“AFRICOM, alongside the Federal Government of Somalia and Somali Armed Forces, continues to take action to degrade ...

The United States launched a rare ground operation in northern Somalia that apprehended Abdiweli Mohamed Yusuf, the finance ...

Somali national Sowda Ahmed Mohamud, tied to a high-ranking ISIS member, was sentenced to time served for asylum fraud and ...

Al-Shabaab has made significant territorial gains in central Somalia, capturing the strategic town of Maxaas after intense ...

The threat from ISIS and al-Qaida extremists and their affiliates is most intense in parts of Africa, and risks are growing ...

Experts also warn of increasing financial strain on ISIS, with fighter salaries hitting record lows and new covert methods being used to move funds undetected ...

Opinion - When the United Nations Security Council voted in December 2023 to lift Somalia's long-standing arms embargo, many framed it as a vote of confidence, a sign that the world was ready to ...

Militant Islamist groups in Africa have led to the deaths of more than 150 000 people over the last decade, and continue to be highly active agents of instability across five theatres on the continent ...

The United States Africa Command (Africom) is intensifying its outreach and partnerships across Southern Africa, with recent high-level visits and summits underscoring the strategic importance of the ...

Experts also warn of increasing financial strain on ISIS, with fighter salaries hitting record lows and new covert methods being used to move funds undetected ...

Meanwhile, Russian ground forces continue making incremental gains in select locations in eastern Ukraine, including Siversk and Toretsk in Donetsk, and Novopavlivka in the southeastern Zaporizhia ...