Category Archives: somalia

19 November 2018: a former member of the Jubbaland armed forces was executed on 19 November 2018 in Kismaayo for the killing of a prominent elder. Mr Abdirizak Omar Abdullahi’s date with the hangman came after he was found guilty of ...

14 November 2018: a military court in Puntland state has sentenced four men to death penalty over charges of terrorism, sources confirmed. The men sentenced by the court were identified as Jeylani Hassan Issak, Hassan Lamow Aden, Abdirazak Hussein Tahlil ...

5 November 2018: Somali Military Court has sentenced two members of armed forces to death for murder. Mohamed Hashi Wasuge was found guilty of killing officer Said Mohamed Osman on 30th August at a military training center in Mogadishu. Four ...

14 October 2018: Somalia executed by firing squad a man linked to one of the country’s deadliest ever attacks, one year after the tragedy which left over 500 dead, a court statement and police sources said. Hundreds of Somalis gathered ...

11 October 2018: Al-Shabaab has executed a Somali-British for allegedly engaging in espionage against the group. Awale Ahmed Mohamed, 32, was killed in Jilib town in Southern Somalia after Al-Shabaab court said he was a spy working for U.K. Intelligence ...

10 October 2018: Somalia’s al Shabaab Islamists shot five men in a public execution, including a Somali British citizen accused of spying, a sign of the insurgents’ control of southern swathes of the country, even as authorities step up efforts ...

26 September 2018: a military court in northeastern Somalia has sentenced three men to death by firing squad, after they were found guilty of joining an armed group affiliated with Islamic State group (IS) and al-Shabab group respectively. Two of ...

22 September 2018: the chairman of the first degree military court Col. Hassan Ali Shute said the soldier identified as Mahad Hussein Shidow was sentenced to death penalty after the court found him guilty of deliberately killing a civilian, Yasin ...