Protection Cluster

MOGADISHU — At least five people were killed and six others wounded on Friday after a suicide bomber blew himself up at a restaurant in the Somali capital of Mogadishu. Sadik Aden Ali, the police spokesperson, told the state-run Radio Mogadishu that the security forces are currently conducting investigations over …

MOGADISHU — At least six people were killed and more than 10 injured in a car bombing Thursday in the central Hirshabelle state in Somalia, according to officials. The perpetrator targeted a busy meat market in Bulobarde town, some 220 kilometers north of Mogadishu. Saadaam Cabdi Iidow, the town’s mayor, said …

MOGADISHU — Dozens are feared dead after a car bombing on Friday ripped through the central Somali town of Beledweyne. Local security officer Abdirahman Hassan Ibrahim told Anadolu over the phone that the explosion was the result of car bomb, adding that the number of casualties remains unclear. “The explosion was …

MOGADISHU —  At least eight people, including security personnel, were wounded in a car bomb attack in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Wednesday, an official said. The attack targeted a security checkpoint in the neighborhood of Deyniile in Mogadishu. “A car full of explosives targeted our security forces checkpoint today. …

MOGADISHU — The UN Children’s Fund, UNICEF, has expressed concern about increased deaths and serious injuries to children involved in landmine explosions which have claimed at least 30 lives since June in Somalia. Nejmudin Kedir Bilal, acting UNICEF representative in Somalia, said several children have been victims in three separate …

GALKAYO — A gunman, dressed in a security uniform, killed a young and prominent doctor inside his health center in Galkayo town, located in the Mudug region on Saturday evening. A video recorded by a CCTV camera attached to the center showed that an armed man, accompanied by two unarmed …

MOGADISHU — The African Union (AU) Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) said it has wrapped up a five-day training course to sharpen skills for Somali public officers in human rights and civilian protection. The training, which was conducted in the port city of Kismayo, southern Somalia, saw 21 officers from …

MOGADISHU — United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Operational Support Atul Khare has wrapped up his four-day visit to Somalia, pledging that the UN will ramp up its support for stabilization efforts in the country. “I am happy that the institutions of the government of Somalia are preparing themselves to assume the …

MOGADISHU — One woman and two children were killed, and two others were injured after a landmine exploded in Galguduud region in central Somalia. A landmine planted in the Sil Lahilai area exploded, killing a woman and two children, and wounding two others, the Somali National News Agency (SONNA) reported. …

LAS-ANOD — The International Committee of the Red Cross says 43 bodies have been collected in the past week from the front line of the latest fighting in a disputed city in Somaliland. The ICRC in a statement Friday said a further 110 wounded people have been taken to hospitals …