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US Launches Two More Airstrikes in Somalia

26Mar

By Shoah - The Palestinian HolocaustNo Comments

Africa, Somalia, USA

US Launches Two More Airstrikes in Somalia

Posted by: John Phoenix The White House also claimed one strike killed 10 'Jihadis'by Dave DeCamp May 21, 2025 at 1:13 pm ET CategoriesNewsTagsSomalia US Africa Command said in a press release on Wednesday that its forces launched an airstrike in Somalia in coordination with the US-backed government on May 17. AFRICOM said the strike targeted al-Shabaab and was launched about 125 miles north of Mogadishu but offered no other details. “Specific details about units and assets will not be released to ensure continued operations security,” the command said. On Tuesday, the White House released a video of an airstrike in Somalia that it said was launched on Monday. The White House claimed it killed 10 “Jihadis” and that it brought the total number of “...

Somali Government Says US Launched Airstrikes Against al-Shabaab

17Mar

By Shoah - The Palestinian HolocaustNo Comments

Africa, Somalia, USA

Somali Government Says US Launched Airstrikes Against al-Shabaab

Posted by: John Phoenix The Mogadishu-based government said 12 al-Shabaab fighters were killed The US-backed Somali government said on Thursday that the US launched airstrikes in support of its operations against al-Shabaab, which has been making gains in a ground offensive in southern and central Somalia. The Somali Information Ministry said in a press release that on Wednesday night, a joint airstrike launched by US Africa Command (AFRICOM) and the Somali military targeted Adan Yabaal, a town about 140 miles north of Mogadishu that al-Shabaab just captured. The Information Ministry claimed that 12 al-Shabaab fighters were killed in the strike and that there were no civilian casualties. In another press release, the ministry said the US and Somalia carried...

Malnourished Children Overwhelm Hospitals in Somalia

28Jun

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Human Rights, Somalia

Malnourished Children Overwhelm Hospitals in Somalia

Indigenous National Strike in Ecuador: Has the Government... by Fernando Casado Obama’s Handshake With Raúl Castro Shows the Way for Bide... by teleSUR/MS The number of people in catastrophic conditions is projected to increase from 38,000 in May to 213,000 in September unless the world wakes up to the scale of the unfolding crisis. On Thursday, Save the Children warned that the treatment of malnourished children on mattresses outside overflowing hospitals clearly shows that Somalia is hurtling towards a famine that could kill hundreds of thousands. RELATED:Unprecedented Drought Threatens Millions in the Horn of Africa "Famine is bearing down on Somalia and clinics for malnourished children are close to breaking point. Children are dying now and...

On African Liberation Day, Biden’s Troop Deployment to Somalia Confirms Africa Is Not Free

21May

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Africa, Somalia, USA

On African Liberation Day, Biden’s Troop Deployment to Somalia Confirms Africa Is Not Free

The U.S. continues its 30-year long military intervention in Somalia and passes H.R. 7311 the “Countering Malign Russian Activities in Africa Act” against African sovereignty. By Black Alliance for Peace Global Research, Black Alliance for Peace Region: sub-Saharan Africa, USA Theme: Militarization and WMD The Biden Administration’s recent decision to return U.S. troops to Somalia represents another effort on the part of the U.S. to deny agency and independence to African people. On the 59th commemoration of African Liberation Day, the Black Alliance for Peace expresses its unequivocal opposition to this redeployment. The 500 U.S. troops sent to Somalia are the latest to violate that nation’s sovereignty. As is the case with all US interventions...

24Mar

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Somalia

Somalia: The Pentagon’s new ‘endless war’?

by Agence France-Presse The Pentagon has been issuing near daily announcements of new strikes against Al-Shabaab militants in Somalia, seemingly without affecting the Al-Qaeda affiliate’s ability to destabilize the country, in what is looking like a new “endless war” for the United States. The Trump administration’s plans to reduce its military presence in Africa while re-centering its efforts toward two key strategic competitors — China and Russia — are coming at the expense of French-led operations against jihadists in the Sahel region. So far, however, the war of attrition against the Al-Shabaab has continued unabated. “Al-Shabaab is one of the biggest threats on the continent; they have aspirations to attack the (US) homeland,” General Roger Cloutier, commander of US l...

