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The tanker Aris 13, which had been carrying fuel from Djibouti to Mogadishu, was hijacked off the coast of Somalia on 13 March 2017. [99] This was the first reported hijacking of a large commercial vessel in five years. Two skiffs approached the tanker and boarded the vessel off the northern coast of Somalia.
Somali Ministry of Education bombings. / 2.03250°N 45.30583°E / 2.03250; 45.30583. On 29 October 2022, 121 people were killed and over 300 were injured by a double car bombing in Somalia 's capital, Mogadishu. President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud accused Sunni jihadist group al-Shabaab of carrying out the attacks, which they admitted.
0.701 [ 4 ]average 1st. Website. bra.gov.so. Mogadishu, [ a ] locally known as Xamar or Hamar, is the capital and most populous city of Somalia. The city has served as an important port connecting traders across the Indian Ocean for millennia and has an estimated urban population of 2,610,483. [ 8 ] Mogadishu is located in the coastal Banaadir ...
Mogadishu hotel (Mar) Dhanaane Busley base (Mar) Lido Beach (Aug) Mogadishu tea shop (Aug) Post-1960 conflicts in the Horn of Africa. OEF – Horn of Africa. The Somali Civil War (2009–present) is the ongoing phase of the Somali Civil War which is concentrated in southern and central Somalia. [ 8 ] It began in late January 2009 with the ...
[4] [5] Among the top 7 most populous nations accounting for over half of the world's population and approximately half of the total GDP of the world, Indonesia ranks 48th overall on the Global Peace Index, China 88th, India 116th, Brazil 131st, the United States 132nd, [4] Pakistan 140th and Nigeria 147th. Findings of the 2024 GPI indicate a ...
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.
History of Mogadishu. Prior to the civil war, Mogadishu was known as the White pearl of the Indian Ocean. Mogadishu (Somali: Muqdisho, popularly Xamar; Arabic: مقديشو) is the largest city in Somalia and the nation's capital. Located in the coastal Benadir region on the Indian Ocean, the city has served as an important port for centuries.
17. At 7:30 am on 25 November 2021, in Mogadishu, Somalia, [1][2] a suicide bomber in a sport utility vehicle killed eight people and wounded 17 others, including teachers and pupils at Mocaasir Primary and Secondary School, which was heavily damaged. [1][2] Al-Shabaab military operations spokesman Abdiasis Abu Musab claimed his jihadist group ...