IslamistinsurgentsbattledforhoursonSundaywithAfricanUniontroopsafterexplodingacarbomboutsidetheirbase,Somalipolice,militaryandthemilitantssaid.AlShabaabmilitant
AmortarattackintheSomalicapitalMogadishu,claimedbyIslamistgroupalShabaab,killedthreeciviliansandinjuredtwoothersonThursday,theAfricanUnionpeacekeepingforceAMISO
AsuicidebomberdisguisedasapolicemanblewhimselfupinsideapolicetrainingcampinSomalia’scapitalMogadishuonThursdayandkilledatleast15officers,officialssaid.Policespo
TheUnitedStatesspecialforcesonTuesdayconductedanairstrikeinSomaliaagainstAl-Shabaab,killingmorethan100militants,theU.S.militarysaid.TheU.S.AfricaCommand(Africom
AtleastoneAl-ShabaabmilitantwaskilledwhentheU.S.militarycarriedoutanotherairstrikeagainsttheAl-QaidaalliedinsurgentgroupinSomalialateSaturday.Theoperationoccurr
SeveralAl-ShabaabterroristswerekilledinairstrikesconductedonThursdayeveningbytheUnitedStatesandSomalimilitaryforcesincentralregionoftheHornofAfricanation.TheU.S
A"hellish"gunbattleistakingplaceatahotelintheSomalicapitalMogadishuaftermilitantsrammedacarbombintothegatesandstormedthebuilding.Asecondcarbombtargetedtheformer
SuspectedAl-ShabaabmilitantskilledfourpeopleatacheckpointincentralSomaliaonearlySundaymorning,promptingfierceretaliationfromgovernmentforces,alocalofficialsaid.
A U.S. air strike last week killed a senior leader of the al Qaeda-linked militant group al Shabaab in Somalia, the Pentagon said on Monday.
TheUSmilitarysaidonMondayitcarriedoutadronestrikeinSomaliathatkilledamemberoftheal-Shabaabextremistgroup,whileSomalia’sgovernmentsaiditbelievesthestrikekilledah
TheU.S.militarysaidMondayitcarriedoutadronestrikeinsouthernSomaliaonSaturdayevening,killingAl-Shabaabfighter.TheU.S.AfricaCommand(Africom)saidthesuccessfulkinet
Afreshbatchof2,000UgandantroopsisduetoarriveinSomaliatohelpAfricanUnionforcesfightAl-Shabaabmilitants.Kampalaiscurrentlythebiggestcontributortothemultinationalp
Al-Shabaab has claimed responsibility for the attack in the Somali capital Mogadishu, where 31 people, mostly civilians, were killed. Wednesday’s blast was one of the deadliest to hit the city in recent times.
AlShabaabmilitantskilled38people,mostlysoldiers,inanattackonamilitarybaseinSomalia'ssemi-autonomousPuntlandregiononThursday,anarmyofficersaid.Thekillingstookpla
Death toll from Saturday's attack by Al-Shabaab militants on a hotel in the Somali capital of Mogadishu has risen to 16 and a state minister was among those killed, an official said Sunday.
Burundi has said the European Union's move to cut funding for the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) is "unfair".
A suicide car bomber crashed into a gate outside a hotel frequented by lawmakers in the centre of the Somali capital of Mogadishu on Wednesday and the attack was followed by gunfire, killing 15 people, police said.