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, ...

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

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

Al Shabab claimed to have killed 19 soldiers and wounded 9 others, while also seizing 13 AK-47s during the fighting. The ...

KISMAYO, Somalia - Authorities in Mogadishu are running the government like a private firm, Jubaland leader Ahmed Islam ...

The Chairman of the First Instance Court of the Armed Forces, Hassan Ali Nur (Shuute), addressed Somali National Army (SNA) ...

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

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