The gunmen detonated a car bomb before storming into ... of the hotel was reduced to rubble. Al-Shabab said in a statement that it had killed more than 10 people in the attack.

10 Al-Shabaab militants were Monday morning killed by Kenya Defense Forces (KDF) soldiers operating in Lamu County. The soldiers launched an attack on an Al-Shabaab hideout at around 6:45a.m in ...

In a related development, government forces and an allied militia withdrew from the nearby village of Abooreey after 10 days ...

The al-Shabab armed group has claimed to have seized control of Adan Yabaal, a town in central Somalia and a logistical hub for the government forces, about 220 kilometres (130 miles) north of the ...

with government forces and al Shabaab giving conflicting accounts of who was in control of the town. Al Shabaab said its forces had overrun 10 military installations during the fighting.

Somali militant group al-Shabab is poised to take advantage of its budding alliance with Yemen’s Houthi rebels, a team-up that could allow the former to attack vessels with drones or even ...

At least 15 people were killed yesterday when Shabaab, al Qaeda’s branch in East Africa, detonated a car bomb on one of Mogadishu’s busiest roads. The bombing was just the latest in a string of car ...

The statement from the U.S. Africa Command says the airstrike Wednesday evening about 25 kilometers (15 miles) west of Mogadishu prevented the bomb from being used against residents of the capital. Al ...

And a bomb blast that narrowly missed the convoy of President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud on March 18 showed that Al-Shabaab again poses a significant risk in the capital itself. On Wednesday ...