Somalia

MOGADISHU, Jan. 29 (YPA) - The Somali army announced the killing of 136 militants of “al-Shabab” movement, including three leaders, and wounding 98 others in a military operation in the Lower Shabelle region, south of the capital,…

MOGADISU, Jan. 09 (YPA) - 61 militants of "Al-Shabab" movement affiliated with "Al-Qaeda" in Somalia were killed during a joint operation carried out in the country. The Somali News Agency said the operation was carried out by the Somali…

MOGADISHU, Jan. 04 (YPA) – At least 19 people were killed on Wednesday when two car bombs exploded in central Somalia, which was claimed by the extremist Al-Shabab movement. International agencies reported that two simultaneous attacks with…

SOMALIA, Dec. 24 (YPA) - The US Africa Command (AFRICOM) on Saturday announced the killing of 6 members of the Somali “Al-Shabaab” movement in an air strike that targeted the state of Hirshebelle, in the south of the country. AFRICOM forces…

WASHNGTON, Dec. 10 (YPA) - The American newspaper "Washington Post" has revealed that U.S. forces have returned to Bedogley Air Base in Somalia to continue assisting local special forces in fighting al-Qaeda affiliates. This decision comes…

SANAA, Oct.30 (YPA) - The Foreign Ministry of the National Salvation Government condemned on Sunday the terrorist attack that targeted the Ministry of Education and Higher Education in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, which left more than 100…

SANAA, Oct. 24 (YPA) - The United Nations International Organization for Migration (IOM) announced on Sunday that more than 42,000 African migrants have arrived in Yemen since the beginning of this year. "About 42,070 African migrants have…

MOGADISHU, Jan. 16 (YPA) – The Somali government spokesman, Mohamed Ibrahim Moallem, was injured in a suicide bombing that targeted his car in the capital, Mogadishu, on Sunday. "A suicide bomber targeted a car carrying government spokesman…

MOGADISHU, Jan. 08 (YPA) - The Somali presidency said that President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo ordered the Central Bank of Somalia to keep the Emirati funds held since 2018; for entering Mogadishu "illegally". Farmajo said: "The money…