28Oct

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Somalia

How Many Civilians Have Died as Strikes Escalate in Somalia?

Posted by: Sammi Ibrahem,Sr BYAmy Goodman & Juan González, Democracy Now! READING LISTLGBTQ RIGHTSIntersex Activists Are Closer Than Ever to Banning Nonconsensual SurgeryPOLITICS & ELECTIONSThe Frenzy About Russia Has Undermined Progressive AgendasWAR & PEACEViolence Erupts in Northeast Syria After Trump Touts “Ceasefire”POLITICS & ELECTIONSThe Demise of Democracy Under Trump Proves the Frankfurt School RightEDUCATION & YOUTHJohn Taylor Gatto Challenged the Ideas Inherent in US Mass SchoolingEDUCATION & YOUTHBetsy DeVos Held in Contempt of Court for Predatory Loan-Collecting Practices The Trump administration is rapidly escalating a secretive air war in Somalia. According to the think tank New America, at least 252 people have been killed in around two doz...

29Mar

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Somalia, USA

US Killing Civilians With 'Impunity' in Hidden War on Somalia

NOVANEWS "The attacks appear to have violated international humanitarian law." by: Eoin Higgins An MQ-9 Reaper drone flies a combat mission over southern Afghanistan. (Photo: Lt. Col. Leslie Pratt, U.S. Air Force) A human rights group is accusing the United States of waging a shadow air war in Somalia that is killing civilians with abandon. Amnesty International issued its findings on the African war Tuesday evening in a report titled The Hidden US War in Somalia (pdf). The U.S. has been covertly engaging in conflicts in Somalia for decades, but in April 2017, the Donald Trump administration upped airstrikes and attacks targeted at the rebel group Al-Shabaab. The human rights advocacy group studied five of more than 100 strikes on Somalia over the past two years...

9Nov

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Somalia

Why Cash and Connections Remain Somalia’s Most Popular Currencies

NOVANEWS By: Abukar Arman In the moral version of human history – expressed in the Quran, Bible, and Torah – corruption is considered the worst reckless impulse that caused men to fall from grace. It was the betrayal of trust and loyalty for purely selfish gains. From that perspective, the root cause of corruption is individual moral shutdown, derailment or deficiency. On the other hand, modern-day scrutiny of corruption zooms in on institutions and good governance – professional and technocratic excellence and adherence to policies and procedures. Much of this article will be dealing with the latter perspective, though no lasting solution to corruption can be found without considering the individual aspect. This could be the reason why corruption is scandalously ever-present in e...

7Jun

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Somalia, USA

Al Shabaab and ISIS-Daesh: Why Did an American Sacrifice His Life for AFRICOM in Somalia?

NOVANEWS By Andrew Korybko Global Research Al Shabaab’s killing of an American soldier in southern Somalia brings AFRICOM back into the limelight and restarts the conversation about why US troops are even still there in the first place. The news came in on Friday that Al Shabaab terrorists had killed an American soldier in southern Somalia and injured four others during an attack against US troops and some of their African allies near the port city of Kismayo. This isn’t the first time that something like this has happened, and its sporadic occurrence over the years has restarted the conversation about why US troops are still in the Horn of Africa country to begin with despite the highly publicized Mogadishu debacle in 1993 that permanently scarred the American psyche. The offic...

22Dec

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Somalia

Imperialism, Intervention, “War On Terror” Detonate In Mogadishu

NOVANEWS The recent devastating car bombing in Mogadishu has been blamed by Somali officials on the terrorist group al-Shabab. But the violence (and famine) that have beset Somalia have deeper roots — decades of imperialism and intervention, and use of Somalia as a staging grounds for the “war on terror.” By Roqayah Chamseddine MOGADISHU, SOMALIA — In the Somali capital of Mogadishu, nearly 400 were killed, hundreds more were injured, and dozens are still missing after a car bomb was detonated at a busy intersection. According to a Somali official, the original target was a newly erected Turkish military base, the largest of its kind, and the Somali National Intelligence and Security Agency believes that the perpetrators were members of the terrorist group al-Shabab. Somalia...