Author – The Durango Herald

Somali police, intelligence chiefs fired after deadly attack

MOGADISHU, Somalia – Security forces ended an overnight siege by militants Sunday at a hotel in Somalia’s capital after a bombing and shootout that killed 23 people, and the government fired...

DATE: Oct 29, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

10 dead, more than 11 wounded in Mogadishu hotel blast

MOGADISHU, Somalia – A suicide car bomb exploded outside a popular hotel in Somalia’s capital on Saturday, killing at least 10 people and wounding more than 11, while gunfire could be heard ...

DATE: Oct 28, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Somalia’s death toll now at 358 as ‘state of war’ planned

MOGADISHU, Somalia – The death toll in Somalia’s deadliest attack has risen to 358 while dozens of people remain missing. Somalia’s president was expected to announce a “state of war” agains...

DATE: Oct 21, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Thousands march over ‘Somalia’s 9/11;’ attack details emerge

MOGADISHU, Somalia – Somali intelligence officials shared a detailed account of the country’s deadliest attack, while thousands marched Wednesday in Mogadishu in a show of defiance against t...

DATE: Oct 18, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Somalia truck bombing toll exceeds 300, scores remain missing

MOGADISHU, Somalia – More than 300 people were killed in the weekend truck bombing in Somalia’s capital and scores remained missing, authorities said Monday, as the fragile Horn of Africa na...

DATE: Oct 16, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Somalia reels from deadliest blast

MOGADISHU, Somalia – Maryan Abdullahi’s father had been preparing to fly to Somalia’s capital on Sunday to attend the happiest moment in his daughter’s life: her graduation day. I...

DATE: Oct 15, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Huge blast rocks Somalia’s capital; police say 20 killed

MOGADISHU, Somalia – A huge explosion from a truck bomb killed 20 people in Somalia’s capital, police said Saturday, as shaken residents called it the most powerful blast they’d heard in yea...

DATE: Oct 14, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Somalia: 110 dead from hunger in past 48 hours in drought

MOGADISHU, Somalia – Somalia’s prime minister said Saturday that 110 people have died from hunger in the past 48 hours in a single region – the first death toll announced in a severe drought...

DATE: Mar 4, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

At least 14 killed in Somalia hotel attack

Extremist group al-Shabab claims credit

DATE: Jun 25, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

U.S. special forces kill 10 Islamic extremists in Somalia

MOGADISHU, Somalia – Hoping to capture a high-profile target, U.S. special forces hopped off helicopters a couple of miles from an al-Shabab-controlled town, slipped through the dark and the...

DATE: Mar 9, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Extremists use Donald Trump clip for recruiting in Somalia

Video also includes footage from racial conflicts in U.S.

DATE: Jan 2, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Somalia extremist group names its new leader

Previous head had $7M bounty

DATE: Sep 6, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World