Posted in Africa, AMISOM, Civilian Casualties, Crossfire Deaths, Crossfire Injuries, Government, Insurgents, Mortars, Somalia, tagged African Union, al-shebaab, Bakara Market, Civilian Casualties, civilian deaths, fire fight, Mogadishu, mortar fire, Mortars, Somalia, Transitional Federal Government on December 2, 2010 |
Source: Agence France-Presse (AFP)
Date: 30 Nov 2010
MOGADISHU — A heavy firefight between African Union forces protecting Somalia’s fragile government and Islamist rebels killed at least nine civilians in Mogadishu Tuesday, medical sources and witnesses said.
Posted in Africa, Body Count, Civilian Casualties, Crossfire Deaths, Crossfire Injuries, Displacement, Ground Assault, Gunfire, Horn of Africa, Insurgents, Mortars, Peacekeepers, Rocket, Shelling, Somalia, tagged Afghanistan, African Union, al-shebaab, Amisom, Bakara Market, bullets, CIVIC, Civilian Casualties, civilian deaths, civilians injured, Insurgents, international law, Iraq, Mogadishu, Sarah Holewinski, Shells, Somalia on November 29, 2010 |
By MOHAMED SHEIK NOR
The Associated Press
MOGADISHU, Somalia — The only ambulance service in war-torn Mogadishu said Wednesday that more than 4,200 bystanders have died in warfare the last two years, and a U.S. group that works to prevent civilian deaths said Somalia is more dangerous for civilians than Afghanistan or Iraq.
Posted in Africa, Civilian Casualties, Insurgents, Peacekeepers, Shelling, Somalia, tagged Al-Shebab, Amisom, Bakara Market, civilians, Insurgents, killed, shelling, Somalia, wounded on September 24, 2010 |
Source: Agence France-Presse (AFP)
Date: 23 Sep 2010
By Mustafa Haji Abdinur (AFP)
MOGADISHU — Somalia’s Al Qaeda-inspired Shebab militants launched a fresh offensive in Mogadishu Thursday, sparking clashes that killed at least 19 civilians, medics and witnesses said.
Posted in Actors, Africa, Blogroll, Body Count, Civilian Casualties, Country, Insurgents, Military, Other, Region, Somalia, Type of Harm, tagged Amisom, Bakara Market, Civilian Casualties, civilian deaths, Kuliyadda Jale Siad, Mogadishu, mortar shell, Somalia on September 4, 2009 |
By SHABELLE MEDIA NETWORK
Mogadishu — At least 5 civilians have been killed and 9 others have been injured in Mogadishu after heavy fighting between AMISOM troops and the Islamist forces broke out in the Somali capital, witnesses told Shabelle radio on Thursday.
Reports say that the fighting started as the Islamist fighters attacked Kuliyadda Jale Siad, a large base for the African Union troops specially the Burundians who were targeted on Thursday evening. (more…)
Posted in Actors, Africa, Blogroll, Body Count, Bomb, Civilian Casualties, Country, Government, Insurgents, Other, Region, Somalia, Tactics, Type of Harm, tagged al Shabaab, Al Shabab, Bakara Market, Islamist insurgents, Mogadishu, President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, roadside bomb, Somalia, Waberi district on August 9, 2009 |
By VOA News
Witnesses in Somalia’s capital say at least two people have been killed by a roadside bomb explosion.
The blast Sunday in Mogadishu’s Waberi district targeted a vehicle carrying Somali government soldiers.
Witnesses say the explosion missed the troops but killed two civilians who were standing nearby. There was no immediate claim of responsibility. (more…)
