Brother Discovers Sister's Body After Terrorists Kill 20 In Somalia
A terrorist attack by the Islamist group al-Shabab left at least 20 people dead at a beach near Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia. Relatives were seeking to identify the victims Jan. 22, and one man...
View ArticleA day after terror attack, Somalis take to Twitter to reclaim their beloved...
There was one place Somalis could escape during the recent decades of terrorism, clan warfare and chaos: Liido Beach in the capital, Mogadishu, with its pure white sands and deep blue sea. This week...
View ArticleA day after terror attack, Somalis reclaim their beloved beach on Twitter
There was one place Somalis could escape during the recent decades of terrorism, clan warfare and chaos: Liido Beach in the capital, Mogadishu, with its pure white sands and deep blue sea. This week...
View ArticleGunmen Kill 17 in Somalia Beach Attack
[Daily Trust] At least 17 people were killed in the Somali capital of Mogadishu when five Islamist gunmen set off bombs and stormed a popular beach-front restaurant late on Thursday, Somali police...
View ArticleSomalia plane bomber was meant to board Turkish flight, airline executive says
A suspected suicide bomber who blew a hole in the fuselage of a Daallo Airlines plane last week and forced it to make an emergency landing in Mogadishu was meant to be on a Turkish Airlines flight,...
View ArticleSomali peace rally on bombed beach
A group of Somalis hold a peace rally at the site of last week's attack by al-Shabab militants at a beach in Mogadishu, in which 20 people were killed. ......
View ArticleAU and Somali troops retake Somali town from militants
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — A Somali military official says allied African Union and Somali troops have retaken the town Marka one day after Islamic extremist fighters took control of...
View ArticleVideo shows suspected Somali plane bomber taking laptop bag before blast
Somali officials released a video on Sunday from Aden Adde International Airport in Mogadishu, showing two men handing what appeared to be a laptop bag — which officials said held an explosive device —...
View ArticleAl-Shabab gunmen leave 19 dead after overnight attack on beachfront...
Four of the attackers were shot dead by security forces while one gunman was captured when authorities entered the building to end the attack. Somalia's Islamist al-Shabab militants killed at least 19...
View ArticleAl Shabab blamed for 'suicide bomb attack' that blew hole in jetliner
A suicide bomber is suspected to have set off the explosive that blew a hole in a jetliner, sucked the man out of the plane and forced the aircraft to make an emergency landing on Tuesday in Somalia's...
View ArticleLaptop bomb may have caused Somalia airplane explosion, sources say
Nairobi, Kenya (CNN)A laptop computer may have concealed the explosives that ripped a hole in a Somali airliner Tuesday, according to a source familiar with the investigation and a Western official...
View ArticleBlast blows hole in commercial plane over Somalia; 1 falls and dies
Initial tests of the damage on Flight D3159 came back positive for explosive residue, a source with knowledge of the investigation told CNN. A spokesman for Somali Prime Minister Omar Abdirashid Ali...
View ArticleExplosion on flight from Somalia was caused by bomb, sources say
Blast on board Daallo Airlines plane killed one man and tore hole in plane’s fuselage...
View ArticleAl Shabab tried to blow up Somali plane: official
MOGADISHU: It was a bomb that blew a hole in a jetliner, killing one person and forcing the plane to make an emergency landing on Tuesday in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, a Somali official said on...
View ArticleBomb Blew Hole in Passenger Jet, Somali Official Says
More Explosion on Airliner Over Somalia Injures 2 (MOGADISHU, Somalia) — It was a bomb that blew a hole in a jetliner, killing one person and forcing the plane to make an emergency landing on Tuesday...
View ArticleA video reportedly shows airline workers handing a bomb to the suspected...
CCTV footage released by the Somali National Intelligence Agency (NISA) on Monday (February 8) appears to show two airport workers inside the terminal of Mogadishu airport handing a suspected suicide...
