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Nostalgia from Somalia
Life, John Clewley, Published on 25/10/2022
» Mogadishu in Somalia in the mid-1980s was a crossroads where Africa, Asia and Europe joined, where hotels like the Al-Uruba competed with other luxury venues to host some of the Indian Ocean's most potent popular music. Situated right on Lido beach, the distinctive Al-Uruba building with Arabic and Somali architectural influences had a little-known recording studio.
Dozens killed in Somalia blast
Published on 28/12/2019
» MOGADISHU: At least 76 people were killed on Saturday when a truck filled with explosives blew up at a busy intersection in the capital of Somalia, in the worst attack in the country in years, officials said.
'Shipwreck' seen fishing off Somalia
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 17/01/2019
» A "shipwrecked" trawler that once belonged to a Thai owner was found fishing in Somalian waters, according to Interpol.
Somalia blast kills at least 16
Associated Press, Published on 22/12/2018
» NAIROBI, Kenya: An explosives-packed vehicle detonated at a military checkpoint near Somalia's presidential palace, killing at least 16 people and wounding more than 20 others, police said. The al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabab extremist group, which often targets Mogadishu, claimed responsibility for the attack.
Somalia beach attack kills 32 civilians
Reuters, Published on 03/08/2024
» MOGADISHU - At least 32 civilians were killed and 63 injured in an explosion on a popular beach in Somalia's capital Mogadishu late on Friday evening, police said, an attack blamed by Somali state media on the militant Islamist group al Shabaab.
Somalia denounces Israeli recognition of Somaliland
AFP, Published on 27/12/2025
» MOGADISHU - Somalia reacted angrily Friday after Israel formally recognised its northern region of Somaliland as an "independent and sovereign state" -- the first country country to do so.
Gunmen kidnap German nurse in Somalia capital
AFP, Published on 03/05/2018
» MOGADISHU: Armed men abducted a German nurse working for the International Committee of the Red Cross on Wednesday evening from a compound in Somalia's capital Mogadishu, the aid group said Thursday.
Six civilians killed in Somalia hotel siege
AFP, Published on 10/06/2023
» MOGADISHU, Somalia: Six civilians were killed and 10 wounded in a six-hour siege by Islamist Al-Shabaab militants at a beachside hotel in Somalia's capital Mogadishu, police said Saturday.
US commando killed, four wounded in Somalia attack
AFP, Published on 09/06/2018
» WASHINGTON - An American commando was killed Friday in an attack in southern Somalia that also wounded four US military personnel along with a Somali soldier, officials said.
At least 26 killed in Somalia hotel siege
AFP, Published on 13/07/2019
» MOGADISHU, Somalia: At least 26 people, including several foreigners, were killed and 56 injured in a suicide bomb and gun attack claimed by Al-Shabaab militants on a popular hotel in southern Somalia, a regional official said on Saturday.