Somali government forces, backed by local clan militias known as Macwiisley, repelled an attack by Al-Shabaab militants in the Boos-Hareeri area of the Aadan-Yabaal district, Middle Shabelle region, ...

Shabaab, al Qaeda’s branch for East Africa, has mounted considerable attacks over the last few weeks in Somalia’s Middle ...

Al-Shabaab was formed in Somalia in 2004. By 2010, the group had established control over vast territories, but it had to withdraw from Mogadishu in the summer of 2011 and launch a guerilla war ...

Somali army has announced that more than 40 members of Al-Qaeda-linked Al-Shabaab group were killed in an airstrike in El ...

More than 40 members of the Islamist al Shabaab armed group were eliminated in an operation by the Somali National Army and international partners in the Biya Cadde area of Hirshabelle state on Sunday ...

Explanation of vote by Ambassador Barbara Woodward, UK Permanent Representative to the UN, following the vote on the UN ...

A new African Union (AU) peace support mission in Somalia started work on 1 January. This is the third consecutive mission in ...

At the request of the Federal Government of Somalia, U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) conducted airstrikes on March 1, 2025, targeting al Shabaab militants near Ceel Baraf, in Somalia's Middle Shabelle ...

To enforce the arms embargo on Somalia, the Security Council decided today to reauthorize maritime interdiction of illicit ...

The increase in the range of people who can be targeted by the U.S. military dismantles Biden-era mandates that included more ...

MOGADISHU, Feb 20 (Reuters) - Somalia said on Thursday its army and allied clan militias have fought off coordinated raids on villages by the Islamist al Shabaab armed group in the country's south ...

More than 70 members of the Islamist armed group Al-Shabaab were killed during an army operation with local forces in Somalia ...