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

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

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

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.

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

Clashes erupted between Somalia's federal forces and Jubbaland, symbolizing internal political tensions within Somalia. These ...

By Abdiqani Hassan and Abdi Sheikh MOGADISHU/GAROWE, Somalia (Reuters) -Clashes erupted on Wednesday between forces from Somalia's federal government and the semi-autonomous Jubbaland region, raising ...

ATMIS Force Commander, Lt. Gen. Sam Kavuma, presided over the medal ceremony and commended the outgoing troops for their ...