The recent bomb attack in the capital reveals weakness in Al Shabaab, which is at its lowest military ebb for years, The horrific Al Shabaab bombing in Mogadishu on 29 October which killed 100 and wounded more than 400 showed the jihadists defiance in the face of President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud s new government, which has promised to redouble the counter-insurgency campaign, intelligence sources are saying.
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Mogadishu, Apr 28 (EFE).- The Somalian parliament elected its new speaker on Thursday in a key step to forming the new government delayed due to violence and a power tussle between President Mohammed Abdullahi Mohammed and Prime Minister Mohammed Hussein Roble. Lawmakers elected Adan Mohamed Nur, known as Adan Madobe, as the lower house speaker …
MOGADISHU: The death toll from two bombings that killed a parliamentary election candidate in central Somalia has risen to 48, a regional leader said on Thursday. Amina Mohammed, a vocal critic of the government, was killed on Wednesday by a suicide bomber in the city of Beledweyne, around 300 km north of Mogadishu, on the eve of her expected reelection, witnesses and
The Islamist militia s offensive has increased in tempo but the national army has been holding its own as it looks as though the US will become more involved, Al Shabaab launched more attacks in January and February than it had during all of last year. Most serious was its coordinated attack on 18 February in several districts of Mogadishu that destroyed police stations and allowed insurgents to capture weapons, ammunition and vehicles.