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Hodan District (Somali: Degmada Hodan) is a district in the southeastern Banaadir region of Somalia. It is a neighborhood in the northwestern part of Mogadishu . This district as well as the bordering Deeynile district are a part of the traditional Territory of the Murusade clan.
On 14 October 2017, two truck bombings took place in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia, killing at least 587 people and injuring 316 others. [1] Almost all of the casualties were caused by one of the trucks which detonated when the driver, while attempting to escape from security officials, crashed through a barrier and exploded in the Hodan District, destroying a hotel.
Upon independence in 1960, the Somali Republic maintained the 12 districts of the former Italian Somaliland and British Somaliland that merged to form the new country. [4] In 1964, a new Northeastern (Burao) Province was established by merging Burao, Erigavo, and Las Anod and a Northwestern (Hargeisa) Province was formed from Berbera, Borama ...
16 October – The Al-Shabaab has claimed responsibility for the killing of three businessmen and another was injured in the Hodan district of Mogadishu. [41] 17 October – The militant group Al-Shabaab claims responsibility for the attack after a suicide bomber killed at least seven people at a restaurant in Hodan District of Mogadishu. Six ...
At least three people have been killed and four wounded in assaults on such businesses since the start of October in the Daynile and Hodan districts of Mogadishu, Mohamed Ahmed Diriye, a deputy ...
In Hodan district at Km4 intersection, two Somali soldiers fought each other. Both men were heavily injured by each other's gunfire and were brought to hospital, where they died. Two civilians died on the spot. [161] It was said that the two soldiers disagreed over extortion money they were forcefully collecting from civilians using the road.
TFG and AMISOM troops clashed with Al-Shabab, killing 4 and injuring 8, according to locals and witnesses. Al-Shabab started the clashes by launching hit and run attacks on Somali military bases in the districts of Hodan, Howlawdag and Bondhere. In Mogadishu, heavy gun fire and artillery fire could be heard. [8] 2 Somali soldiers, 3 injured.
In Kosovo, a state-owned energy company plans to destroy a village to make way for expanded coal mining as the government and the World Bank plan for a proposed coal-burning power plant. The government has already forced roughly 1,000 residents from their homes. Many former residents claim officials violated World Bank policy requiring borrowers to restore their living conditions at equal or ...