Armed group al-Shabab claims responsibility for suicide bombing in a Mogadishu tea shop near a military base.
Seventeen others, including schoolchildren, wounded in latest attack to hit Somalia’s capital.
Two soldiers sentenced to death and three others given 39-year prison terms each for killing seven civilians.
Attack targeting a convoy going into the presidential palace is claimed by the armed group al-Shabab.
Al-Shabab armed group claims responsibility for latest attack in Somali capital.
Two members of security forces killed and five people wounded in the blast, which was claimed by the al-Shabab group.
Somalia is struggling to rebuild after 20 years of civil war and is still battling an insurgency by al-Shabab.
Rash of kidnappings continues a decade after Kenya joined the fight against armed group in Somalia.
Suicide car bombing targeted a convoy carrying the Somali capital’s police commissioner, officials say.
Dozens also injured after the attacker targets a tea shop in the Somali capital.
Al-Shabab says it launched a suicide attack on the Bariire base while simultaneously attacking the nearby Awdhigle base.
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The attack targeted UN-AU peacekeeping mission headquarters, killing three and injuring five, an official said.
The explosion in the capital Mogadishu sent plumes of smoke into the sky and triggered gunfire.
Opposition candidates urge Farmaajo to ‘respect the constitution’ with a peaceful transfer of power.
