The president’s announcement came as local clans in central Somalia were revolting against the presence and the oppression of ...

A terrorist group, Al Shabab, claimed responsibility ... it conducted one of its longest and most sustained attacks, a 30-hour siege at a hotel in the capital that killed 21 people and wounded ...

It is the latest in a string of attacks launched by the al-Qaeda ... and eight civilians died in a 21-hour hotel siege on November 27. Al-Shabab’s activities have also restricted deliveries ...

As pressure on al-Shabab has grown, its fighters have struck back. They have stepped up gun and bomb attacks on the military and civilians, including in areas where they have retreated.

His remarks came after the militants carried out two attacks on government ... on suspicion of facilitating the al-Shabab attack on the Villa Rays Hotel in Mogadishu in late November.

However, considering the long suffering of people in Somalia and previous changes in the country, it is difficult to know if ...

- Al-Shabab fighters conduct military exercise in northern Mogadishu's Suqaholaha neighborhood, Somalia, Sunday, Sept. 5, ...

An attack by the al-Shabab ... al-Shabab in more than a decade. The group has over the years held back the nation’s recovery from decades of conflict by carrying out brazen attacks in Mogadishu ...

GARISSA, Kenya — Al-Shabab gunmen rampaged through a university in northeastern Kenya at dawn Thursday, killing 147 people in the group’s deadliest attack in the East African country.

In Somalia, al-Qaida-affiliated militant group al-Shabab has been on a gradual retreat for months, and this could be the ...

Somalia's military says five soldiers and 21 al ... Shabab in more than a decade. The group has over the years held back the nation’s recovery from decades of conflict by carrying out brazen ...