Mogadishu
Al Shabaab Fighters Storm Higher Education Ministry in Mogadishu, Killing at Least 10
The Somali militants attacked the building with a suicide car bomb before opening fire inside. The assault follows the massacre of 148 people by the group at a Kenyan university earlier this month.
Al Shabaab Attack on Popular Mogadishu Hotel Ends After Bloody 12-Hour Siege
At least 14 people are dead and dozens wounded after gunmen from the Somali militant group stormed into a hotel that is popular with diplomats and foreigners.
Al Shabaab Calls For Westgate-Style Attacks On Western Shopping Malls In New Video
A day after al Shabaab killed dozens in an attack on a hotel in Mogadishu, the Somali militant group called for assaults on shopping centers in the US, UK, and Canada.
Al Shabaab Gunmen Attack a Christmas Party at an African Union Base in Somalia
Officials say eight militants entered the Amisom compound in Mogadishu on Thursday, with troops killing at least five of the fighters from the Islamist militant group.
Al Shabaab Targets 'Foreign Mercenaries' in Deadly Attack on UN Convoy in Somalia
A car bombing near Mogadishu's airport killed four people and injured more than a dozen others, with video showing an aftermath of bombed-out vehicles and debris.
The First US Air Strike on Somalia in Months Might Have Killed Al Shabaab's Leader
US officials would not confirm reports that a drone attack had killed Ahmed Abdi Godane. But they did admit he was the target.
VICE News Capsule - Monday, September 1
Al Shabaab tries to free detainees from Somali intelligence HQ, Pakistan sit-in turns deadly & more
Al Shabaab Launches Deadly Attack on Somalia's Parliament Building
The latest attack follows last month's killing of two parliamentarians in separate bombing and shooting attacks in Mogadishu.
Al-Shabaab Is Confiscating Camera-Equipped 'Spy' Phones
This is not the first time that the al Qaeda-linked jihadist group has picked a fight with technology.
Britain's Somalis Are Panicking About Barclays
The bank cutting off the money supply home might mean crisis time for Somalia.
This Man Was Thrown in a Somali Jail for Interviewing a Rape Victim
Everyone’s talking about Somalia’s future. They’re talking up foreign business investment, they’re talking up the new government, and they’re talking up the Islamist militia al-Shabaab. Something that hasn't come up quite so much, however, is the...