Al-Shabaab is trying to establish jihadist rule over territory in Somalia. The Houthis, a Zaydi Shia rebel group backed by the regime in Tehran, are fighting the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen and ...

Forces from Somalia's semi-autonomous Puntland region have captured swathes of territory from Islamic State during a ...

[Google Maps] The United Nations said Wednesday that efforts were underway to respond to the U.N.-contracted helicopter that al-Shabaab militants ... landed in al-Shabab territory in central ...

fighting to retake large swathes of territory, but the bulk of the fighting came in the form of airstrikes. By 2011, the coalition had recaptured Mogadishu and hurt al-Shabaab’s ability to mount ...

The autonomous but unrecognized Republic of Somaliland has also eradicated piracy from its shores and thwarted the jihadist group al-Shabaab’s expansion within its borders. Somalia hasn’t ...

Five government officials were kidnapped by gunmen from the Al-Shabaab terror group on Monday morning in Kenya's Mandera County, near the porous border with Somalia ...

The Federal Government of Somalia has initiated a military offensive targeting Al-Shabaab militants in several regions of the country, with the Hiran region seeing the heaviest preparations for battle ...

NAIROBI, Feb 3 (Reuters) - Gunmen suspected of belonging to the al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab group abducted five government officials in northeast Kenya on Monday as they were on their way to work ...

President William Ruto has directed the National Police Service (NPS) to take immediate action to secure the North Eastern ...

Mohamed Tahlil, said Friday that the army killed 67 terrorists in the Middle Shabelle region, bringing the number of al-Shabaab fatalities to 217 in less than a week. Tahlil said the army attacked ...

NAIROBI, Kenya - The Al-Shabaab group in Somalia released a video of a purported Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) serviceman, who was allegedly captured during the El-Adde raid which left dozens of soldiers ...