The UN Security Council on Friday gave the green light to a new African Union force in Somalia that is meant to take on the Islamist armed group Al-Shabaab, with the soldiers due to deploy in January.

Somalia, situated on the east coast of Africa, has spent much of the past three decades grappling with internal strife ...

The US military said Thursday it had killed two members of the jihadist Al-Shabaab" group in Somalia in an airstrike.

The United Nations has given the green light for a new African peacekeeping mission to tackle the al-Qaida-linked group ...

The United States military said Thursday it carried out an airstrike in southern Somalia, killing two members of the Al-Qaeda ...

MOGADISHU, Somalia — Al-Shabaab, the Al-Qaeda-linked militant group in Somalia, has confirmed the death of Mohamed Mire, a key figure who was designated a terrorist leader by the United States in 2022 ...

Ethiopia has been fighting Al-Shabaab in Somalia since the first AU-led mission (AMISOM) began in 2007. AMISOM was ...

This will provide the international community with adequate time to discuss the best response to the militant group.

There have been numerous reports of arrests of al-Shabaab insurgents, the dismantling of an al-Shabaab terrorist network and interception of arms in Ethiopia in 2024. Reports have also suggested ...

BOSASO, Somalia - Puntland has ramped up preparations for a major offensive against both Al-Shabaab and ISIS militants in the mountain areas of Bari region, with thousands of troops and heavy military ...

Dozens of Al-Shabaab operatives, affiliated with Al-Qaeda in Somalia, have arrived in the provinces of Hodeidah and Abyan ...