Five people, some of them police, were killed and more than 10 injured Tuesday when a suicide bomber attacked a restaurant in the Somali capital of Mogadishu, police said. The officer and witnesses said the attacker walked into the restaurant near a police academy and blew himself up. “The death ...
A government military base in south Somalia was struck by car bombs and gunfire on Wednesday, residents and military officers said, with the al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab group claiming responsibility and saying dozens of soldiers died. One military officer said the bombs exploded outside the base after troops behind sandbags ...