Somali Crime News
A U.S. court has sentenced a Somali man to 25 years in prison for a pirate attack on a merchant vessel in the Gulf of Aden.A federal judge in Washington sentenced Jama Idle Ibrahim on Thursday. The 39-year-old pleaded guilty last year to charges of conspiring to commit piracy and using a firearm during a violent crime.The charges stemmed from a...
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The U.S. Justice Department says a federal grand jury has indicted 13 suspected pirates from Somalia and one from Yemen for a February yacht hijacking in which four Americans were killed.The indictment, filed Thursday in a U.S. District Court in Virginia, charges the 14 men with piracy, conspiracy to commit kidnapping and the use of firearms...
At least twenty people including policemen were killed and dozens others wounded Monday in a suicide car bomb attack on a police post in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, reports say.
Witnesses told Garowe Online that an explosive-laden Toyota van exploded inside Hamar jajab district police post in Mogadishu's southern district of Hamar Jajab, near...
At least 4 people were slain and 9 others wounded in Mogadishu battles that was between Somali transitional government forces joined by Africa Union peacekeepers and Al shabaab fighters, witnesses said
The combats which erupted on Friday night lasted since this morning as most of confrontations took place in the districts of Hodan, Howlwadag and...
Wednesday marks the 20th anniversary of the fall of Somali dictator Mohammed Siad Barre. It is now 20 years that Somalia has been at war with itself. Since 1991, the Horn of African nation has been synonymous with violent coups, cruel warlords, Islamic insurgents and civilian death. On January 26, 1991, the socialist dictator Mohammed Siad Barre...
A new United Nations report urges a number of new measures to combat piracy, including the establishment of special courts. Jack Lang, appointed last year as a special United Nations adviser on legal issues related to Somali piracy, told the U.N. Security Council the piracy situation is serious, even worsening, with an increase of violence. The...
The South Korean navy on Friday stormed a ship hijacked by Somali pirates in the Indian Ocean, rescuing all 21 crew members and killing eight pirates, military officials said.
The rescue took place about 1,300 kilometres off northeast Somalia and was supported by an Oman naval vessel.
"Our special forces stormed the hijacked Samho Jewelry earlier...
The hijacked Mozambican fishing boat, the "Vega 5", seems to be heading towards a port in Somalia, but there has still been no word, either from the 24 member crew or from the pirates who seized the ship.
Cited in Monday's issue of the Maputo daily "Noticias", the Beira maritime administrator, Martinho Mafumo, said he assumed the main reason for...
At least 15 people were killed over the weekend in the Somali capital Mogadishu, as fighting continued between Somali government forces backed by African Union peacekeepers and Al Qaeda-affiliated Al Shabaab insurgents on the other side, Radio Garowe reports.
The sectors in the city where these clashes are taking place are Hodan and partly of...
At least 22 people have been killed and more than 35 others wounded in two days of fighting between African Union (AU) forces and al-Shabab fighters in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, Radio Garowe reports.
On Saturday, the fighting caused 12 deaths and 20 wounded, while at least 10 people were killed and 15 others wounded during Sunday's heavy...
At least 15 people were killed in the Somali capital Mogadishu during the third consecutive day of fighting Tuesday, Radio Garowe reports.
The fighting was between Al Shabaab and Hizbul Islam insurgent factions on one side, and troops from the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) and African Union (AMISOM) peacekeepers deployed in Mogadishu....
Heavy clashes between Somali government troops backed by African Union forces and al-Shabab fighters have left at least 10 people dead and 20 others wounded in Mogadishu, Radio Garowe reports.
Seven people -- mostly soldiers -- lost their lives on Saturday when al-Shabab fighters launched an attack against Somali soldiers in Mogadishu's northern...
Heavy clashes between Somali government troops backed by African Union forces and al-Shabab fighters have left at least 10 people dead and 20 others wounded in Mogadishu, Radio Garowe reports.
Several people -- mostly soldiers -- lost their lives late on Wednesday night when al-Shabab fighters launched an attack against Somali soldiers in...
Fierce clashes between Somali government troops, backed by African Union (AU) forces, and al-Shabab fighters have left at least 11 people dead and 25 others injured in Mogadishu.
Seven people -- mostly Soldiers -- lost their lives on late Wednesday fighting in Mogadishu's northern district of Boondheere.
"In the morning, I witnessed 5 dead bodies...
SOMALI militants Al-Shabaab have issued a fresh warning to attack Kampala and Bujumbura if Uganda and Burundi do not immediately withdraw their troops from the capital Mogadishu.
A senior commander, Fuad Shongole, told a gathering in Mogadishu on Thursday that the fresh attacks were intended to "avenge" the recent actions of the Ugandan and...