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The car that met with accident. (Photo: Deepak Kurkunde)

Nine killed in Somali market car bombing: Police

At least nine people were killed and several wounded when a car loaded with explosives blew up near a mall.

4 Feb 2019 3:44 PM IST

A pair of explosions rocked Somalias capital and left 11 people dead.(Photo: AP)

Mogadishu blasts: 11 killed, 25 injured, Al-Qaida-linked group takes...

The al-Qaida-linked extremist group al-Shabab has claimed responsibility for the blasts.

16 Jun 2019 1:56 PM IST

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack, which came a day after up to eight people were killed by a suicide bomber in Kabul. (Photo: AFP)

Suicide bomber kills 6 officials, injures mayor

The mayor, Abdirahman Omar Osman, was in critical condition with head and stomach injuries, officials told The New York...

25 July 2019 11:08 AM IST

The siege lasted for almost 12 hours and only ended on Saturday morning after clashes with security forces. (Photo: AFP)

26 dead, 56 hurt in Somalia hotel siege, Al-Shabaab claims...

'The security forces are in control now and the last terrorist was shot and killed,' Mohamed Abdiweli, a security...

13 July 2019 5:17 PM IST

Medical workers in protective suits carry the body of Ibrahim Hassan, 56, before he is buried in Mogadishu, Somalia.(AP)

Years of conflict leave Somalia ill-equipped to fight the virus

The official count of cases is now above 1,200, but no one really knows how many cases of COVID-19 it has so far

15 May 2020 1:57 PM IST

This can help assist policymakers in designing better interventions to fight poverty. (Photo: Pixabay)

1.2 billion children threatened by war, poverty, discrimination: study

More than 575 million girls live in countries "where gender bias is a serious issue".

31 May 2018 5:21 PM IST

Sudanese singer Alsarah performs with the Kenyan band Afro-Simba at the International Solidarity Concert as part of the Mogadishu Music Festival in Somalias capital. (Photo: AFP)

Album restores worldly sounds of Swinging Mogadishu'

Somali music emphasizes off-beats, like reggae, giving some tracks rhythms that could have come from Bob Marley as well...

7 Aug 2017 2:20 AM IST