Ten al-Shabaab members were killed by airstrikes conducted by US Africa Command in Somalia in the overnight hours of Saturday, the Defense Department announced. “At the request of the Federal ...

At the request of the Federal Government of Somalia, U.S. Africa Command conducted a collective self-defense airstrike in a remote area near Cali Heele, approximately 244 kilometers North East of ...

Last week, after months of speculation and dubious reports about his fate, Omar Hammami – the American commander and erstwhile media face of al-Shabaab – left the jihadist group. In an interview with ...

Somalia's Islamist rebels have pulled out of Mogadishu, but they remain in control of areas worst affected by famine and drought ...

NAIROBI, Kenya - An airstrike activated in Somalia targeted senior Al-Shabaab leaders on Friday, multiple sources intimated, just as the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) prepared ...