Abdi Guled

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Somali security forces and others attend the scene of a car bomb attack in the capital Mogadishu, Somalia Sunday, Oct. 12, 2014. A car bomb exploded outside the popular Aroma cafe in Somalia's capital killing at least 11 people and wounding a number of others, a senior police official said Sunday, adding that the bomb was believed to have been detonated by remote control. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)

Car bomb in Somalia’s capital kills 11

Abdi Guled · October 12, 2014 8:49 pm

In this photo taken Sunday, Oct. 5, 2014 and provided by the African Union Mission to Somalia (AMISOM), African Union (AU) soldiers march along the top of a hill overlooking the al-Shabab stronghold of Barawe, a coastal town 220 kilometers (135 miles) southwest of Mogadishu, in Somalia. Officials in Somalia say AU and Somali troops have seized Barawe, the last major stronghold held by the Islamic militant group al-Shabab, with the AU claiming it as a significant victory because al-Shabab had used the port to bring in arms and fighters and export charcoal, a multi-million-dollar business. (AP Photo/AMISOM, Tobin Jones)

Pro-Somalia troops secure last al-Shabab bastion

Abdi Guled · October 5, 2014 5:35 pm

FILE - In this Sunday, Sept. 23, 2012 file photo, masked Somali pirate Hassan stands near a Taiwanese fishing vessel that washed up on shore after the pirates were paid a ransom and released the crew, in the once-bustling pirate den of Hobyo, Somalia. Three Somali pirates were killed in a fight over the ransom paid to free the German-American journalist Michael Scott Moore who was released this week after two years and eight months of captivity, a Somali police official said Friday, Sept. 26, 2014. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh, File)

3 killed as Somali pirates fight over ransom

Abdi Guled · September 26, 2014 3:17 pm

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German-US reporter held in Somalia is freed

Abdi Guled · September 23, 2014 8:52 pm

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New Somali extremist leader rose amid purge

Abdi Guled · September 9, 2014 5:22 pm

A Somali soldier stands near the wreckage of civilian vehicle destroyed by a suicide car bomb attack near the Elasha Biyaha settlement, in the Lower Shabelle region south of the capital Mogadishu, Somalia Monday, Sept. 8, 2014. At least 12 civilians were killed Monday when a suicide bomber detonated his explosives-laden car next to a convoy of African Union forces moving near two minibuses, followed by a second suicide attacker ramming his car into a convoy escorting the Mogadishu intelligence commander on his way to inspect the scene of the first blast, the first serious assault by suspected Islamic extremists after the killing of al-Shabab's top leader in a U.S. airstrike last week, according to a police and a regional official. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)

12 civilians killed in Somalia attack, say police

Abdi Guled · September 8, 2014 5:57 pm

National Security

Somalia extremist group names new leader

Abdi Guled · September 6, 2014 8:48 pm

FILE - In this Dec. 8, 2008 file photo, armed al-shabab fighters on pickup trucks prepare to travel into the city, just outside Mogadishu, in Somalia. U.S. military forces targeted the Islamic extremist al-Shabab network in an operation Monday, Sept. 1, 2014 in Somalia, the Pentagon said. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh, File)

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Somali government offers amnesty to extremists

Abdi Guled · September 3, 2014 2:55 pm

FILE - In this Dec. 8, 2008 file photo, armed al-shabab fighters on pickup trucks prepare to travel into the city, just outside Mogadishu, in Somalia. U.S. military forces targeted the Islamic extremist al-Shabab network in an operation Monday, Sept. 1, 2014 in Somalia, the Pentagon said. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh, File)

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US strike targets leader of Somali extremist group

Abdi Guled · September 2, 2014 8:03 pm

Somalia: 12 killed as army repels attack on prison

Abdi Guled · August 31, 2014 4:11 pm

In this photo provided by the African Union Mission to Somalia (AMISOM), African Union (AU) soldiers from Uganda fire at al-Shabab positions in their stronghold of Bulomarer in the Lower Shabelle region of Somalia Saturday, Aug. 30, 2014. Somali government troops fighting alongside AU troops drove the militants from the town as part of their military offensive dubbed "Indian Ocean" aiming to oust al-Shabab from its last major hideouts in the southern parts of the Horn of Africa nation. (AP Photo/AMISOM, Tobin Jones)

Somali troops oust militants from southern town

Abdi Guled · August 30, 2014 7:14 pm

In this photo taken Monday, Aug. 4, 2014, a technician from Access TV, a new Somali satellite television company offering world news, local news and sports, adjusts the signal on a satellite dish at the company's headquarters in Mogadishu, Somalia. The TV business is booming in Somalia, in part because of fears by people of gathering in public places like movie theaters, hotels and restaurants that are targeted for deadly attacks by the al-Qaida-linked militant group al-Shabab. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)

Somalia TV sales grow as many avoid public places

Abdi Guled · August 19, 2014 6:28 pm