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The United Arab Emirates has expressed its solidarity with the Republic of Uganda and the African Union Support and Stabilisation Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM), and conveyed its sincere condolences ...

Another three of the helicopter's eight occupants survived the incident but with severe injuries and burns, said the ...

Five Ugandan soldiers deployed under the African Union peacekeeping mission in Somalia lost their lives on Wednesday, July 2, ...

Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud is scheduled to hold a highly anticipated and sensitive meeting today in Mogadishu with leaders from the Council of the Opposition Forum, headed by former ...

MOGADISHU, Somalia -- At least three people were killed when a military helicopter serving the African Union peacekeeping mission in Somalia crashed Wednesday at the airport in the capital, Mogadishu, ...

A Ugandan military helicopter with eight people on board crashed and burnt at the main international airport in Somalia's ...

A military helicopter crashed in Mogadishu, Somalia, killing five out of eight onboard. The helicopter was part of the ...

An African Union helicopter crashed Wednesday at the airport in the Somali capital Mogadishu, killing at least three people and injuring several civilians when munitions onboard detonated, officials ...

A Ugandan military helicopter deployed with the African Union peacekeeping mission in Somalia crashed at Mogadishu airport on ...

“We heard the blast and saw smoke and flames over a helicopter. The smoke entirely covered the helicopter,” Farah Abdulle, ...