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

The Somali government has confirmed plans to retake the strategic town of Adan Yabal in the Middle Shabelle region after it was recently seized by the militant group Al-Shabaab.

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

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

Ahmed Moallim Fiqi Ahmed, who previously served as foreign minister and national security chief, was appointed defense ...

the Somali government said on Thursday. Growing attacks by the Al-Qaeda-linked Islamist group, including one on President ...

The group briefly captured villages within 50km (30 miles) of Mogadishu, raising fears among the capital’s residents that the city could be targeted. While Somali forces have since recaptured ...

Al Shabaab, an al Qaeda-linked group, has waged a deadly insurgency in Somalia for more than a decade, regularly targeting civilians, government officials and military personnel in attacks across ...

Puntland’s success in combating a growing Islamic State group presence in the northeastern region is particularly notable given the relative lack of success of the central Somali government’s ...

Somali Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre announced a cabinet reshuffle on Sunday, replacing top officials responsible for ...

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Al-Shabaab — a Salafi Jihadist confederation — is rapidly securing terrain and closing in on Somalia’s capital city of Mogadishu. The militant group is seizing key locations in the Middle ...