to the Mother and Child Health centre (MCH) in Gololey village in the Middle Shabelle region. Suddenly he saw an armed man with AK-47 wearing Somali…

Killing of health workers from rural clinic an appalling tragedy: ICRC

MOGADISHU (HORN OBSERVER) The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said it was deeply shocked by the killing of eight people in Gololey village in the Balcad district in Somalia's Hirshabelle State on Wednesday.

Somali govt forces execute eight young health workers in Middle Shabelle

MOGADISHU (HORN OBSERVER) Somali national army on Wednesday executed eight young professionals in a cold blooded manner following an al-Shabaab attack in Gololey village in Bal'ad District, Middle Shabelle region, relatives and eyewitnesses told Horn Observer.

Blast kills 2 in Somalia's Capital

MOGADISHU, Somalia (Horn Observer) At least two people including a senior police after a blast a car carrying the police officer in Mogadishu's Hamarwein district, witnesses and officials said.

AMISOM, Jubaland Security Forces repel Al-Shabaab attack in Dhobley

DHOBLEY, Somalia – In the early hours of Monday, May 25, 2020, Jubaland Security Forces beat back Al-Shabaab militants who attacked their base and training center in Dhobley. Al-Shabaab lost several men and a range of weapons were left behind as they hastily retreated in defeat.

A plane with humanitarian aid shot and nearly downed in southern Somalia town of Qansah-Dhere

NAIROBI (HORN OBSERVER) - A SalaamAir chartered plane ferrying humanitarian aid was nearly downed in the southern Somalia town of Qansah-Dhere in Bay region on Monday after it was shot with DSHK machine gun, local security and witnesses said.

An explosion leaves 4 people dead and dozens injured inside IDP camp in Southern Somali town of Baidoa

BAIDOA, Somalia – At least 4 people were reportedly dead and more than 20 others were injured on Sunday afternoon after a bomb went off inside an Internally displaced camp north of Baidoa, 240km South of Mogadishu, witnesses said.

REPORT: Somalia security remains volatile with 1,086 attacks recorded in four months

MOGADISHU (HORN OBSERVER) The security situation in Somalia remained volatile, with 1086 attacks by the al-Qaeda-linked militant recorded in the past four months of the year, according to a new report by the United Nations Secretary General released to the Security Council this week.

Somali government says US and Somali airstrike kill 2 Shabab fighters in near the town of Kunyo Barrow

MOGADISHU, SOMALIA - In the early evening of 17 May 2020, The Federal Government of Somalia, in coordination with United States Africa Command, conducted an airstrike near the town of Kunyo Barrow, Somalia. The airstrike resulted in the deaths of two (2) members of the al- Shabaab terrorist network.

Somalia: Mudug Governor killed in a suicide bombing

GALKAYO (HORN OBSERVER) A suicide bomber believed to be driving a tuk tuk has blew himself off at the Mudug Regional Headquarters in the north of Galkayo killing the Governor, Ahmed Muse Nur and three bodyguards on Sunday.

AMISOM repel Al-Shabaab attack on Jubaland Security Forces in Bilis Qooqani

DHOBLEY, Somalia 16th April 2020: - An African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) unit in Bilis Qooqani town on Friday stopped a late-night attack on Jubaland Security Forces (JSF), killing and arresting several terrorists in the process.

Al-Shabaab summons more than 70 Mogadishu businesses owners over unpaid taxes

MOGADISHU (HORN OBSERVER) More than 70 Mogadishu business leaders have been summoned by the al-Qaeda-linked militant group on Monday this week, five of the business leaders and a Somali security source privy to the matter told Horn Observer on Thursday.

Al-Shabaab Emir's adviser among several killed in U.S airstrike in southern Somalia

MOGADISHU (HORN OBSERVER) Two mid level al-Shabaab officials are among several killed after a suspected U.S airstrikes targeted the group's strongholds in Jamame and in Haway in the country's southern regions of Lower Jubba and Lower Shabelle on Monday.

Somali police forced injured female journalist to recant complaint case

MOGADISHU (HORN OBSERVER) Mogadishu's Waberi police commissioner, Mohamed Abdukadir and his officers with the backing of Villa Somalia Communications Officer, have forced female journalist, Safiya Osman Abdulle to withdraw her case against Waberi police and district officials following an assault…