Both the African Union and the United Nations condemned on Sunday the two suicide bombing attacks that struck Baidoa over the weekend, leaving at least 16 people dead. The bombings at the Beder Restaurant and Bilan Hotel left another 50 people injured in the town about 130 kilometers from Mogadishu, in…
The death toll in Saturday’s bombing attacks in downtown Mogadishu, which targeted the complex where the country’s ministries of interior and security are housed, has risen to 13. More than 21 people were injured, many of them seriously, according to local news outlets who reported the initial car bomb blast…
As Ramadan begins, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa extended well-wishes to the country’s Muslim community while keeping in mind those grieving in Verulam, which has seen a Shia mosque attacked in recent days. “The importance and benefits of this holy month of fasting, piety and charity extends beyond the lives…
South African police are investing after a suspected bomb was found late Sunday at the Imam Hussaini Shia Mosque in Verulam, to the north of Durban in KwaZulu-Natal province. “The device found is a small cellphone connected via wires to a white capsule,” said emergency workers from Reaction Unit South…
A mosque serving a community with the largest Somali population in the United States was attacked early Saturday as people gathered for morning prayer. The Dar Al Farooq Islamic Center in Bloomington, a suburb of Minneapolis-St. Paul in the American state of Minnesota, was rocked by an improvised explosive device…
British authorities have identified the man believed responsible for the Manchester bombing attack Monday night as Salman Ramadan Abedi, a 22-year-old of Libyan descent who was from the city. Abedi died in the bomb detonation, which claimed the lives of at least 22 people – many of them children –…
The death toll in Monday’s bombing attack near an AMISOM base in Mogadishu has risen to at least 15 people, according to Radio Shabelle in Somalia. Dozens of people also were wounded in two midday car bomb explosions that occurred at the base near the Mogadishu International Airport (Aden Adde),…
In Ghana, an explosive device planted Monday night at the home of a regional minister was discovered by security personnel, who quickly moved to neutralize the explosives and begin a search for suspects. The incident occurred at the home of Ashanti Deputy Minister Andy Osei Okrah, a National Democratic Congress…