Somalia Terrorism Events

Associated States: central african republic; congo; libya; mali; nigeria; somalia;

Jihadists claiming to be ‘Islamic State in Central Africa’ call for militants to join them in the D.R. Congo

19 Oct, 2017

Jihadists claiming to be 'Islamic State in Central Africa' have called for militants to join them in the Democratic Republic of the Congo after the...

Terrorism / Terrorist Attack

Associated States: mali; somalia;

Over 200 people killed in truck bomb attack in Mogadishu, Somalia

16 Oct, 2017

The death toll from the single deadliest attack in Somalia's history rose to 276 Sunday as emergency workers feverishly dug through the rubble of a...

Terrorism / Terrorist Attack

Associated States: kenya; mali; somalia; south africa;

Al-Shabaab militants attack Somali military base killing at least 15 soldiers

29 Sep, 2017

Al Shabaab fighters killed at least 15 soldiers in an attack on a military base near Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, the militant group and Somali officials...

Al Qaida / Terrorism

Associated States: afghanistan; mali; palestine; somalia; yemen;

The son of Osama Bin Laden brings new destructive energy into Al-Qaeda terrorist group

26 Sep, 2017

Since the start of his presidential campaign, Donald Trump has sworn to destroy ISIS, threatening to be "nasty" and to "annihilate" the terrorist group and...

Iran / ISIL - ISIS

Associated States: afghanistan; iran; north korea; mali; russian federation; somalia; united states;

ISIS has uranium and it’s scary that they want to give it to Iran

1 Sep, 2017

Al Qaeda and ISIS have access to uranium that they intend to give to Iran, according to a high-ranking Somali official. A letter from August...

Al Qaida / ISIL - ISIS

Associated States: afghanistan; indonesia; libya; malaysia; mali; philippines; saudi arabia; somalia; south africa; tunisia; yemen;

Islamic State is funding attacks but al-Qaeda is resilient

11 Aug, 2017

The Islamic State extremist group is still capable of sending funds to supporters and motivating attacks in Europe and elsewhere despite military pressure and falling...