Al Shabaab fighters battled Somali troops and allied forces for control of a strategic army base in central Somalia on ...

The US military has stepped up its airstrikes against ISIS in Somalia and launched an intensive bombing campaign against the ...

Adan Ayabaal town, 245km from Mogadishu, serves as critical logistical hub connecting Hirshabelle state to central Galmudug ...

Members of the Puntland Counter-Terrorism Forces who have been fighting Islamic State fighters, killing several of them in the Calmiskaad mountains: (Photo: Puntland Counter-Terrorism Operations) ...

Aadan Yabaal in Middle Shabelle region, a strategic town taken over by al-Qaeda-affiliated terror group the day before, with ...

Kill them,” recounted Sebastian Gorka, America’s new counter-terrorism chief, of Donald Trump’s orders just ten days after ...

Founded with United Arab Emirates money and mentored by private South African military contractors to address growing piracy, it has turned to fighting al-Shabab and Islamic State in Somalia in ...

But some places on the continent are also politically unstable and violent, and tourists are well advised to avoid them. One ...

Representational AI image The US Africa Command (Africom) said on Saturday it conducted an airstrike in the Puntland region of Somalia, killing several members of the Islamic State (IS).

President Donald Trump issued a stern warning to the Houthis by saying it was time for them to hide now that he has removed ...

In 2023, the Biden administration launched 19 strikes in the country and a special operations raid against a senior Islamic State Somalia leader. In contrast to Trump authorizing military commanders ...

For years, the U.S. has helped Somali forces with airstrikes and other support against the al-Shabab extremist group and an affiliate of the Islamic State ... government of Somalia and the ...