Heavy fighting errupted in Mogodisho late on Sunday after islamist insurgents exchanged machine gun and mortar fire with government troops and allied forces.
The warrying sides fired mortars at local villages in Shibis,Abdelaziz and Hodan district causing heavy civilian casualties.
Reports say at least 15 people have been killed including four family members and eight others mainly [...]
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Mogadishu (Gubta.com) More than 5 civilians have been killed and 40 others wounded as a result of intense fighting between the transitional federal government (TFG) forces of Somalia backed by the African peace keeping forces (AMISOM) and insurgents in the capital.
The fighting which has entered the third day, has allowed the African peace keeping forces [...]
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Mogadishu (Gubta.com) At least seventeen civilians were killed and almost fifty others wounded in fierce fighting between Islamic militants and Somali government forces supported by African peace keeping forces. The exchange of heavy artillery fire started after fighting broke out following an attack on government forces and AU troops in the district of Hodon.
Several shells [...]
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Mogadishu (Gubta.com) At least 6 civilians were killed and other fifteen were wounded after mortars were landed in the Bakaro market in Mogadishu the capital of Somalia today. The injured civilians were rushed to the hospitals in the city for treatment.
Asha Abdi one of the Bakaro traders said “The mortars hit a shop close to [...]
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Mogadishu (Gubta.com) – The spokesman of Al-shabab, Sheik Ali Mohamud Raghe, said that they reached success in the clashes against government soldiers and AMISOM in Mogadishu during the holy month of Ramadan.
The spokesman told reporters that they inflicted heavy casualties on AMISOM troops and the TFG as the fighting continued in different parts of the capital.
About 200 [...]
Sep 11 2010 | Posted in
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Mogadishu (Gubta.com) Uganda is to send more peacekeepers to Somalia to reinforce the African Union forces in Mogadishu. This will bring the total number of African soldiers to 7,000. Lt. Col. Felix Kulayigye, the army Spokesman, said “the deployment will boost the capacity of African Forces to neutralize the militants”.
In the meantime, the AU forces have [...]
Sep 9 2010 | Posted in
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Mogadishu (Gubta.com) Heavy fighting have resumed in the Somali capital of Mogadishu which resulted in many civilians being stranded inside the Bakaraha Market which is currently being shelled by African Peace Keeping Forces, witnesses said.
“It is still not know how many people were killed or injured in this latest round of shelling the market. At [...]
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Mogadishu (Gubta.com) The ministry of Information said today that the government forces have killed a high ranking foreign fighter, who was fighting along Al shabab insurgents. Al shabab has not confirmed or denied the statement made by the minister regarding the death of foreign jihadist.
The minister said that foreign fighter, whose name or nationality sustained [...]
Sep 1 2010 | Posted in
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Mogadishu (Gubta.com) Fighting in Mogadishu entered its fourth day as government forces backed by the African peace keeping force continued street clashes with Al shabab.
Medical centres have confirmed that the death toll has reached 120 people.
Government forces claimed to have repelled an attack on the presidential palace.
They also said to have killed at least 30 [...]
Aug 26 2010 | Posted in
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Agence France Presse
Aug 25, 2010 ,Rome
Pope Benedict XVI on Wednesday appealed to the international community to work to protect human life and rights in Somalia after some 65 civilians were killed in the latest wave of violence.
“My thoughts go out to Mogadishu where we continue to get news of violent atrocities like yesterday’s scene of [...]
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