Gunman stormed into a Somali hotel on Saturday after detonating a car filled with explosives at the hotel gate. The attack has left at least fifteen people dead and twenty-five others injured. Read more after the jump.
Gunman stormed into a Somali hotel on Saturday after detonating a car filled with explosives at the hotel gate. The attack has left at least fifteen people dead and twenty-five others injured. Read more after the jump.
Over 350 people have been arrested for migrating into Europe from Africa and are now held in captivity. A lot of them are pregnant women attempting to give a better life to their soon to be new born babies. Learn more about the journey this Somali woman took for a better lifestyle.
Gunmen opened fire in the upscale Westgate Shopping Mall in Nairobi, Kenya. At least 20 people were killed and dozens were wounded. Kenya’s Ministry of Interior calls the shooting a possible “terrorist attack” and blames Somali militant group al Shabaab for the carnage. Al Shabaab had made threats against the shopping mall,two years after the Kenyan government concentrated forces against the Al-Qaeda linked group. Witnesses said they saw at least five assailants, who were shooting into the crowds at the mall without discrimination with AK-47s. Soldiers and victims agree that this shooting was not a botched robbery. To see pictures, click below.
Posted by Sabrina B. @gametimegirl An official says two of Somalia’s top sports officials were killed in a suicide blast at Somalia’s newly reopened national theater that left at least 10 dead.
A gang of suspected Somali gunmen raided a remote luxury resort in Kenya early Sunday, murdering a British businessman before fleeing in a speedboat with his wife. Hit the jump to read the rest of the story. @WiL