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Land Mine Kills 5 Soldiers and Wounds 7 in Somalia’s Puntland

Land Mine Kills 5 Soldiers and Wounds 7 in Somalia’s Puntland

At least 5 soldiers have been killed and seven others wounded by a roadside land mine explosion in the commercial capital of the Somali semi-autonomous state of Puntland last night, eye witnesses and healthy officials confirmed. Residents say that the 5 soldiers were killed when a remote-controlled mine targeted a convoy of security forces in [...]

Top Muslim Cleric Assassinated in Somalia

Top Muslim Cleric Assassinated in Somalia

Reports from Bosasso, the commercial capital of the semi-autonomous Somali state of Puntland indicate that unidentified assailants shot dead a revered Muslim Cleric in front of a mosque last night. Residents say that the slain Imam Sheik Assad was attacked by three masked men armed with pistols as he was coming out of the Al-Rashiid [...]

Explosion Kills 2 and Wounds 25 in The Somali State of Puntland

Explosion Kills 2 and Wounds 25 in The Somali State of Puntland

A huge explosion which rocked Puntland’s commercial capital Bosasso on Tuesday evening killed at least 2 people and wounded 25 others mostly Ethiopians, residents and hospital sources told Newstime Africa. Residents who were reached for comment by this press said that unidentified assailants in a small car threw a hand grenade at a cinema in [...]

VOA Journalist Injured By Security Forces in Somalia

VOA Journalist Injured By Security Forces in Somalia

A Somali Journalist who works for VOA Somali section was injured on Tuesday night by the Puntland security forces in North Galkayo, Mudug Region in Central Somalia. “Mohamed Yasin Ishaq VOA Somali section stringer was injured when Puntland security forces in North Galkayo fired at him while he was driving a car to towards his [...]