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2020-12-19 10:35:53 GMT2020-12-19 18:35:53(Beijing Time) Xinhua English MOGADISHU, Dec. 19 (Xinhua) -- Somali government and the UN have condemned Fridays terrorist attack in Mudug region of central Somalia where Prime Minister Mohamed Roble was due to address a gathering. In separate statements, President Mohamed Farmajo, Roble and the UN secretary-generals special representative for Somalia James Swan said the attacks will not deter efforts to stabilize the Horn of African nation. "The...

Views: Visits 20 The death toll from a suicide bombing in Somalia has risen to 16, after a number of people hurt in the blast succumbed to their injuries overnight, security sources told AFP on Saturday. Initially, six people including three senior military officials were killed Friday when a suicide bomber attacked a stadium in the Somali city of Galkayo, ahead of the planned arrival of the country’s prime minister. But a local security official told AFP by telephone on Saturday: �...

December 19, 2020 Share The U.S. continues to remove troops from Somalia following President Donald Trump’s directive earlier this month. According to the Pentagon, the Expeditionary Sea Base USS Hershel “Woody” Williams is “conducting maritime operations off the coast of Somalia” to “reposition U.S. DOD personnel from Somalia to other locations in East Africa,” AFRICOM spokesperson Kelly Cahalan told VOA in an email. The operation is dubbed Operation Octave Quartz. The ne...

Suicide bombing kills six in central Somalia The suicide bomber targeted senior military officials who stayed close to the entrance of the stadium H. J. I./AFP 18.12.2020 WORLD Suicide bombing kills six in central Somalia The incident comes after three people were killed and seven were injured in a suicide attack at a Mogadishu restaurant on Wednesday Foto: Agencies Six people including three senior military officials were killed when a suicide bomber attacked a stadium in the Somali city of ...

Somalia suicide bombing kills 15, misses prime minister by Hassan Barise, The Associated Press Posted Dec 18, 2020 1:41 pm EDT Last Updated Dec 18, 2020 at 1:44 pm EDT MOGADISHU, Somalia — A suicide bomber attacked a stadium in Somalia’s central city of Galkayo Friday, killing 15 people shortly before the arrival of the country’s new prime minister, according to police. Ali Hassan, a police officer in Galkayo, said others were injured in the blast, which occurred at the entrance to the sp...

MOGADISHU:  A suicide bomber attacked a stadium in Somalia’s central city of Galkayo Friday, killing 15 people shortly before the arrival of the country’s new prime minister, according to police. Ali Hassan, a police officer in Galkayo, said others were injured in the blast, which occurred at the entrance to the sports stadium. Some high-ranking members of the Somali army were among those killed in the explosion, according to local reports. Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble, who took o...

2020-12-18 17:36:07 GMT2020-12-19 01:36:07(Beijing Time) Xinhua English MOGADISHU, Dec. 18 (Xinhua) -- Four senior military officers and a civilian were killed and 13 others injured in a suicide bomb attack on Friday in Mudug region of central Somalia where Prime Minister Mohamed Roble was due to address a gathering, an official said. Ismael Mukhtar Omar, the government spokesman said a suicide bomber wearing a suicide vest blew himself up outside the Abdullahi Isse Stadium in Galkayo wh...

Suicide Bomber in Somalia Hits Prime Minister’s Rally The attack, claimed by Al Shabab, killed at least 10, including three Somali military commanders. Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble was on his way at the time. The attack in Galkayo, Somalia, targeted the country’s new prime minister, Mohamed Hussein Roble, the government said.Credit...Feisal Omar/Reuters Dec. 18, 2020 NAIROBI, Kenya — Three senior Somali military officers, including a commander with an elite American-backe...

2020-12-18 16:05:51 GMT2020-12-19 00:05:51(Beijing Time) Xinhua English MOGADISHU, Dec. 18 (Xinhua) -- Senior military officers and civilians were killed and an unknown number of others were injured on Friday in a suicide bomb attack outside a local stadium in Galkayo, the central region of Somalia where prime minister Mohamed Roble was due to address a gathering, an official said. Ismael Mukhtar Omar, the government spokesman said a suicide bomber wearing a suicide vest blew himself up ...

English By Mohamed Olad Hassan Share on Facebook WASHINGTON / GALKAYO, SOMALIA - At least 10 people were killed Friday and more than 10 others were wounded when a suicide bomber blew himself up near a stadium in Galkayo town in the Mudug region of central Somalia, ahead of a planned address by Somali Prime Minister Mohamed Roble, authorities and witnesses said. The bomber targeted government officials and members of the prime minister’s security t...