Al-Shabab watwaa mji kusini mwa Somalia

Duru za habari nchini Somalia zimeripoti kujiri mripuko wa bomu Jumapili usiku katika mji wa Baidoa, kusini mwa nchi hiyo.Kwa mujibu wa ripoti, bomu hilo liliripuka wakati wa sherehe za Idul-Fitr katika mji huo. Aidha duru za habari zimearifu kwamba katika hujuma hiyo kwa akali watu watano wameuawa na wengine 20 wamejeruhiwa. Hadi sasa hakuna kundi lililotangaza kuhusika na shambulizi hilo, ingawa inadhaniwa kwamba kundi la kigaidi la ash-Shabab ndilo lililotekeleza jinai hiyo. Kundi la...

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The US military says it carried out a military operation against al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabab militants in Somalia.

A long-time US member of al-Shabab is arrested while trying to escape the group in Somalia, a local official tells the BBC.

Somalia is on alert for retaliatory attacks by Islamist group al-Shabab after its leader, Ahmed Abdi Godane, was killed in a US air strike.

A UN report warns that "systematic abuses" by Somalia's government have allowed weapons to be diverted to warlords and al-Shabab militants.

International forces in Somalia are battling al-Shabab Islamist insurgents who control more land than any other al-Qaeda affiliate organisation across the world.

Wizara ya ulinzi ya Marekani imesema imethibitisha kuwa shambulio la ndege la wiki iliyopita nchini Somalia dhidi ya Al Shabab.

Somalia's government offers rewards for information leading to the capture of the top 11 commanders of the militant Islamist al-Shabab group.