Suicide raid on UN kills 13 in Somalia

Mogadishu - United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon expressed outrage at a "despicable" Islamist attack on a UN compound in Somalia which left 16 dead, but vowed that the organisation would not end its work in the troubled country. Al-Qaeda-linked ...

Johannesburg - Denel has released the names of three employees killed during an attack on a United Nations facility in Somalia on Wednesday. They were Morne Lotter, 42, of Oudtshoorn, Alan Simpson, 35, of Port Elizabeth, and Somali national Isak ...

The United Nations says a suicide attack by al-Shabaah rebels on its main Mogadishu compound will not deter it from "building peace" in Somalia. Four foreigners working at the UN compound and 4 Somali guards were killed. Somali Interior Minister ...

Russia condemns the attack of militants from the Al-Shabaab Islamist group on UN's facilities in Somalia's capital Mogadishu. This is what Russia's permanent envoy to the UN Vitaly Churkin said at a meeting of the UN Security Council on Wednesday.

Mogadishu: United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is "shocked" at the news of an attack on a UN compound in Somalia on Wednesday, his spokesman said. "The Secretary-General is aware of the attack against the United Nations in Somalia, and he ...

Troops from the African Union force AMISOM said they had secured a United Nations compound in the Somali capital Mogadishu after it was attacked by Islamist militants. "AMISOM was at the UNDP compound within minutes and has it currently secured," ...

MOGADISHU, Somalia, June 19 (UPI) -- A soldier in the Somali National Army told The Wall Street Journal gunmen wearing suicide vests detonated a car bomb opening up the outer wall of the compound so the militants could enter. The African Union ...

MOGADISHU, Somalia, June 19 (UPI) -- Those living near the U.N. Development Program compound in Mogadishu said they believe a car loaded with explosives crashed into the outer perimeter. The blast opened up the outer wall to the compound, ...

Cars burning in Mogadishu, after a previous suicide bomb attack on April 14, 2013. FILE | NATION MEDIA GROUP A loud blast and heavy gunfire have been reported at Mogadishu's Bulo Hubey neighbourhood in Wadajir District. Residents believe a car ...