November 2016
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The Child of Somali Immigrants Who Makes OSU, and the USA, Proud
Nov 30, 2016Ilhan Dahir and Abdul Razak Ali Artan were both of Somali extraction. Both attended Ohio State University. But ISIS claimed 18-year-old Artan as a soldier after he attempted to run down fellow students and leapt from... -
Police find arms cache in Garissa town
Nov 30, 2016Police in Garissa on Monday night found a cache of weapons buried outside a residence in Bula Sagare. The weapons include an AK-47, 210 rounds of ammunition, IEDs, a hand grenade, a suicide bomb vest... -
Ohio attack puts focus on Somali Americans
Nov 30, 2016The car-and-knife attack at Ohio State University by an immigrant student places a fresh spotlight on the large Somali community in the US, which has seen a number of youth enlist in jihadist causes. Investigations are... -
Al-Shabaab regrouping in Somalia to ‘attack Kenya’, police warns
Nov 30, 2016Al-Shabaab terrorists are regrouping in Jedahaley, Somalia, and plan to attack the country, police have warned. Inspector-General of Police Joseph Boinnet has also revealed that some of the attackers were hiding in small groups pretending to... -
ISIS Calls Ohio State University Attacker a ‘Soldier’
Nov 30, 2016COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Islamic State claimed responsibility on Tuesday for the attack at Ohio State University, calling the student who drove his car into pedestrians and then slashed people with a butcher knife a “soldier”... -
Somalia: Bomb kills four soldiers as forces mull attack on Islamic State
Nov 30, 2016Islamist insurgents killed four pro-government Somali soldiers and injured 11 others when a roadside bomb destroyed a military pickup in the north of the country on Tuesday, the military said. Al Shabaab claimed responsibility for... -
Somalia’s new parliament could have its first sitting in early December, electoral oversight body announces
Nov 30, 2016Somalia’s Federal Indirect Electoral Implementation Team (FIEIT), has made a reassurance that Somalia’s presidential elections will be held before the end of December. “The exact dates of the presidential election are not known,” he said,... -
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