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  Somalia: 32 killed in devastating beach attack in Mogadishu, Al-Qaeda affiliate takes responsibility

  World | August 03, 2024 15:14 IST

  Al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabaab has claimed similar attacks in the past, including two car bomb explosions in 2022 that killed over 100 people and wounded over 300. Mogadishu police spokesperson said one of the attackers blew himself up and three others were killed by security forces.

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  US Africa Command airstrike kills 60 Al Shabab militants in Somalia

  India | October 17, 2018 7:54 IST

  The US Africa Command (Africom) which oversees American troops on the African continent said this airstrike was the largest airstrike against the militants since November 21, 2017, when American forces killed about 100 terrorists in an airstrike against the insurgents' camp.

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  At least 10 killed in suicide attack on peacekeepers’ base in Somalia

  World | July 26, 2016 14:09 IST

  Mogadishu: At least 10 people, including seven U.N. guards, were killed today when two huge bombs s went off near Mogadishu's airport including the one at African Union’s main peacekeeping base in Somalian capital. The

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  Al Qaeda-affiliate Al Shabaab claims control of US drone in Somalia

  World | May 18, 2015 15:54 IST

  Mogadishu: Al Qaeda-affiliate Al Shabaab has said it has captured a drone which fell in the Bay region of Somalia.The militants said on Sunday they were in possession of the drone which they claimed belonged

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  Kenya identifies 1 of 4 al Shabaab gunmen as son of government official: Interior ministry

  World | April 05, 2015 22:22 IST

  Nairobi: The son of a Kenyan government official has been identified as one of the gunmen who attacked a Kenyan college where 148 people were killed, authorities said Sunday.Abdirahim Mohammed Abdullahi, one of the Islamic

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  UN, US condemn Kenya attack

  World | December 03, 2014 12:34 IST

  United Nations: UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and the US have strongly condemned an attack against civilian workers in Kenya that left at least 36 people dead.The attack took place at a stone quarry in

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  Kenya mall massacre: English widow in veil Samantha gave orders in Arabic to terrorists to kill innocents, Al Shabaab describes her as 'brave'

  World | September 23, 2013 11:46 IST

  Nairobi: Samantha Lewthwaite, the 'white widow' of London 7/7 bomber Jermaine Lindsay wearing a veil, was barking orders in Arabic at the Al Shabaab gunmen to fire inside the Westgate shopping mall in Nairobi on

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  Know about Al-Shabaab, which banned samosas, announced camels as reward for targeting Obama

  World | September 23, 2013 6:22 IST

  New Delhi: Al-Shabaab  means (The Youth). It is a Somalian group affiliated to the dreaded Al Qaeda. Al Shabaab was designated as a foreign terrorist organization by the U.S. government in March 2008. Al Shabaab