WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon confirmed on Friday that Ahmed Abdi Godane, a leader of the al Shabaab Islamist group, was killed in a U.S. airstrike in Somalia this week, calling it a "major ...

A hail of U.S. missiles aimed at the leader of Somalia's al Shabaab militants may have left a gaping hole in the group's leadership, potentially the biggest challenge to its unity since it emerged as ...

The Al-Qaeda-linked militant movement Al-Shabaab late on Saturday confirmed the death of its commander Ahmed Abdi Godane along with another leader it did not name by a U.S. drone strike earlier this ...

BU'ALE, Somalia - Security forces in Somalia killed a senior founding member of the Al-Shabaab group in the latest operation within the southern parts of the country, with the help of the ...

The United Nations security council unanimously voted on 15 August 2024 to extend the mandate of the 12,626 men and women of the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (Atmis). The African ...