By Associated Press 1 August 2014   MOGADISHU, Somalia — A Somali police officer says a bomb hidden in piles of garbage detonated in the Somali capital, killing three street cleaners. Capt. Mohamed Hussein said the bomb was detonated Sunday by remote control as women workers tried to remove bags of rubbish from a street corner. Seven women were also wounded in the attack, Hussein said. It appeared to be a rare attack targeting sanitation workers

By allAfrica 15 July 2014 Beledweyne — At least 14 people have been reported killed in clashes over farmland in Deefow vicinity, 40km north of Hiraan regional capital of Beledweyne of central Somalia on Tuesday, Garowe Online reports. The fighting flared up in the early hours of the morning after armed clan militias quarreled about agricultural land, subsequently leading to shootout, sources stated. Twenty fighters were wounded in the battle. Director-General

Below is a map of Genocide Watch's coverage of recent violence in Somalia [show-map id='4'] Clicking on a location will redirect to associated article BBC's map of different spheres of control in Somalia: [caption id="attachment_9076" align="aligncenter" width="635"] BBC[/caption] Featured Image: Flag of Somalia (mega-flags.com) Copyright 2014. Genocide Watch.

Genocide and Mass Atrocities Alert: Somalia June 2014  Complex civil conflicts, along with devastating periods of drought over the past two decades have left the Republic of Somalia a failed state. The UNDP deems Somalia the world’s “worst humanitarian disaster.” Somalia’s instability has led to mass atrocities and human rights violations against the civilian population, being committed by all major parties involved in the conflict, especially

By George Obulutsa Reuters 8 June 2014  Al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab militants pushed into Somalia's presidential palace and gunfire broke out on Tuesday, an al Shabaab spokesman and a palace official said. "The militants have partly entered the presidential palace compound. There is periodic gunfire now," an official in the presidential palace who asked not to be named told Reuters. "I understand most attackers have been killed. No further details."

By The Associated Press The New York Times 5 July 2014 MOGADISHU, Somalia — Four people were killed Saturday when a car laden with explosives blew up near the Parliament building in the Somali capital, a police official said. The Shabab, the Somali militants who have recently targeted members of Parliament, claimed responsibility. Capt. Mohammed Hussein said the car exploded at a checkpoint where it had been stopped by Somali troops. The dead

By Edmund Blair Reuters 29 June 2014 Islamist rebels shot dead three members of Somalia's security forces in the capital on Sunday, police and witnesses said on the first day of Ramadan, the Muslim fasting month when insurgents had warned they would stage attacks. The government and African Union peacekeepers have stepped up security to try to prevent assaults during the month by the Islamist al Shabaab group, which has waged a seven-year campaign

S. Sudan Bumps Somalia as Most 'Fragile' State By Catherine Maddox, Voice of America June 25, 2014 Every year for the past 10 years, The Fund for Peace, in partnership with the Foreign Policy Magazine, has released an index of the world's most fragile states, based on the analysis of mountains of data. And if there is a headline to this year's index, it is that South Sudan is now the world's most fragile nation, displacing Somalia, which has held

Police deny arrest of 13 MRC planning attacks in Kiunga, Lamu County By The Star June 25, 2014 Police have denied reports that 13 MRC suspects have been arrested as they planned 'ethnic cleansing' attacks similar to Mpeketoni in Lamu Head of operation in Lamu Robert Kitur has denied claims made by ministry of Interior claiming the attacks in its Twitter handle. Kitur maintained that no MRC member has been arrested within Kiunga area near Kenya-Somalia

By BBC 23 June 2014 Kenyan fighter jets have bombed the al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabab group in Somalia, killing more than 80 of its fighters, the African Union (AU) force in Somalia has said. The assault on the villages of Anole and Kuday was part of an effort to "liberate" Somalia from al-Shabab's grip, the AU added. Witnesses said a third area along the Kenya-Somalia border was also bombed. [caption id="attachment_9077" align="alignleft" width="300"]