(adds quote and details) ABUJA, Jan 24 (Reuters) - A battalion of Nigerian soldiers is expected to leave for Somalia in the next two weeks to join a planned African peacekeeping force in that country, ...

KAMPALA (Reuters) - The African Union said on Friday that Guinea would send a battalion of troops to join a peacekeeping force in Somalia, the first pledge of action at an African summit to be ...

Retired Army Maj. Larry Moores has received the Silver Star Medal for valor in combat more than 30 years after his actions in the infamous 1993 Battle of Mogadishu in Somalia — the battle made famous ...

WHEELER -- Brian Edward. The soul of Brian Edward Wheeler, 37, a three-tour Army combat veteran of Somalia, East Africa and the liberation of Iraq; departed this earth on Saturday, October 22, 2005 as ...

March 2022. The Somalia battalion, as part of the main forces, was sent to storm fortified Mariupol in order to ensure the possibility of an offensive by the Russian Armed Forces. On the outskirts of ...

We’ve reported frequently on the Somali piracy infesting the Indian Ocean. The good news is that the Somali navy wants to do something about it. The bad news, according to a fascinating but ...