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Super Eagles Will Make Nigeria Proud At AFCON – Ighalo

David Folami — Mon, 10 Jan 2022 22:08:22 +0000

Al Shabab striker, Odion Ighalo has come out to say that Nigeria have a talented squad to reach the final of the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations. He recently had his say while speaking with the press, and fans have been reacting. According to him, he wishes Super Eagles all the very best in the [...]

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Bus Passengers Killed In Kenya Ambush Near Somalia Border

Kunle Atiba — Mon, 21 Dec 2015 16:16:15 +0000

Not less than two people have been killed in an ambush on a passenger bus in Kenya’s northeast near the border with Somalia, an official and residents said. The bus was believed to be carrying more than 50 passengers when it was attacked between Kutulo and Daba village in Mandera county early on Sunday, Mohamud Saleh, [...]

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Deadly Bomb Attack Targets Somalia’s Capital Mogadishu

Kunle Atiba — Sat, 19 Dec 2015 23:09:43 +0000

Somali police said several people have been killed after armed men detonated a car bomb and opened fire on a busy road in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu. Reuters news agency said that at least three people were killed and eight others were wounded in Saturday’s attack, with the toll likely to rise. The explosion occurred on [...]

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US Citizen flees Al-Shabab after ISIL Allegiance Row

AMA — Mon, 07 Dec 2015 23:24:44 +0000

A middle-aged American citizen who had been fighting for al-Shabab in Somalia has fled the group after angering its leadership with a pledge of allegiance to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). Abdul Malik Jones surrendered himself to an African Union military base in Barawe in southern Somalia on Monday morning, senior [...]

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Kenya’s Enemy Within: Construction of 700km-long Wall along porous Border with Somalia

AMA — Mon, 30 Nov 2015 20:35:28 +0000

Kenya has started construction on a 700km-long wall along its porous border with Somalia, in an attempt to shield itself from the armed group al-Shabab. The ambitious project, which consists of brick walls, fences and observation posts, will stretch from the town of Mandera in the north to Kiunga in the south. The goal is [...]

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Could a strong Somali Government defeat Al-Shabab?

AMA — Mon, 02 Nov 2015 08:00:23 +0000

Al-Shabab fighters in Somalia have struck again – managing to evade security measures to stage an attack in downtown Mogadishu. Their target, yet again, a hotel popular with government leaders and members of parliament. Al-Shabab have waged a relentless war against the government since being forced from the capital. The fighters have also attacked neighbouring [...]

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Attackers storm Somalia’s Sahafi Hotel after Car Bomb Explosion

AMA — Sun, 01 Nov 2015 11:35:15 +0000

At least five people have been killed and dozens more wounded in an attack on a hotel in the centre of Somalia’s capital Mogadishu, witnesses tell Al Jazeera. A car bomb exploded at the main gate of the Sahafi Hotel early on Sunday morning, with attackers then storming the hotel as they exchanged gunfire with [...]

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#Africa > Al-Shabab Group takes control of two Somali Towns

AMA — Sat, 05 Sep 2015 13:33:54 +0000

The al-Shabab group has taken control of two towns in two days in southwestern Somalia, an official and the group have confirmed, just days after its fighters attacked an African Union base in the same area. A spokesperson for al-Shabab told Reuters that the group had seized two small towns in the Lower Shabelle region; [...]

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Al-Shabab claims ‘scores’ killed in attack on AU troops

AMA — Tue, 01 Sep 2015 04:55:49 +0000

Al-Shabab fighters in Somalia have killed “scores” of African Union troops in an attack south of capital, Mogadishu, a spokesman for the armed group told Al Jazeera. The attack in Janaale, in the country’s Lower Shabelle province, early on Tuesday was confirmed by residents, but an exact casualty figure was not immediately available. The assault [...]

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Film: Warriors from the North

AMA — Wed, 26 Aug 2015 10:00:06 +0000

His back turned to the camera as he looks out over a nondescript housing development in Copenhagen, “The Shadow” describes how he fell victim to recruiters from the armed Somali group Al-Shabab. He outlines the conditions that make boys such as him susceptible to the lure of the “holy war,” explaining that, “Nothing in my [...]

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