Bomb attack on Somali military training base kills dozens MOGADISHU, Somalia - There are fears that dozens of recruits and their trainers will be killed, a senior police officer told Garowe Online, following a bombing of a military training school in Somalia in what could be a fatal suicide incident in recent weeks, targeting security forces. Captain Abdi Barre, who serves in the Somali police…

Six killed in Mogadishu explosion as Turkey condemns attacks on SNA bases MOGADISHU, Somalia - At least six people were killed Saturday in Mogadishu, police confirmed after an explosion at a busy restaurant in the Shangaani district of the capital in the latest deadly attack suspected to have been carried out by al-Shabaab militants. Police said several other people were critically…

The death toll from a series of explosions at a military barracks in Equatorial Guinea has risen by dozens to at least 98 after more bodies recovered, the government said on Tuesday. The blasts on Sunday in the Mondong Nkuantoma district of the coastal town of Bata also injured at least 615 people, authorities said. The government said that 316 of the injured have been released and 299 remain in care at various hospitals in the city. More than 60 people were also rescued from under the rubble by the…

A series of explosions at a military barrack in Equatorial Guinea killed at least 20 people and injured hundreds more, state television reported. In a statement on national television, the president said the explosions were caused by negligence related to the use of dynamite at the base. TVGE said at least five explosions caused at least 20 deaths and injured more than 400 others. The Ministry of Health tweeted that its health workers are treating the injured at the scene of the tragedy and in medical…