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Death Toll Rises in Massive Truck Bombing in Somalia

ABDI GULED / The Associated Press Dec 28, 2019 The attack in Mogadishu kills at least 78 and wounds 125, including many students. Somalia's president blames the al-Shabab extremist group. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Somalia Reeling as Truck Bomb Toll Passes 300

Abdi Guled / AP Oct 16, 2017 Hospitals are overwhelmed after the deadliest single attack in the country's history. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Top Al-Qaida Operative Killed in Somalia

Staff / Truthdig May 1, 2008 The U.S. military carried out an overnight airstrike in Somalia, targeting the country's primary al-Qaida cell -- and by Thursday morning the man considered the group's leader, Aden Hashi Ayro, was confirmed dead, along with 10 others. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Turning the Corner in Somalia

Staff / Truthdig Jan 2, 2007 The Islamists have fled, the transitional government and its Ethiopian allies have reclaimed Mogadishu as Somalia's capital and the prime minister has banned guns and called for peacekeepers. Will the stability last, or will guerrilla warfare and clan violence tear the country apart for another 15 years? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Disappearing Act in Mogadishu

Staff / Truthdig Dec 28, 2006 Despite a vow to fight to the death, Islamist leaders and their troops have mysteriously vanished from the streets of Mogadishu, according to residents there. The Ethiopian army, in support of the powerless transitional government, had driven the Somali fighters back to their stronghold and the nation's traditional capital after a wave of devastating attacks. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Ethiopian Troops Enter Somalia

Staff / Truthdig Jul 21, 2006 The Ethiopian army has crossed into Somalia as tensions build between the transitional Somali government and the Islamic militia that controls Mogadishu. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

U.S. Secretly Supporting Somali Warlords

Staff / Truthdig May 18, 2006 Some of the warlords we are supporting--purportedly to keep Al Qaeda from establishing a beachhead in the African nation--were the same ones who helped to bring down American Blackhawk helicopters in 1993. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )