Defense and foreign affairs ministers from troop-contributing countries to the African Union (AU) peacekeeping force in ...

Nancy A. Youssef is a national security correspondent whose reporting has focused largely on the U.S. military and the Arab world.

Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly asserted on Friday, during the newly formed African Union Support and Stabilization Mission ...

Heads of the latest African Union-led peacekeeping mission in Somalia say they require 8,000 additional troops on the ground despite the chronic financial ...

As al-Shabaab militants maintain their grip on central Somalia and threaten critical arteries leading to Mogadishu, Somalia’s federal government continues to prioritize political consolidation over ...

African leaders meeting in Uganda on Friday called for more peacekeepers for Somalia to defend against the extremist ...