View ArticleMilitants Kill At Least 17 In Attack On Somali Beachfront Restaurant
According to reports, two vehicle bombs exploded about an hour apart early on Thursday evening, with gunmen firing on diners at the restaurants in between. "This attack further demonstrates the vile...
View ArticleSomali officials: Bomb blew hole in passenger jet
MOGADISHU, Somalia — A suicide bomber is suspected to have set off the explosive that blew a hole in a jetliner, sucked the man out of the plane and forced the aircraft to make an emergency landing on...
View ArticleSomali officials: Suicide bomber may have blown hole in jet
A suicide bomber is suspected to have set off the explosive that blew a hole in a jetliner, sucked the man out of the plane and forced the aircraft to make an emergency landing on Tuesday in Somalia's...
View ArticleSomali official: Bomb blew hole in passenger jet
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — It was a bomb that blew a hole in a jetliner, killing one person and forcing the plane to make an emergency landing on Tuesday in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, a Somali...
View ArticleTerror attack on Somali Airlines actually meant for Turkish airlins
Feb 8, Mogadishu: Daallo Airlines has stated that the suspected suicide bomber who blew himself up aboard the Somali airliner enroute to Djibouti was meant to be onboard a...
View Article2016 Spring Break Beach Destinations (Omni Hotels Corporation)
(Source: Omni Hotels Corporation) Nothing says spring break like sand between your toes, a cold drink in hand, and pristine blue ocean water glistening in the warm sunlight. When indulging in this kind...
View ArticlePilot after emergency: Somali airport security is 'zero'
The Serb pilot who landed a jetliner in Somalia with a large hole on its fuselage says he has never doubted that it...
View ArticleSomali plane in emergency landing after explosion rips hole in fuselage
A man was killed in an explosion on an Airbus A321 that forced the plane to make an emergency landing at the Somali capital of Mogadishu. The plane took off from Mogadishu and was bound for Djibouti...
View ArticleDeadly Islamist attack at Somalia beach
Somali police say at least 17 people were killed when Islamist gunmen struck a popular beachside restaurant in the capital, Mogadishu. The US does not believe Iran was involved in the kidnapping, or...
View ArticleAl-Shabaab jihadists seize key Somali port
MOGADISHU: Somalia's al-Shabaab jihadists on Friday retook their stronghold of Merka from African Union troops, who had held the key port since 2012, in one of the biggest setbacks for the...
View ArticleSomali jet suspect 'checked in on Turkish Airlines'
The suspected suicide bomber who blew himself up aboard a Somali airliner on a flight from Mogadishu to Djibouti was meant to board a Turkish Airlines flight, the head of Daallo Airlines told Al...
View ArticleSomalia attack turns symbol of resurgence into one of grief
Witnesses said the Islamic extremists entered the restaurant from the beach Thursday evening, shouting “Allahu akbar,” Arabic for “God...
View ArticleFBI in Somalia to help probe inflight blast described as 'deliberate act of...
(CNN)Several members of the FBI are on the ground in Somalia to help authorities there investigate an inflight explosion aboard a commercial airplane, which the African nation's transport minister...
View ArticleMan ‘sucked to death’ after blast blows hole in Somali jet
MOGADISHU: Investigators believe a bomb probably caused the onboard explosion that forced an Airbus A321 to return to the Somali capital of Mogadishu for an emergency landing this week, US government...
View ArticleSource: 'Sophisticated' laptop bomb on Somali plane got through X-ray machine
(CNN)The explosive device built into a laptop computer that detonated last week on a Somali passenger jet was "sophisticated" and got past X-ray machines at the Mogadishu airport, a source close to the...
View ArticleMogadishu Residents Stage Rally Against Liido Beach Attack
[Shabelle] Hundreds of residents merged out into the streets of Somali capital, Mogadishu to raise their voice against last week's deadly attack on Liido beach attack by Al shabaab. ......
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