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

An urgent fight is underway in Somalia against one of the world’s biggest terror threats, as U.S. forces train Somali troops ...

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.

Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), Al Qaeda’s official branch in North Africa, has claimed responsibility for an attack today on a popular hotel in the West African country of Burkina Faso. The ...

Kenya has suffered attacks for a decade as retribution for joining the peacekeeping force fighting al-Shabab in Somalia. Kenyan soldiers respond to an al-Shabab attack at the Westgate shopping ...

Al-Shabab’s thousands of fighters have held back the nation's recovery from decades of conflict by carrying out brazen attacks in the capital, Mogadishu, and elsewhere. Over the years ...

Al-Shabab has been waging a bloody uprising against the internationally-backed central government since 2007, carrying out attacks in Somalia and neighbouring countries, which sent troops to help ...

The extremists have carried out several high-profile attacks over the years in Kenya, including in the capital, Nairobi, and at a military base used by the U.S. Al-Shabab has long sought to impose ...

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