Islamist militants took control of the strategic town of Maxaas in central Somalia on Sunday after heavy fighting with the ...

Qaeda, marked Kenya’s grim entry into the global war on terror. It was one of the deadliest attacks on African soil and a ...

A retired Assistant Inspector – General of Police (AIG), Wilson Inalegwu and retired Commissioner of Police (CP), Lawrence ...

Airstrikes targeting al-Shabaab militants in Somalia's central Hiiraan region have killed dozens, including senior leaders of the extremist group, local sources and officials said on Friday.The ...

Al-Shabaab has made significant territorial gains in central Somalia, capturing the strategic town of Maxaas after intense ...

Abdikadir Mohamed Abdikadir, alias Ikrima is a senior al-Shabaab figure accused of deadly attacks in Uganda and Kenya.

He is accused of coordinating suicide attacks in Uganda in 2020, as well as of recruiting Kenyan youths to join al-Shabaab.

MOGADISHU, Somalia- Four soldiers were killed and seven others injured in clashes with the al-Shabaab terror group after ...

Analysis - Cyclical rivalries between the federal government, states and the political opposition have undermined the counter ...

It was later taken over by al Shabaab, which first rose up against the government in 2007 before pledging its allegiance to al Qaeda. “Haradhere and Galcad districts have been taken from the ...

Al Shabaab insurgents have seized the town of Tardo in Somalia's central Hiiran region and are pressing on with an advance that has already displaced thousands, a military official said.

Al Shabaab, which has said it carried out suicide bomb attacks and killed 137 soldiers at the base, has been fighting since 2006 to replace Somalia’s Western-backed government with its own rule ...