Somalia

Trump says he ordered precision military air strikes on ISIS leaders in Somalia

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The U.S. military conducted coordinated airstrikes against ISIS operatives in Somalia, the first attacks in the African nation during President Trump’s second term. Mr. Trump said Saturday in a post on Truth Social that he ordered “precision Military air strikes on the Senior ISIS Attack Planner and other terrorists he recruited and led in Somalia.” … Read more

Guns are silent, but war lingers for Ogaden’s former women rebel fighters | Women

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Mogadishu, Somalia – Hinda Aden and her fellow rebel fighters were trekking through the grasslands of Ethiopia’s Ogaden region under the cover of night, to avoid the enemy’s gaze, when they saw headlights approaching in the distance. “We knew who it was – that’s when we started running,” Hinda says about that fateful August 2006 night … Read more