Militant group al-Shabab has taken responsibility for a suicide bombing in Somalia’s capital that killed at least 10, including the country’s football and Olympic chiefs. Wednesday’s attack occurred at the newly-reopened national theater in Mogadishu, which has symbolized Somalia’s push to restore security and stability after more than two decades of chaos. Authorities say a […]
Mogadishu Blast Kills Sports Chiefs, Al-Shabab Claims Responsibility
Posted April 4th, 2012 at 11:45 pm (UTC-5)
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Mogadishu Blast Kills Sports Chiefs; Al-Shabab Claims Responsibility
Posted April 4th, 2012 at 6:40 pm (UTC-5)
Militant group al-Shabab says it was behind a suicide bombing in Somalia’s capital Wednesday that killed at least eight people, including the country’s football and Olympic chiefs. The attack occurred at the newly-reopened national theater in Mogadishu, which has symbolized Somalia’s push to restore security and stability after more than two decades of chaos. Authorities […]
Mogadishu Blast Kills Sports Chiefs; Al-Shabab Claims Responsibility
Posted April 4th, 2012 at 12:50 pm (UTC-5)
Militant group al-Shabab says it was behind a suicide bombing in Somalia’s capital Wednesday that killed at least eight people, including the country’s football and Olympic chiefs. The attack occurred at the newly-reopened national theater in Mogadishu, which has symbolized Somalia’s push to restore security and stability after more than two decades of chaos. Authorities […]
Mogadishu Blast Kills Sports Chiefs; Al-Shabab Claims Responsibility
Posted April 4th, 2012 at 12:20 pm (UTC-5)
Militant group al-Shabab says it was behind a suicide bombing in Somalia’s capital Wednesday that killed at least eight people, including the country’s football and Olympic chiefs. The attack occurred at the newly-reopened national theater in Mogadishu, which has symbolized Somalia’s push to restore security and stability after more than two decades of chaos. Authorities […]
Mogadishu Blast Kills Sports Chiefs; Al-Shabab Claims Responsibility
Posted April 4th, 2012 at 11:50 am (UTC-5)
Militant group al-Shabab says it was behind a suicide bombing in Somalia’s capital Wednesday that killed at least eight people, including the country’s football and Olympic chiefs. The attack occurred at the newly-reopened national theater in Mogadishu, which has symbolized Somalia’s push to restore security and stability after more than two decades of chaos. Authorities […]
Mogadishu Blast Kills Sports Chiefs; Al-Shabab Claims Responsibility
Posted April 4th, 2012 at 9:45 am (UTC-5)
Militant group al-Shabab says it was behind a suicide bombing in Somalia’s capital Wednesday that killed at least eight people, including the country’s football and Olympic chiefs. The attack occurred at Somalia’s newly-reopened national theater. Witnesses say a female blew herself up as Prime Minister Abdiweli Mohamed Ali addressed a crowd gathered to celebrate the […]
Suicide Bomber Kills 6 in Somali Capital
Posted April 4th, 2012 at 7:10 am (UTC-5)
Officials say a suicide bombing at Somalia’s national theater has killed at least six people, including the president of the country’s Olympic committee and the head of its soccer federation. The blast Wednesday in the capital, Mogadishu, came during a ceremony to mark the first anniversary of a national television station. Somalia re-opened the theater […]
Somali, AU Forces Seize Area From al-Shabab
Posted March 30th, 2012 at 2:20 pm (UTC-5)
African Union forces supporting the Somali government say they have seized an area near the capital from Islamist militant group al-Shabab. A spokesman for the AU force, known as AMISOM, told VOA that al-Shabab was driven from the Daynile district Friday. “AMISOM conducted an operation, and the objective was to capture district of Daynile. We […]
British Hostage Freed in Somalia
Posted March 21st, 2012 at 5:25 pm (UTC-5)
A British woman kidnapped and held more than half a year in Somalia says she is “hugely relieved” to be free, but grieving her husband, who died at the hands of her kidnappers. Judith Tebbutt spoke to reporters in Nairobi, Kenya, Wednesday after her release earlier in the day. Tebbutt said in a statement that […]
British Hostage Freed in Somalia
Posted March 21st, 2012 at 10:40 am (UTC-5)
A British woman is free and has arrived in Kenya’s capital after being held captive in Somalia for more than half a year. Somali gunmen kidnapped 56-year-old Judith Tebbutt from a remote Kenyan beach resort last September. Witnesses say Tebbutt was released in the Somali town of Addado Wednesday and put on a plane to […]
