According to the president of Somalia, two vehicle explosions occurred on Saturday in the country’s capital, Mogadishu, leaving at least 100 people dead and 300 injured. The data were released by Hassan Sheikh Mohamud on Sunday, along with a warning that “the number of both the dead and wounded continues to climb.” The capital’s busy Zobe intersection was the target of the... 

Somalia’s al-Shabab militant group has threatened to increase its deadly attacks against Kenya, days after they killed tens of people at a mall in the Kenyan capital. The al-Shabab fighters vowed to transform Kenyan cities and towns into what they call grave yards, on Wednesday. “We will strike Kenyans where it hurts the most, turn their cities into graveyards and rivers of blood will flow...